Jewelry Making

Billed as “Jewelry With Soul”, Pieces of a Girl is run by Lizzy Carter who lives in the New England area. Although she does make a seasonal line of jewelry that you can order straight from her website, a big focus of her site involves custom designs on commission. You basically contact her to set a price range and other parameters such as the desired look and style, and the design progresses from there.

The custom pieces also get the full star treatment as far as packaging goes. Items over $100 come in an elaborate box along with a full set of story cards - these include custom greetings and sentiments that are behind the actual jewelry which are sure to tickle the fancy of the lucky recipient of the item.

Her seasonal line for Fall 2006 includes a beautiful assortment of necklaces, pendants, earrings and bracelets. I feel like her pieces have a lighter, airy touch to them.

Here’s a little bit about Lizzy, from the Pieces Of A Girl website:

lizzy carter is an artist, entrepreneur and texture junky. she launched pieces of a girl in 2002 after eight months of strategic planning and a lifetime of daydreaming about a career made from her own creativity. she has more than 1,000 pieces of signature custom jewelry to her credit, and her collections are available in exclusive boutiques nationwide…

Because the custom designed pieces are, well, custom… I’m not going to show any here. Instead, here is a gorgeous example of one of her pendants from her Fall 2006 line - the Five Petal Fancy. I noticed that she seems to favor a lot of metal filigree in her work. This two inch pendant is a good example - a matte silver flower finished with faceted carnelian rounds. The chain is also silver and is connected by two more carnelian pieces. It’s also available in matte gold as well.

Five Petal Fancy Pendant - $84
from Pieces Of A Girl