When one of your necklaces is featured on Tim Gunn's Guide to Style [1] as one of Tim's Essentials [2], you're done — in a good way. That's just what happened to Jenifer Balducci, the San Francisco-based designer who created the necklace at left as part of her JBalducci Jewelry collection [3].

She started out designing high-end jewelry and custom pieces in LA, but eventually moved into her Bay Area studio, where JBalducci was born in 2003. Jenifer loves incorporating vintage and antique pieces with fine materials for her namesake line, producing a contemporary look.

All of her pieces are handmade, and they run from $25-$130 at JBalducci.com [4].

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