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Choose Lab-Grown Diamonds for Ethically-Sourced Jewelry
Ethical consumption is a challenge faced by many of today’s shoppers. No one wants to feel as if they have contributed to ethical issues they don’t support. As a result, many shoppers choose to do their due diligence to find products and companies that support their ethical beliefs. Unfortunately, that can be challenging to do when you are searching for a diamond.
Atlanta artist Leah Smithson creates whimsical jewelry based on her surrealist paintings
“Jewelry is the perfect medium for expressing yourself,” she says. “Each piece is unique to the person who wears it; I give each one its own bend and character.”
Local Jewelry Shop: River Mint Finery
River Mint Finery, Cindy’s chic new Peachtree Battle shop, is dripping with their creations—from $58 smoky quartz studs to $325 aquamarine chokers—as well as chic accessories like Monserat De Lucca bags.
3-D printing is powering the next industrial revolution. Meet 5 of Atlanta’s innovators.
If you want to see Atlanta’s industrial future up close, come to an office park near Atlantic Station and examine a titanium plate, the size of a thumbnail, that was recently designed to correct foot deformities.
Local Find: Ink and Alloy’s globally inspired accessories
There are oodles of local companies touting handmade accessories, but Ink and Alloy—a line of globally inspired jewelry, scarves, and bags—stands out because of the veteran pros behind it.
Hot Shop: Angeliki brings authentic Greek chic to the U.S.
Since she was a kid, Angelica Tassoulas Connelly has spent summers visiting her father’s family in Greece, where in recent years she has watched the country’s arts and design movement flourish.
Local Find: A Sensible Habit’s colorful, quirky ceramics
Sketches of starbursts, stripes, and even cacti cover Brandy Schuman’s hand-cast ceramic plates, jewelry dishes, and spoons. Her colorful line, A Sensible Habit, began with quirky stationery and printed textiles, but Schuman recently expanded to tableware and jewelry.
8 floral-inspired jewelry pieces perfect for summer
These floral-inspired bijoux are anything but ordinary. Plus, tips on how to protect your baubles from sea and sun.
Jewelry designer David Yurman visits his Atlanta store
Yurman himself was in town to introduce his new Solari collection, which includes bracelets, rings, and necklaces that are daintier and simpler than the typical Yurman fare. “It’s not my first nature,” says Yurman in his New York accent of this more “discreet” collection. “But this time I wanted it to be simple, to the point.”
Learn to make your own jewelry at River Mint Finery
For 15 years Avril Joffe and her daughter, Cindy, have run their boho-chic jewelry company out of a studio in Sandy Springs. Their line, Avindy (get it?), is carried at major stores like Anthropologie, but their creations are still handmade.
