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JCK's third annual Jewelers Choice Awards have announced this years winners.  There were 233 entries from jewelry designers and manufacturers submitted, and the voters declared their favorites in January as the finalists. Taking top honors as the grand-prize winner is a multicolored gemstone and rhodolite beaded necklace from BELLARRI shown here.

This fabulous necklace is from Bellari's Mademoiselle Collection and features over 37.50 carats of genuine multi colored gemstones and rhodolite beads as well as 1 carat of genuine diamonds.  It has a suggested retail value of $13, 135.

There were winners in 18 different categories with all types of jewelry and design included.  Many of the categories were for either gemstone or diamond designs, but they also had best necklace, best ring, etc.  Over all of the categories, rings seemed to gather most of the winning honors.  Congratulations to all of this year's winners.

You can view all of the winners on this page of the JCK website.  Here are a few of my favorites.  Which one is yours?

JCK Online hosts the Jeweler's Choice Contest every year and the voting recently ended for this year's contest.  The votes are being tallied and the finalists will be announced soon.

The contest is the first industry design competition to harness the Internet and allow retailers to vote for their favorite designs.  There were 18 different categories to cover all types of jewelry and also four different price points - from under $2500 to over $10,000.

There were my favorite entries in the ring, necklace and bracelet categories.  You can view all the jewelry entries on this page of the JCK site.

The International Opal Jewellery Design Awards Association is a non profit organization founded in 2000 to promote freeform and or undulating opal. EVery two years, the organization has a design contest, and they have announced their winners for 2009.

It was hard for me to choose a favorite to showcase here. So many of the designs were just spectacular.  I've always been fond of opals.  I lived in Australia for about 15 years and was able to see many varieties there. 

The piece featured here is from the Apprentice category and was the first place winner.  It ia a fabulous hair comb by Joe Coffey from Gullians.   You can view all the winners and those marked as commendable on this page of the IOJDDA website.  Which one is your favorite?