beautiful jewelry

From artisan Yan Fredy Bolivia in Peru, these stud earrings are a classic. Natural dark grey cultured freshwater pearls are set on sterling silver posts to create the simple but elegant studs.

Lapis lazuli and white cultured pearls cluster in an opulent design. Crafted by hand, these exquisite earrings by Anusara dance on silver hooks.

.925 Sterling silver

Beautiful and colorful, gemstones cluster in exquisitely feminine earrings. Nareerat knots peridot and pearls on silken strands with citrine, quartz and orange chalcedony. They hang from silver wires.

.925 Sterling silver hooks

Beads of natural blue apatite alternate with lustrous white pearls in this delicate and radiant pair of sterling silver dangle earrings. Matta of Thailand presents this beautiful pair of earrings perfect for any outfit.

An ancient Maya legend tells how the gods gave a specific mission to each being they created. But they realized none had been chosen to carry thoughts and desires from one place to another," says Rosa Padillas of Rosa Roja. "So they carved a small piece of jade into a a slender arrowhead, and it became a beautiful hummingbird with iridescent feathers — the x ts'unu'um. Its mission was to carry good thoughts to all human beings, even those who had died.

"Today, if a hummingbird appears in front of you, it is delivering a message of love from someone who is thinking of you. And if we wear the image of a hummingbird, we carry good thoughts and desires to others.

"The hummingbird legend says that we can fly to the six cardinal points of the universe, therefore the hummingbird is the ideal link to transmit thoughts of love, of respect, tolerance and peace to all creatures on the planet."

The talented Mexican artisan reinterprets the legend as a necklace of dramatic beauty. She creates a hummingbird pendant in the pre-Hispanic style, and adds an agate geode representing the hummingbird's nest. It poses on a strand of gray cultured pearls.