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Carpe Diem: Black Diamond Skull Designs

February 28, 2019 by WendyB

Did you do your homework and watch yesterday’s video about my black diamond “Carpe Diem” skull designs? If not, you should do it now … and don’t forget to leave a comment for extra credit!

I promised nice still shots of the three-piece mini collection today. Actually, I’ve already shared plenty of photos of the original Carpe Diem medallion because that was finished last June, but here’s a reminder.

Click to shop on 1stdibs.

Next, I have a little surprise. The black diamond skull studs I posted in October …

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… have been turned into drop earrings.

Change is good. Click to shop on 1stdibs.

The size of the studs worked for a lot of people, but not people with very small ear lobes, like me. I decided that as drops, any skull-loving earring wearer could enjoy them. I’m obsessed with customer comfort.

Finally, here’s a good look at the design I just completed — skull earrings with crowns. You met these skulls before work started, when they looked like this.

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Here’s what they look like now.


Click to shop on 1stdibs.


They look even more majestic on, and soon I will reveal some AH-MAZ-ING photos showing them on a very special model. In the meantime, you can find the carat weight of the diamonds and other details about the designs on 1stdibs.

  • Carpe Diem pendant
  • Skull drop earrings
  • Skull earrings with crowns

Finally, in an amusing case of “great minds think alike (but also not),” the fantastic jewelry designer Monica Rich Kosann — who has long had a charm design inscribed with “Carpe Diem” — now has an entire Carpe Diem collection, which came to my attention, oh, about two hours after I finished shooting this week’s video. Monica presented my Fashion Group International Rising Star Award to me in 2012 and she was so sweet and supportive.

Monica, me, and my award in 2012. Click for original post.

I always think of her in relation to that moment, and maybe that’s a part of why her “Carpe Diem” poesy bracelets and rock-crystal pendants look so happy to me. Though I also think that, objectively, this pendant does look bubbly and joyous.

Monica’s Carpe Diem pendant. Click to visit her site.

For contrast, let’s take one more look at my more macabre interpretation of “seizing the day.”

Photo by Amy Roseveare of Jewelry Fashion Tips. Click for original Instagram post.

There’s truly something for everyone when it comes to jewelry! Whether your vibe is this …

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… or this …

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… there’s probably a designer out there who feels the same way.

And right now, this whole post has me feeling like this …

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… because when I was browsing the Wednesday Addams gifs, I found the original television show Wednesday introducing her headless doll.

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Considering that another one of my mini collections is devoted to Mary Queen of Scots, who did indeed lose her head, it seems I should be the jewelry designer of choice for Addams family fans. I am more than okay with that! Come look at my designs, morbid friends, and let me help you find the jewelry of your dreams nightmares. By the way, diamonds are April’s birthstone. Celebrate another year on this earth by getting one of my new pieces for your Goth friend or Goth self, because what could be more fun that birthstone jewelry that scares the neighbors?

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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