Those who have been following my blog definitely know about my weakness for jewelry. Pieces in my collection are not really expensive, wh...

Today I want to show you a few of my recent jewelry purchases, all necklaces as it turns out. They all are made in Nepal and the first th...

This beautiful peacock set - a pendant, earrings and a ring - I got on Christmas from my husband. It is made from silver but the stones a...

Just showing off today my new sea horse earrings that I found recently in a local boutique. Nothing that much special about them, bijoute...

In Nepal, as well as in India, you can often see women (and sometimes men) wearing different multi-stoned pieces of jewelry: pendants, ri...

On Monday we were invited to the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of an Indian couple. That was the first time that I attended...

I spotted this necklace at the Swarovski boutique right before the earthquake. And then of course, after all the events, I forgot all abo...

Today I want to show you how talented and imaginative Nepali jewellers are and what they are really capable of creating. This unique piec...

Meenakari pendant. Northern India, 18th century.  The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The art of enamelling is called meenakari in India. It ...

In the beginning of December we were invited to a wedding in Jaipur. This Indian city is like a dream itself and to attend a wedding ther...

Bone cat brooch When I first saw jewelry by Ukrainian designer Lera Procopets who works under pseudonym Valeria Myrusso I experienced m...

Thewa brooch, 19th century, Chased gold over blue glass, set in gilt silver.  The Victoria and Albert Museum Another type of tradition...

Brooch with floral motif and butterfly, Kerala, India, c. 1853. Silver filigree.  Victoria and Albert Museum I believe everybody knows ...

Perhaps this name - Dashi Namdakov - is not familiar to you. He is a Buryat sculptor and a graphic artist, living in Russian Siberia nea...

Museum of London  was the first in Britain to publish a catalogue of its costume collection in 1933. There are over 24,000 objects in the co...

Kojima  cowrie shells necklace with a large Chinese fresh water accent pearl From my first visit to India I brought as souvenir a cowri...

A few days ago I received a parcel from India with an amethyst pendant that I ordered online from GemPundit . What I like about this pend...

One of my friends here in Nepal got engaged during my holiday in Belarus. When we met a few days ago the happy bride-to-be showed me proudly...

When I was in Belarus one of the stones in my turquoise bracelet  fell out and got lost of course. I was really pissed off and upset beca...

Bracelet, 1830. Gold, hair work. The two oval miniatures set into the buckle depict William and Mary of England. What materials have p...