New Retail Location!!
We are very excited to announce that you can now find Chrissi Harmon Jewelry at the Tigerlily’s Emporium in Broken Arrow, OK!!!!
The Tigerlily’s Emporium is located in the downtown Rose District of Broken Arrow and the store will be open Tuesday-Saturday each week! We are so excited to have a retail location available for our local customers and can’t wait to meet new friends!
We will be sharing more details as we get closer to the grand opening on September 3rd, 2022. If you are in the Broken Arrow, OK area, please stop by and visit the store!
Autumn is Here!
Autumn has arrived and with it I’ve been enjoying the beautiful fall foliage and the much more livable temperatures! Oklahoma gets very hot in the summer and Autumn is always a welcome respite before the cold winter sets in!
Autumn is also my favorite time for fashion! I love the return of boots, sweaters, jackets and all things fall attire! Of course, that also means it’s time for beautiful Autumn inspired jewelry!
Sterling Silver with 14kt gold dots, garnets and citrine are the perfect fall combination!
My favorite autumn gemstones are agates with the rich browns, reds and yellows, citrine, tourmaline in the darker colors (deep greens, browns) and garnets. Although, I’m partial to just about any gemstone.
Agatized dinosaur bone in sterling silver
Whatever your fancy or favorite Autumn color combination, we have a great selection to choose from! I hope you will get a chance to check out all of our new and beautiful jewelry.
Garnet and agate
Rutilated quartz and sterling silver
Sterling Silver on Sterling Silver with a dark patina
Sapphires for September
Sapphires are one of my favorite stones, and they are the birth stone for the month of September One of the most amazing things about sapphires is the range of colors they can be found in! Anything from colorless to blue to pink and even yellow and green!
Sapphires are ideal for jewelry because they are very hard and durable as a gemstone. Second only in hardness to diamonds, sapphires can be set in just about any type of setting without worry, however, it’s important to know, especially for cleaning purposes, if your sapphire has been exposed to any treatments, like heat.
It’s interesting to know, that clear sapphires are occasionally cut as microscopic lens, mainly because they are very hard and highly refractive. Gem-quality colorless sapphires are not common though. Rough colorless sapphires are usually light brown or grey when mined, and then heated to make them clear.
The most desirable blue sapphires are those with the cornflower blue color, which is commonly referred to as “Kashmir blue”. The word sapphire comes from the Latin word, sapphirus, meaning blue.
Sapphires belong to the category of gemstones called Corundum. Corundum gemstones all contain the crystalized composition aluminum oxide. What color a sapphire becomes depends on what other minerals color the stone during the development process. Red stones are typically colored with chromium, blue stones, typically colored with iron and titanium, and yellow sapphires get their color from iron.
The value of a sapphire depends on how rich the color of the natural stone is, along with it’s transparency. The most valuable stones have the best transparency and the richest natural color.
The most common treatments for sapphires is heat-treatments to enhance or change their color. Sometimes radiation is used to enhance a stone’s color, although this process is not very stable to light and another treatment called beryllium diffusion is also sometimes used.
In the United States, Montana is the largest producer of natural sapphires called “Montana” sapphires. These are typically small sapphires, and they come in a range of colors, but are primarily found in blue and yellow.
Chrissi
GYNCA organization donation
We are honored and thrilled to be able to donate this beautiful leopardskin jasper and faceted citrine pendant to the Gyn Cancers Alliance for their upcoming silent auction event.
The mission of GYNCA is to provide education, support and resources to women in Southwest Missouri with gynecological cancer and to raise awareness about early warning signs and symptoms of gynecological cancers.
This amazing organization has four key programs that support women and their families during this difficult time in their lives. The programs are as follows:
Survivor to survivor mentoring and partnering with Imerman Angels
Education and awareness
Emergency non-medical financial assistance with active chemo or radiation
Monthly/Quarterly member group meetings.
To find out more about this amazing organization, please visit their website at www.gynca.org.
The Fossil Collection
It’s finally finished and I couldn’t be more pleased! The Fossil Collection has been launched and I’m very excited to share this beautiful collection with all of you!
This collection has been in the works for quite some time, and combines my love of fossils with other gemstones to provide some really fascinating and unique designs.
The highlight of the collection is a large, natural trilobite set in solid sterling silver. The top of the piece is graced with peridot and Swiss blue topaz faceted stones, while the bottom dangles and dances with Swiss blue topaz and peridot beads.
Dinosaur bone has always fascinated me as a gemstone. The stone itself is agate that has filled in the cavities of a fossilized dinosaur bone, and each piece is very unique. This piece is exceptional in color and matrix and I couldn’t love it more!
Orthoceras are always fun! This outstanding cuff bracelet combines a beautiful Orthoceras fossil paired with 2 beautiful and faceted Moonstones. The photos for this piece definitely do not do it justice! The Moonstones sparkle, flash and dance in the light!
I have several more pieces available in this wonderful collection, so be sure to click on the link to see them all!
Griffin Center Donation Update
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the organizers of the Griffin Center Gala have informed me that their event has been postponed until June 20th, 2020.
I am pleased to still be able to donate a beautiful piece to their event, and here is what the finished product looks like:
This beautiful heart pendant features blue and white topaz stones to represent the center’s colors, and the heart features the Shattered Heart design with a leaf motif, to help represent the positive change the center instills in families lives.
I hope you will consider donating to the Griffin Center or attending their upcoming Gala on June 20th, 2020.
As always…our thoughts and prayers are with everyone during this time, especially our healthcare workers. Everyone stay home, stay safe and we will see you soon!
All the Best!
Chrissi