The Pink Diamond Tiara

Have you seen it in the news? Guess I'm stuck on royalty this week...but how can this beauty go unmentioned? This pink and white diamond tiara (picture complements of jewelry.com) is on display at London's 2010 Masterpiece Fair. The rare natural pink diamonds in it are from the Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. It's gorgeous! I love the filigree work in it. Actually...I get great inspiration and ideas for future projects from looking at items from royalty--I just use rhinestones!

Tiffany's Paper and Gem-Filled Windows

While in Chicago, I had really wanted to go to the Field Museum. They are having a special exhibit on "The Nature of Diamonds" (see here for details>>The Nature of Diamonds) full of information on diamonds and featuring many famous diamonds. Drool! However, just the exhibit was $30 per person plus the price of getting into the museum--definitely out of the budget. So, we went cheap and went to Tiffany's to have a look around. Everyone was so friendly there, and it was great fun to look at all that they had--especially those huge goodies in the back room! One thing that I greatly enjoyed was their window displays in miniature outside. I had difficulty adjusting the camera to the lighting unfortunately, but I think you can get the idea from the pictures above. Everything in the display was made of a thick white paper--some things were 2 dimensional (like the snowflakes outlining the oval of the shadowbox) and some were 3 dimensional. Then strategically and tastefully placed (of course) were gems and diamonds galore. I loved the diamond tennis bracelet on the edge of the ice skater's skirt and the brooch on the coach. Gorgeous--and you can't beat what we paid for enjoying the scenes!