Showroom Opening Party

It's finally here!  It has been a crazy few months trying to balance filling my jewelry orders and opening the showroom.  What I thought would take me a month quickly morphed into a much bigger project than I had anticipated, but so life goes.  I'm very excited to put the finishing touches on the space and open the doors.  If you're in the Bay Area, please join us Saturday the 26th for the big reveal!

new home for SSJ

There have been countless life changes occurring lately in my world.  The one I'm most excited to share involves a personal & professional change of location.   I found myself longing to connect with nature again -- the very thing that inspires my work.   While I love Oakland from the bottom of my heart, I've learned that I truly am a wanderer and I thrive on change.  So here we are, after much radio silence, announcing that Sarah Swell jewelry will be opening a studio/showroom in Sausalito, CA!

I won't be announcing our opening day just yet as we furiously work to not only fill all of our jewelry orders, but also create a new space that you'll want to visit and never want to leave.

I have some images of our progress to share & cannot wait to share more!

The year in jewelry

While catching up on year end accounting, I got just a little bit distracted and ended up sifting through images from 2013.  I thought I'd share my year in jewelry moments with you.  Here's to new adventures to come!

I celebrated one year of marriage and 10 years of togetherness with my love sweet love (yes, I had terrible jeweler nails on my wedding day-oops!)

Visiting China & Sri Lanka on a whirlwind 3 week trip.  One of my favorite moments was visiting this jewelry studio in the town of Galle, Sri Lanka.  Note the foot bellow for the air fed torch!

 Being silly playing with shadows while posing for my Lovey Lady Feature on Emmadime

Creating this dark-pretty necklace for Esqueleto's anniversary

Having my amazing sister come for a visit & comparing our Sarah Swell ring situations

Shooting a commercial for Progressive in the studio!

Image via Ren Yagolnitzer

Living in the inverted mountain range necklace ALL YEAR

Bringing Eva Kolenko on a studio tour for Crown Nine's Rarity project.

Leaving my Light-filled Oakland studio space (sob!)  More on that later.

 image via Tremper Photography

win this stargazer ring

We're giving away one of our very popular stargazer rings in silver + diamonds to a lucky gal!  This is an instagram contest, so head on over and find us and this image @sarahswelljewelry for details on how to enter.

that's a wrap!

Yesterday was the final day of holiday jewel making in the studio!  We absolutely love getting our hands dirty creating in silver and gold, but this time of year is nonstop and a tad overwhelming for most small businesses.  I'm very excited to take the time between now and New Years to do what I love most: design new jewelry! *Sigh of relief*  I look forward to sharing as things come to fruition.

However, if you'd still like to get your hands on something sparkly, be sure to visit one of our lovely stockists in your area.

I just came across this gorgeous gift guide for the Bay Area from the lifestyle blog Exte featuring our flotsam & jetsam studs and 18k gold snake ring.  What great picks!

the holidays are closing in!

I love this image from Crown Nine, one of my favorite stockists, of the silver fishbone earrings.  Just dreamy!

The very last day to order for holiday delivery from Sarah Swell is this Monday the 16th.  Use code "SHIPIT" for free shipping.  Also, check the stockist page for a store near you that carries my work.

holiday treasures

We want to thank you for supporting Sarah Swell jewelry by offering 20% off any order over $100 through the web store until December 5th with code HOLIDAYCHEER at checkout.

Also, the sample sale has moved online!  These are just a few of my favorites-get them while they last!

 green diamond ring $140

 bronze fossil ring $65

 mountain hoops $80

barnacle diamond necklace $210