Washington, D.C. - November 12, 2008

Trees's Pieces

Laura Elizabeth Ecofriendly Leaf Jewelry

Golden leaves. Burnt sienna bushes. You’d love to cloak yourself in fall’s glory.

Pity you’re a summer, not an autumn. (Oranges turn your skin the sexy shade of week-old pumpkin pie.)

Console yourself with 24-karat leaves from jewelry designer Laura Elizabeth.

The artist’s ecofriendly collection features semiprecious stones paired with metal-dipped foliage, often made with recycled silver. The resulting pieces are delicate without looking precious.

Choose between the Allison necklace (which preserves real aspen leaves in silver and gold) and the Meg (a gold-crusted elm leaf with a chunk of gold-rimmed turquoise geode).

A portion of proceeds goes to environmental causes, so you could go for both.

But we’ll leaf that one up to you.

Available online at lauraelizabethjewelry.com.