Designer Spotlight: Marcia Moran

Marcia Moran creates bold styles with a sexy edge. Born, raised and educated in Brazil, she became a dentist in the early 90's but her desire was always to work with fashion and Jewelry. In 2003, she moved to Los Angeles and decided to make her dream come true. 

Working with different Brazilian designers she began to show her creativity, innovation and talent. As her company and the demand for new creative designs grew, Marcia decided to make her line more unique, by designing some pieces for her new collection. 

Marcia's eye-catching, contemporary jewelry is made of either brushed 18kt gold- or rhodium-plated metals, and beautiful semi-precious stones. Using the spectacular resources of Brazil Marcia designs for fashionable women who enjoy extraordinary pieces, Marcia's Jewelry helps women look fabulous, but not fancy...feel rich, yet reasonable... dress spectacularly, yet still simple.

MIA LARA at Moondance Jewelry Gallery

Mia Lara

The Mia Lara artisan jewelry collection is designed by Mia Lara Nathanson, a designer who views personal adornment as a quintessential form of expression. Designing since she was a young girl, Mia began her start in jewelry business by setting up roadside stands in her hometown with her beaded jewelry and homemade cookies. After attending Columbia University and receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology, Mia went on to work in the Fashion and Finance Industries. During her five years in the corporate world, Mia worked arduously to realize her dream of founding a company by devoting all her spare time to her creative vision and selling her jewelry at local New York Markets on weekends. Shortly after, she dove further into her business to make it a full-time endeavor, traveling to India where she spent time cultivating design concepts and sourcing stones. The inception of each design in her Mia Lara collection springs from a spontaneous gravitation toward a stone, allowing the process to organically evolve from a visual feast on natural splendor.

Holiday Bling by: Yasmeen

Moondance Jewelry Gallery is fully stocked with some amazing Holiday Bling!!!! Our professional jewelry stylists hand picked some of our favorite diamond pieces by Yasmeen. These beauties feature diamonds, sapphire, labradorite and chalcedony set in 14k gold. Please visit us on Montana Ave. in Santa Monica or our website www.moondancejewelry.com 

Feel free to place a phone order.. We ship world wide!!!! 310-395-5516

Happy Holidays to all!!!

OKTOBERFEST AT MOONDANCE JEWELRY GALLERY IN SANTA MONICA

Oktoberfest is the world's largest fair held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in October with more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event every year. To the locals, it is not called Oktoberfest, but "die Wies'n", after the colloquial name of the fairgrounds (Theresienwiese) themselves. The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since 1810. Other cities across the world also holdOktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the original Munich event! 

Come celebrate the changing seasons with Moondance Jewelry Gallery in Santa Monica!! We are having a VIDA KUSH TRUNK SHOW, BEER, NAIL ART, DJ and MORE !!!! OKTOBERFEST IN LA WITH VIDA KUSH !!!

Oktoberfest at Moondance Jewelry Gallery! Wednesday October 9th, 5-8pm

Mark your calendars Moondancers!!  We're having a special after hours shopping event at Moondance Jewelry Gallery this Wednesday, October 9th 5-8pm.  

We'll be featuring an in-store trunk show with one of our favorite local jewelry designers VIDA KUSH!!  Help up celebrate the fall season with new collections of jewelry & handbags, festive drinks & tasty treats, music by DJ Shimmatron, and enter to win a $200 gift certificate to spend at Moondance Jewelry Gallery!!!

KITSCH JEWELRY @ MOONDANCE!!

www.moondancejewelry.com Kitsch's humble beginnings started with a young girl from Wisconsin named Cassandra who loved all things that sparkle and shine.  As a child, she would sneak away with her father's dentistry tools and use them along with any scraps she could find around the house to create all sorts of awesome accessories and jewelry for her family and friends.  Cassandra attended College at The University of Minnesota and FIDM's graduate program for design.  With any free time and money she could scrape together, Cassandra took her journey abroad, travelling the globe in search of unique designs, enveloping herself in ancient art and cultures. It is through her collective experience and love of design and fashion that she started Kitsch out of her tiny apartment.  In just a few short years, Kitsch has ballooned to becoming a leading accessories manufacturer with products including, hair ties, headbands, charmy rings, cute necklaces, funky earrings and other cute accessories.  Kitsch produces timeless accessories with vibrant colors and unique textures that can match any occasion.  Wear our pieces alone or stack, layer and collect.  Great as a gift for the friend you love.  You can never have enough Kitsch in your life. 

WINGS HAWAII AT MOONDANCE JEWELRY GALLERY !!!

WINGS HAWAII IS CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF LOCAL, HANDMADE & ECO-FRIENDLY CREATIONS! 
IT ALL STARTED WITH 3 BEST FRIENDS MEETING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MANOA. 
BEACH COMBING, SHELL-DIVING, SURFING, SAILING, HIKING, DRAWING AND CREATING
TIED THEM TOGETHER AND TURNED A COLLEGE PROJECT INTO A THRIVING COMPANY.

www.moondancejewelry.com

FROM DAY ONE TO NOW, GRASS-ROOTS IDEALS HAVE BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT FACET OF OUR COMPANY:
ALL METALS AND FABRIC SCRAPS ARE RECLAIMED OR REUSED. ALL INKS AND DYES ARE NON-TOXIC.FABRICS ARE SOFT AND SUMPTUOUS ORGANIC COTTONS AND SUSTAINABLE BAMBOO FIBERS.
ALL GARMENTS ARE CUT ONE AT A TIME AND PINNED BY HAND.THESE GOODS ARE PHYSICALLY CREATED IN HAWAI'I BY THE WINGS HAWAI'I DESIGN TEAM.
TAKE A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT IT... CREATED BY HAND:

WE SCREEN-PRINT OUR ORIGINAL ARTWORK ON ECO-CONSCIOUS BLANKS,WE HAND-FABRICATE AND HAND SAW AND CAST OUR JEWELRY,WE PATTERN AND SEW EVERYTHING FROM DRESSES TO BIKINIS AND BAGS,WE PAINT ON HATS, PICK SHELLS AND LOVE LIFE!

YOU CAN WEAR WINGS HAWAII AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A GENUINE PIECE OF ART, FROM RIGHT HERE ON MAUI.WE DO IT ALL HERE RIGHT IN OUR HAIKU STUDIO AND WE ARE STILL DOING IT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU. <3