Jeans and Jewlery in Scottsdale: Diamonds!

The Jeans and Jewelery fashion sense of the Scottsdale area has been captured in this ad by the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau.

If you look carefully you will see those diamonds in the sky are all from the Joan Michlin Collection, just kidding.

Last time we were in Carefree, AZ we had a blast. Click here to read about our adventures.

Thunderbird Art and Wine Festival is the best in the west! Click here for the latest on the show, where you can find Joan Michlin in the Scottsdale area.

The 4 C's of diamonds are carat, color, clarity and cut. 

Joan only uses F color VS1 clarity diamonds in her pieces.  F color is a colorless diamond, like a good engagement ring, see the color scale here
VS1 refers to very slight inclusions. You can see the diamond clarity scale here

Joan's pieces use some of the best diamonds available.  Come down to Carefree to lasso some stars from the heavens for your Scottsdale uniform.

If Camelback Kate from the ad above stopped by in Scottsdale I'd know just what she needs to bring those stars down to earth: the white gold collection.

Joan Michlin is a master designer who's pieces translate well into 14 carat white gold. She is able to do almost all her designs in white gold, and several pieces in the collection in white gold are celestial beauties:


I'd give Kate this beautiful Polaris enhancer, then follow it up with the Explosion Earrings. Similar theme, but not too matchy-matchy, to bring those stars out of the night sky and into her eyes.

And just because I am very naughty, I'd slip on the Millenium Ring (just to see how it fit, of course), because when those gloves come off a diamond collection like that could make the magic of the night go on forever.

Click here to see how much fun we had the last time we were in Scottsdale!

Oh Boy, Its a Druzy

Joan is a prolific designer, the new designs are still coming out in full force and one stunner is the Myriad bracelet. This Quartz druzy piece is a knock out.

Drusy or Druzy (rhymes with Doozy) are fine crystals that form on the surface of a rock. Often seen inside geodes or in vugs (pockets in rock) these fine crystals are beautiful, but rare to find in gem quality.

In Myriad you can find gold with silver accents cradling the druzy along with black onyx and mozambique garnet. A terribly fun piece.

Want to see Aura in Malachite and Azurite Druzy with black opals? That's a must see at the show (its not on the website for you insiders!) Click here to get to the events page to find out where we are next.

Give our regards to chilly Broadway: From Warm, Sunny Boca Raton

Empress bracelet was the Grand Damme of the show in super busy Boca Raton, FL it seemed like it was never in the case! It feels so soft, each link just falls against your skin. Click here for a close look.

We were swamped with so many snowbirds and friends who knew us from our years in NYC. After a 27 year run there are many friends to meet up with on the road, we have over 30,000 friends out there. Don't forget to friend us on facebook to get the latest on our travels, our designs and our gossip.

It was so nice to connect with so many people who remember the fun of the gallery with Esther, the jewelery and Champagne.

One story was that the West Broadway Joan Michlin gallery was the first place they would stop in New York after getting off the plane or another couple who took a yearly pilgrimage to the store for their anniversary gift.

The shows are a great place to get all the fun of shopping for your Joan Michlin without the hassles of getting to NYC and we do a number of shows close to where you live, vacation and visit. Here is the event schedule so you don't miss a show

Fireworks Over the Constellations

This year started off beautifully with fireworks on the beach in Naples. Joan loves fireworks, and while we were looking at the sky afterward overlooking the darkness of the Gulf of Mexico, we could see Orion and the winter constellations.

Small surprise to find the newest earrings and jackets in the collection: Jubilee and Orion. Jubilee undulates delicately like the serpentine motion of falling magnesium rockets and Orion is straight and bold like an explosive spark. These new pieces contrast gold against silver and are easy to acquire with prices starting at $199

Naples was a great chance to meet up with many of our snowbird friends that we see up north in the summer at shows like Ann Arbor in Michigan. A very high quality show set up in one long promenade is a Naples tradition. See you next year!