Seriously.
Swizzlets are jewelry made from vintage swizzle sticks, cocktail picks and more. Swizzlets are made from molds of vintage plastic and casting
them in metal. Then they are formed and altered into the jewelry, made by jewelry designer Nina Dinoff. I love this Branch cuff because it fits my love of gardening and I guess by extension, trees.
Swizlett Branch Cuff, $70.00 @ swizzlet.com
I don't ordinarily wear earrings, but I would totally wear these, because they are just so freaking adorable that I could almost weep. Teeny little sparrows! For your ears! Aaaaawwww...
That said, my toddler would probably yank them right out of my ears shrieking BIRDY! which is highly undesirable, but still. I'd want to wear them.
Sparrow Earrings, $80.00 @ CatbirdNYC
I love love love this ring. The ring has an emerald-cut green quartz in sterling silver. Carat total weight 9.00. Sounds like a lot of carats, but this isn't a a diamond, so it isn't quite a bazillion dollars. We are in Las Vegas right now and I drooled all over the counter coveting this baby. It is just so pretty and well, pretty, but subdued and not all flashy. I like that is is modern, but someone blingy at the same time. Oh give me a home. Thats right baby, my left hand can give you a home.
Tiffany & Co., Cocktail Ring, $800.00 @ Tiffanys
If you're the type that can't stand being without a band on your left hand or lounging unaccessorized on sand, this is the ring for you.
The ring is adjustable for easy sizing and the distressed design ensures that no matter how many castles you build, the beach ball can roll with it.
Beach ball ring $18 @ Block Party Press
According to fashion editors, cameos are once again big for fall. But this isn't your nana's cameo.
The carved lucite design of a fair damsel's profile is classic, but the background choices of three neon colors or black are decidedly funk. Two inches in height, this ring will cover the entire knuckle-to-knuckle real estate on your finger with attitude.
Turn tradition on it's ear with this beauty on your fair hand.
Carved Lucite Electro Cameo Mod Ring $75 @ Tarina Tarantino
This ring is adorable, obviously (unless, that is, you have a terror of rabbits which, you know, some people do.) Its real selling point for me, however, is that it eliminates the need for pepper spray: wouldn't you feel a lot more secure while looking for your car in the underground garage if you knew that you could puncture an assailant's ear with one well-aimed backhand?
I joke. I don't even drive, so why would I be in an underground garage. And I don't find rabbits sinister - Donnie Darko notwithstanding - so I would buy this one just for the cute.
Hare Ring, $150 @ Catbird NYC
Do you have the cajones to wear the possibly terrible number combination from TV's LOST? I don't know if I could. Superstitious you see. The necklace itself is so cool though! It is a total conversation piece and possible a tool of doom. Alas, would you rather be stylish and lost on an island of hot looking people or neither stylish amongst all your "regular" friends?
The pendant is made of a thick sterling silver piece that was stamped, oxidized and heavily brushed for a perfect texture. It comes on an oxidized sterling chain, leather or cotton waxed cord. The pendant measures 1 1/2'' by 1/2'', sterling silver.
LOST - necklace, $30.00 @ etsy, junedesigns
Okay, so this particular piece of horological awesomeness would be just as awesome on a female wrist as on a male, but as Father's Day is looming and there are never enough cool gift ideas, let's just call this a guy thing and be done with it, 'kay?
Because really, if you get the guy in your life one of these Eames watches, he'll be so awed by your great taste and keen eye for cool that he'll barely notice when you appropriate it for yourself.
Eames Collage Watch, $141.75 @ Delight.com
I won't even pretend to understand the science behind these pieces from Nervous System, but they're pretty enough that I don't need to. Crafted from stainless steel, each is "is a unique, one of a kind composition born from the intersection of rapid prototyping and pattern generating algorithms. Tiny circles of varying sizes are aggregated into complex configurations that mimic the natural forms of corals and seaweeds." Cool, huh?
Coral Series Necklace, $60.00 @ Nervous System
This handmade clear resin bracelet beats getting a pin-up girl tattoo any day. Plus, it can be easily removed and secreted away when the parents come visit.
Avoid needless tattoo removal expenses, buy stylish accessories instead!
Pin Up Girls Bracelet, $70.00 @ sisicata
So adorable you could eat it, this fun little ring is chock full o' sprinkles in molded clear plastic, with an adjustable metal base. One size fits all cute for young and old alike!
Sprinkle heart ring, $10.00 @ fredflare
What's the perfect accessory for the Scrabble geek in your life? Why, this Scrabble Piece necklace, of course!
Cut by hand in sterling silver, this charm is available in the letter of your choice (with the appropriate point value assigned, natch). Awesome, huh?
Scrabble Piece Initial Charm, $45.00 @ Heistjewelry
Aww, these double-sided, monogrammed and special-dated necklaces from sweet addie are so sweet. A great gift for Moms -- you can put the initial of a child on one side, with their DOB on the other -- or for any special person in your life who you share an important date with.
Love Ones necklaces, $50.00 @ sweet addie
I don't know what it is about cherries that makes them just so irresistibly compelling in any incarnation. Prints, jewelry, whatever - if it's got a little cluster of cherries on it, I'll probably like it. The same is just not true for, say, apples or bananas or eggplants. I don't want a little eggplant design stamped onto my wallet, or hung around my neck. I just don't.
But cherries? Yes, please. And all the more if those cherries are fashioned from vintage glass and interwoven with beads of olive jade and coral. Yum.
(And, also? Totally recycled materials. So it's, like, good for you. Or for the earth. Which, you know, same thing. Either way: score.)
Vintage Cherry Necklace, $105.00 @ GiggleFish
Maybe they're rats with wings, but you have to admit these pigeon ring necklaces are pretty neato. Hung on a sterling silver chain, each necklace "comes with a individual description of the
pigeon, their racing information and their likes and dislikes, some
have come from as far as England, Japan and Hawaii."
A one-of-a-kind conversation piece that simultaneously speaks of your unique, quirky taste, and love of filthy urban scavengers.
Pigeon Ring Necklace, $49.95 @ Chinnychinchin Shop
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