Julio Pagliani is now up on Santa Fe Trail Jewelry’s website.

I love this company’s designs and workmanship.  Shown here is  one of my favorite designs, the Copperhead Snake. “At the heart of Julio Pagliani you’ll find the people of Norogachi, a small town deep in Mexico’s Sierra Madre, reachable only by sometimes impassable dirt roads through a land of Tarahumara Indians and Mestizo farming families.  Working with these talented people,... [Read more]

‘Bad to the Bone’ is for the wild at heart.

Arizona artist, Kit Carson has brought a taste of the wild to Santa Fe Trail Jewelry.  Inside some of his bracelets is this wonderful inscription of “Bad to the Bone”.  Kit’s Stitch bracelets are inscribed with “Life is Good” inside.  If you want a piece of the ‘wild side’, look for his work here at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry. Jewelry with attitude.  Read More →

Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a Trollbeads Trunk Show at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry!

  May 5th, 2010, Santa Fe Trail Jewelry will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo Trollbeads Trunk show.  Come in and browse for something new and unique for your collection.  I will have my Trollbeads representative here for the day and we’ll have chips and salsa from our fabulous local Mexican restaurant, La Casa Fiesta.  I also hope to have in stock the fabulous new Trollbeads - An Icon in Jewellry... [Read more]

Kit Carson’s Scroll Leaf Earrings with Citrine

  Kit Carson’s designs are unique and full of life and emotion.  Read More →

Kit Carson Jewelry is now at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry

 I discovered Kit Carson’s work through a friend who owns one of Kit’s  ’Pirate”  bracelets.  Engraved inside is the saying “Bad to the Bone”.  (see “Looking for Biker Jewelry?”)   I knew his designs would be a perfect fit for my store.                                                                                        ... [Read more]

“Pearl Trail” Summer 2009 Limited Edition Necklace

My own newest design for the season, 3 strands of serpentine heishiwith a jade-like quality, dotted with a trail of cultured pearls.  Years ago I fell in love and began collecting the fine jewelry from the Santo Domingo Pueblo Indians. This is a design with that inspiration  Read More →

Richard Lindsay on the trail at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry

Santa Fe Trail Jewelry has been showcasing the designs of Richard Lindsay for over 6 years.  I have made it my mission each year to buy his featured earrings from his spring shows.  This year he designed the “Mountain Chime” earrings which I just had to have and I have added to my gallery.  I hope to add some of his other styles as I get to it but these are just a preview of his... [Read more]

I discovered a new artist after a visit to our Renaissance Festival - Debby Harkness

Debby Harkness, of Southern Exposure in Austin Texas, came in to my store this week and intrigued me with her story. She is in town for the duration of one of the top Renaissance Festivals in the country. She creates lampwork glass designs and is a silversmith. She graciously offered me a pair of tickets to come visit her booth. The Renaissance Festival is going on in Larkspur, Colorado and it... [Read more]

Angie Olami’s 2000 year old Roman Glass jewelry

2000 year old Roman Glass jewelry The breathtaking shards of glass Angie Olami uses in her jewelry date from 100 BCE to 300 CE. They were unearthed in Israel by archaeologists sifting through the fallen pillars and once magnificent cities of the Roman Empire. And how do the colors form? The layers of iridescent colors have evolved gradually over the centuries as part of the glass’s chemical... [Read more]

Summer Butterfly 2009 Limited Edition

This gorgeous Trollbeads bead is mounted with a new glass bead reflecting the colors of the rainbow, made from the same special glass as the Eye of Aphrodite ring. I like to call it the ‘Wings of Aphrodite’. This is a limited edition bead and there were only a few made available to each of the dealers. I did not receive many and at this time have sold out completely. Original Post June 2, 2009 ... [Read more]

TrollbeadsTrail.com

Trollbeads arrived in Monument, CO in March of 2008.  I was  searching for a line of beads that were truly extra-ordinary for my store, Santa Fe Trail Jewelry. Many of my customers were designing their own unique jewelry and I felt that something was missing in my store. Imagine a line that offered you an entire world in a piece of jewelry, your jewelry. Your choice by palette, with your own signature... [Read more]

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