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, we craft beautiful bracelets, necklaces and accessories embraced by the finest shops.”
When you purchase a design with Julio Pagliani’s name, you are helping a village to find fairly paid work…and make much-needed money….without having to leave home and family.
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.
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 book available for sale. Call for more information: 719-481-0250
Kit Carson’s designs are unique and full of life and emotion.
Come by Santa Fe Trail Jewelry on Friday or Saturday to see the complete line of Trollbeads in stock! There will be your choice of a ‘Gift w/Purchase’ or a free bracelet chain with an upgraded clasp. My area representative from Trollbeads US will also be here all day Saturday to assist you with choosing your designs. Mary always comes in with amazing new ideas from Trollbeads and it is always an inspiration for all of us that are collectors.
Specials are for in store purchase and only valid for the event days.
See you soon!
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. 
Kit Carson, the “Wildest Jewelry Engraver in the West”, is known for his original, bold, naturalistic, curvilinear design, extremely fine detail and a subtle sense of humor.
Inspiration rushes through Kit like a desert flash flood slapping the dust out of a dry arroyo. He observes the rich palette of nature in the desert: a leaf spiraling over itself, the graduating texture of a weathered stone, the voluptous form of the thunderheads, and the accelerating curves of a sunbleached bone. As he notices a rabbit bounding by him, framed over a golden cactus against a turquoise sky, he’s back at his bench working madly, a happy guy. “It is the nostalgic freedom of the western landscape and a return to a natural and simple life that I want to capture in my art”, says Kit. His themes include ravens, dragonflies, cactus, bones, cowboys and anything else he discovers in the desert.
I designed this Trollbeads bracelet to go with my 105th Anniversary Harley-Davidson, using the classic orange and black with a touch of copper. Beads used are the Belly Chakra, Black Gold, Dark Leopard, the retired Tiger, Three in One (which stands for you, your bike and the road) and the retired Pig (for every H.O.G member).
What are your colors? Let me design a bracelet for you!
I’ve found an edgy new artist that has a ‘Bad to the Bone’ collection of jewelry fit for pirates or bikers! Watch for new pieces to be uploaded soon, just in time for early holiday shopping.
Shown here is a ‘Pirate’ bracelet with Gaspeite and 14k gold on a sterling cuff, engraved inside with H-D flames and the inscription ‘Bad to the Bone”
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
I just read a blog that came through about a woman that said she had just found a “Cheap Alternative to Trollbeads!!! I found this website that sells trollbead dupes! They are so pretty and cheap“. Having been a reputable Trollbeads dealer for well over a year, I had to check it out! The line she spoke of wasn’t even a good imitation of the authentic Trollbeads line we have come to know and love. So Beware of the competition for you will never get investment value back for your cheap product, it will never be guaranteed, it probably will not last a lifetime, and they are cheap because they scimp on quality and look like cheap costume jewelry! There must be hundreds of artists that can do lampwork glass, yet rarely have I seen such a vast selection of gorgeous styles and designs as what Trollbeads offers. Trollbeads has been in business since 1976, and they have earned their reputation. North America has never seen seen a line of this kind. Detail, design, and originality are what truly sets Trollbeads apart from the competition. PS. Those cheap imitations will never have the ability to sell for over $200 after being retired as so many of the highly coveted Trollbeads do!
