By Holly Tishfield<\/p>\n
Celebrity-favorite jewelry designer and industry trailblazer Erica Courtney stopped by Underwood Jewelers in Ponte Vedra Beach on June 19 and 20 to chat with customers and showcase the latest pieces from her Drop Dead Gorgeous collection.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited about all of the new jewelry,” Courtney said when asked about her latest updates. \u201cI\u2019m always designing something new, and I feel like this collection is even more different, in a way, and is still coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney\u2019s work is well known for bright pops of colorful gems set in beautifully arranged mountings, often adorned with smaller gems and\/or white diamonds. Courtney\u2019s collections throughout the years have been inspired by feminine beauty, whimsical designs and a lifelong adoration of high-end craftsmanship.<\/p>\n
Involved every step of the way, Courtney is also referred to as \u201cIndiana Jones in 6-inch heels,\u201d traveling to the farthest reaches of the globe to visit exotic gem mines and bustling markets to source the perfect gemstones for her pieces.<\/p>\n
This year, Courtney said she\u2019s particularly excited to exhibit her padparadscha sapphires, which customers can find nestled in intricate settings of rings, necklaces and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very rare find. Padparadschas are the rarest sapphires there are,\u201d she explained, noting that the gem must have a hint of pink and a hint of orange to be classified as a padparadscha. \u201cIt took me eight years to collect this many.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney also said that she is loving the flower-chain necklaces, along with the colored bracelets, which feature a multitude of colorful gems set alongside white pearls in handcrafted wrappings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe men\u2019s collection did super well, and we\u2019re working on even more designs,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt was sort of a test last year and it did so well that I definitely put it in high gear in January. It\u2019s not here yet, but it will be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney has frequented the Underwood Jewelers in Ponte Vedra Beach for several years now in an annual trunk show. Although the trunk show only lasted the weekend, pieces from her collections are available at the store year-round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Holly Tishfield Celebrity-favorite jewelry designer and industry trailblazer Erica Courtney stopped by Underwood Jewelers in Ponte Vedra…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-322560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}