jewelry, design, and Lia Sophia

In addition to my new scrapbooking enthusiasm, I've started to dabble in jewelry design, and paying much more attention to the art of it, and what makes a good piece of jewelry a good piece of jewelry. What I've found is that a lot of "low end" stuff is visually interesting, and a lot of "high end" stuff is tasteful but -- quite frankly -- boring. Which is why I'm so impressed with Lia Sophia -- it's high-end but great to look at.