Soliloquy Jewelry: Unboxing Daughter Of The Moon Ring

Another package has arrived at MeShe! This time it is from my friend Kerin from SoliloquyJewelry.  She recently added vintage rings into her shop. I went ahead and purchased one of her vintage eagle rings, a few days later she had posted a work in progress on Facebook.  I jumped as soon as I saw the ring. I'm a huge fan of anything celestial, so I added that to my order.   She custom fit the band to my size and shipped it off to me!

The box arrived beautifully packaged with lots of sage green crinkle paper, a hand stamped kraft box, and pouch full of goodies. Kerin includes a small sticker, and a business card with an image printed on the front.  Everything has a cohesive boho feel to it. I enjoyed unwrapping each treasure one by one.

These are her mason Jar Necklaces. How innovative! 

I first unwrapped the smaller kraft box with lots of raffia ribbon and a piece of what looks to be lavender. Inside was my vintage eagle ring that I had chosen from her shop. A great everyday ring finished in a vintage brass, with a turquoise like inlay. The style of ring could easily be unisex. 

A closer look at the vintage eagle ring.

As I unwrapped the hand stamped pouch this beauty was securely wrapped in bubble wrap. I laid eyes and knew it was mine!  I really love anything celestial as I mentioned in my youtube video.  Celestial, wizards, and fairies, ill take all of the above. The hand carved bone is beautiful complimenting the smiling man in the moon. The three turquoise pieces perfectly compliment the piece making for a large statement ring. 

My initial thoughts were that I am in love. And that I would wear it more than I thought. It has a nice lightweight feel for the size and amount of stones. Each turquoise are unique in size and color pattern, the turquoise used in this ring are from the Blue Moon Mine in Nevada.  The framed stamped wire gives it a balance and centers your eye to the stones at hand.

I like the mix of serrated bezel and smooth as shown in the photo above.

This photo above is from SoliloquyJewelry. I forgot to take a photo of the back! Finished with a large Tapered band for comfort. Allowing the large bezel to not spin around on the finger. 

Overall I am very satisfied with my purchased from Kerin. Very bohemian, earthy, inspiring jewelry. Reminds me of traditional metalsmithing techniques the native americans use and teach but with an updated twist.

Here are some beautiful turquoise, quartz, and amethyst stones she included. Thank you lady! I love everything :)  

Now thats a ring!

Full youtube video up!

Hope you all enjoyed! Will share more unique artisan goodies that I pick up shortly!

Miss November Studio Peanut Ring Review

So you may ask when making jewelry, do you ever wear designs other than your own. Of course! With being a jeweler you more than likely have an obsession for stones, metal, and good designs. I have the pleasure of networking with a group of fantastic, talented, loving artisan women who I am proud to call friends.

Sandra and I met through instagram well over a year ago. We have chatted, sent parcels, and supported each other along with our other fire burning angels.  There are some people you meet that you know they have a kind soul and she is one of them.  I had no doubt when I was ready to make a purchase from her shop I would be pleased with her craftsmanship.  I am all about values, and she is stellar.

Once she posted her Peanut Stacking Ring on instagram I knew it had to be mine. I was nuts about them, pun intended. Simple, everyday, and quirky. I tend to wear rings the most, and knew these were great for when I'm at the bench and dont want to wear a chunky piece.

 

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I ordered and left a note to her that I couldn't wait to get DEEZ NUTS LOL!! Most of her jewelery along with mine is made to order.  Remember small artists need time to fabricate your piece making it truly one of a kind.

Wally wants to eat the peanut ring, the balls on this one hehe ;)

I received my package in a bright teal bubble mailer envelope, which I love compared to my boring Kraft color envelopes! I ripped that bad boy open to find a thank you card personally written, even if you didn't personally know Sandra she packs your little itty bitty envelope with hand stamped thank you cards, business cards, and the goods. Her packaging is bright, fun, patterned, retro, and full of love.

The ring is perfection a sweet simple, petite stacking ring with a powerful peanut soldered on top of the ring shank.  I really love the ring shank, it is a triangle wire giving it some dimension at the top. The peanut has a slight oxidization to pronunce the nooks and crannies of the peanuts surface. Tumbled to a high shine to make for a perfect sterling stacker. Overall this is genius, i needed to grow a pair so I bought a pair.

She also made me her famous itty bitty stamped stacking rings. It amazes me how anyone could have the patience to stamp these little rings, they are precise and genius. Mine states "Deez nuts been torched by an angel". A bit of an inside joke, so meaningful to me. This again has an oxidization to bring out the stamping and tumbled to that high shine.  She has a variety of stamped rings as shown below. You can click on the picture to see all her stackers.

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These two rings perfectly compliment each other.  I am in love, and would totally recommend her designs to anyone seeking a great personalized gift. I had a great overall experience personally and professionally with Sandra from Miss November Studio. Let me know if you pick anything up from her store :)