green beauty

Featuring beads of sunny carnelian alongside green cylinders of natural jade, these alternating dangle earrings evoke the beauty of the sun over a verdant forest. Zandra Lorena Sajbin designs the earrings, crafting them of sterling silver.

Paired with nothing more than a little black dress and some kitten heels, these showstopper dangle earrings are like a party for your ears. Crafted in Thailand in the studio of Nareerat, these nearly six-inch-long beauties start with sterling silver ear hooks, with green quartz and carnelian beads dangling below. Sparkling green and salmon glass beads are tightly strung in triangular shapes before giving way to cascades of delicate strands of alternating colored beads that move with a life of their own--the life of the party.

Hanzi are characters used in Chinese writing. As early as the sixth century A.D., many of these characters began to be simplified and adopted into Japanese writing, where they're known as kanji, a term that is more widely used in the West. Artisans in Yiwu, China, create these pendants by using sterling silver and the lost-wax casting method. Each character emulates the sweeping brushstrokes of traditional calligraphy. Choose based on birth month, favorite color, or simply the symbol that resonates with you most.

January: Garnet/Beauty, February: Amethyst/Generosity, March: Blue Topaz/Affection, April: White Quartz/Love, May: Green Quartz/Sweetness, June: White Pearl/Longevity, July: Carnelian/Perfection, August: Peridot/Purity, September: Iolite/Protection, October: Pink Tourmaline/Happiness, November: Citrine/Artistry, December: Turquoise/Imagination.

Colorful gems of powerful beauty are designed to align with their respective chakras in a ring from Alok Jain. Crafted of sterling silver, the ring is crowned with amethyst, iolite, citrine, peridot, garnet, blue topaz and carnelian set within a gentle curve. Their colors correspond to a specific chakra for clear and light purple stones are associated with the 7th chakra (awareness and wisdom); the purple, violet and indigo gems with the 6th chakra (insight and perception), and the blue or light blue with the 5th, that of communication and truth. Green and pink stones are for love and compassion, linked to the heart, on the 4th chakra. For inner power and will, the 3rd chakra is associated with yellow gems, whereas emotion and sexuality are linked to red and orange gems for the 2nd chakra. Black gems are used to stimulate the 1st chakra, that of stability and security.

In Sanskrit, chakra refers to an energy vortex through which vital universal forces are channeled, and there are believed to be seven in the human body. When all seven are aligned the person feels a healthy sense of well-being.

.925 Sterling silver.

In Sanskrit, chakra refers to an energy vortex through which vital universal forces are channeled, and there are believed to be seven in the human body. When all seven are aligned, the person feels a healthy sense of well-being and emotional balance. Colorful gems of powerful beauty are designed to align with their respective chakras in this necklace from Alok Jain. Crafted of polished sterling silver, the pendant features faceted amethyst, iolite, citrine, peridot, garnet, blue topaz and carnelian that total 3.5 carats.

.925 Sterling silver

In Sanskrit, chakra refers to an energy vortex through which vital universal forces are channeled, and there are believed to be seven in the human body. When all seven are aligned, the person feels a healthy sense of well-being and emotional balance. Colorful gems of powerful beauty are designed to align with their respective chakras in these dangle earrings from Alok Jain. Crafted of polished sterling silver, the earrings feature faceted amethyst, iolite, citrine, peridot, garnet, blue topaz and carnelian.

.925 Sterling silver.