The year is off to an excellent start—knock on wood. Not that you’re superstitious or anything. But you know there’s more beneath a surface appearance, and simple chance can lift life from good to stunning.

Husband and wife team Fran and Anson Tsang agree. That’s why their Tsang & Mirai jewelry line is designed to express outer beauty and inner meaning.

To compose each simple and edgy piece, they carefully use color, shape, carvings and the language of semi-precious stones to impart individual significance.

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The lush outdoor island environment inspires a lot of what you wear – from natural fiber fabrics to stylized flower and plant graphic prints.

And while you’ve long ago outgrown your rhinestone plumeria earrings, your grown-up bling could still go a little more au naturel.

Honolulu jewelry designer Catherine Weitzman interprets the Islands ’ natural elements for a woman’s body.

Her stunningly elegant earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings are handcrafted from precious metals cast from objects found in nature, Read more »

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When you were little, you used to love raiding your mom’s closet and jewelry box to play dress up. No matter that her sunglasses, purses and shoes were comically oversized – when you walked past the mirror all you saw was high glamour.

For little girls today, Hawaii-born jewelry designer Asia Leong has created a line of necklaces made especially for mothers and daughters to share. Her recently launched Adoré Hawaii collection was inspired by the jewelry she designed for her own young daughter.

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The bunny has abandoned his basket (if only those chocolate eggs didn’t go directly from mouth to thighs), south-shore surf is beginning to rise, and the stronger sun has you trading jeans and wraps for short skirts once again.

Yes, what we’re trying to say is, spring has sprung – the perfect season to hunt for Jools’ bold new jewelry line now out in stores.

The newest addition to Hilo-girl-now-LA-resident Sybil Shimazu’s elegantly affordable handmade jewelry line is the basic ring, but in far-from-plain styles that reflect her signature feminine yet Read more »