If you think about Lydia Courteille, you think about color! Gemstones play a leading role, but so do animals and nature. Sometimes it's all frivolously playful, other times flirtatiously dark. Never ordinary, never boring. Meet the jewelry designer from Paris who starts to get noticed by all the leading trend watchers in the world. 

Just got back from Italy where I visited the VicenzaOro show, and I would love to share the trends I spotted. But also share one MEGA JEWELRY TREND for 2020! ( and beyond ;-) )

It's summertime! Time to enjoy the sun and hopefully, flaunt your magnificent seahorse inspired jewelry on a seaside boulevard. The sea is not just a source of inspirations for artists and jewelry designers, but also a source for materials such as pearls and coral. Come and see and pick your favorite seahorse jewelry!

The year of the pig. Or more precise; the Earth Pig has started this month for the Chinese. We all love pigs for many reasons! And so do the most whimsical of jewelry designers. Let’s see some stunning pig jewelry!

Animal Jewelry is the gift that keeps on giving. It never is out of fashion, in fact, once again it's booming this year! And it's whimsical, fun, sweet and endearing nature makes it the natural conversational piece that you will never get tired of! Here is a blog filled with 35 pieces to blow your mind and inspire you on your next trip to your jeweler!

A recent trip to the stunning island of Madeira led me to create a blog about floral jewelry. Inspired, I long to share with you some of the most beautiful high-end jewelry wonders of nature pieces you have ever seen. Psstt; in the next one, I’ll show you my best finds for affordable prices ;-)Flowers are an inspiration to all artists, and jewelry designers are no exception, but what still amazes me after all those years, is the variety, the incredible diverse interpretations of petals and stems using imagination and then some diamonds, enamel, and stunning gemstones.  

Monkeys, we all love them! There is a reason that it’s the most visited attraction of any zoo. Monkeys in jewelry are simply wonderful. They represent a more playful side of ourselves. Perhaps even remind us not taking life and ourselves too seriously at times. Many jewelry brands have created the most cheeky and beautiful monkeys you have ever seen. From the biggest names to the niche designer, they all know how much we love a monkey!

The Pantone Color Institute chooses a color of the year, each year, since 2000. How they do it? Read more about the process in this article. It’s fun to look at jewelry from a different point of view, as we did in this blog, going over all kinds of fine jewelry with mostly amethyst, sapphires and jade.

Ultra-violet may be the color of the year 2018, but we love all shades of purple.

To give you some inspiration, let’s just show you some beautiful purple jewelry!