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Our job is to beautify. But we all know that a deeper beauty lies within and all the jewels in the world can’t compare with that. So here are some reminders of true beauty:

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. ~Alice Walker

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see. ~George W. Russell

 

I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful. ~Author Unknown

 

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ~Khalil Gibran

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. ~Ninon de L’Enclos

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty — they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. ~Martin Buxbau

I don’t like standard beauty — there is no beauty without strangeness. ~Karl Lagerfeld

Okay, holiday jewelry can be…well, tacky. But there’s a certain fun to it as well: as if we’re allowed to shelf good taste for a few months and just relish in the kid-like kitsch of it all.

So here’s some Thanksgiving jewelry pieces we spotted around the Net to get you in the mood.

Fall leaves pendant on Etsy.

Antiqued Copper Plated Large Leaf Pendant with Acorn on Etsy

Turkey leg earrings on Etsy

Fall pumpkin pendant on Etsy

Pumpkin pie earrings on Trendsetter

If you’re turning green with envy, join the club!

This pear-shaped 3.51ct Fancy Intense green diamond ring, flanked by two white diamonds was expected to achieve between US$800,000 and $1.2 million at Christie’s last month. This color grade is rarely seen, even at auctions.

The color of jewelry is a major component of its attraction (of course) but the American Gem Trade Association took it a step further and voted for the most amazing colorful jewelry in the world. Simply amazing pieces.

The AGTA Spectrum Awards is considered by many to be the most respected and prestigious creative awards for the jewelry design industry. Launched in 1984 by the American Gem Trade Association, it honors, recognizes and promotes designers whose work uses natural colored gemstones and cultured pearls in fine jewelry design. The international competition serves as the benchmark for jewelry designers striving to gain recognition for their work. In addition, it is one of things the jewelry industry uses to establish trends through the use of color and materials.

The AGTA recently announced the 2014 winners of the competition, held in New York, and according to Douglas K. Hucker, CEO of the AGTA, the 500 or designers who participated stretched the boundaries in what can be achieved in jewelry design with colored gems and pearls.

Source: Forbes

Best of Show Leon Mege, Platinum ring with a 4.71 ct. Paraiba tourmaline accented with French-cut diamonds (1.31 ctw.).

Check out more amazing pieces here.

Here’s a video of three stunning GIA graded natural color fancy yellow diamonds. Which one is your favorite?