NEW & NEWSWORTHY at Krikawa

Juicy Liqueur won 1st place in the Mokume-gane Distinction category.


High Tea Ring won 2nd place in the Palladium Distinction category.

April 13-15, 2007
2008 Vision Award Competition -- Krikawa wins two!

Krikawa Jewelry Designs won first and second place awards in the 17th Annual Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America Vision Award Design Competition. This competitive and prestigious award recognizes the talent and innovation of designers whose work has a profound influence on the future of jewelry design. Lisa, accompanied by Jackie Froeliger, our sales manager, and Susan Ruff, our marketing specialist, traveled to NY for the award ceremony on April 13th at the MJSA Expo New York trade show at the Javits Center. Read more about the competition.

Lisa, on the right, during her demonstration.

April 5, 2007

Lisa was one of four artisans who led workshops at Kraftwerks' 10th Annual Invitational Jewelry Manufacturing Seminar Series in Los Angeles on April 5. Focusing on presenting the "best of the best" jewelry craft techniques, Kraftwerks invites some of the jewelry world's finest to share and teach rare skills. Lisa's workshop was on fabricating with palladium jewelery.

March 2007

We knew we were being included in an article in the spring issue of Tucson Guide, but we were thrilled when we learned we were going to be on the cover! Rebecca Boren wrote a fabulous article and Tim Fuller took some amazing photos of our rings. Tucson Guide gave us a framed poster of the cover in time to show it off at our Alchemy Party in February. We truly were feeling like Rock Stars!

February 7, 2007

Krikawa Jewelry Designs hosted an Alchemy Celebration during the 54th Annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. As the largest gem show in the United States, many of our friends and colleages were in town for the show so we decided to show them a good time - Krikawa style. We had incredible food and wine, the seductive French neo-lounge pop music of Marianne Dissard and her group, and let's not forget the "rings" of fire provided by Flam Chen. The event also happened to coincide with our Tenth Anniversary! Check out the pics from a very fun evening!

December 2007

We are very excited that two of our rings, Queen of Everything and Mokume Borealis, have been included in the recently published book, 500 Wedding Rings: Celebrating a Classic Symbol of Commitment, from Lark Books. The book presents remarkable works of art from around the globe that capture the spirit of committed relationships. We are honored to be among those represented in this beautiful, full color, elegantly designed publication.

December 2007

Krikawa Jewelry Designs was recently featured in an article on web-based businesses in the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson's morning newspaper. We're thrilled that the local business community is acknowledging our success. See what they had to say about us.

Del and Edith Hawbaker
Married June 17, 2006

November 2007

We are very excited to announce that we are beginning a print campaign in Arizona and Southern California and that we are using our actual clients to represent the face of Krikawa. Our campaign tagline is ONE OF A KIND. LIKE YOU. Since you, our customers, are as unique as each ring we create for you, we thought who better to illustrate the one-of-a-kind quality of our jewelry than our unique clients? Our first couple selected is Del & Edith Hawbaker from New Jersey. This is an ongoing campaign so we will be choosing a new couple about every 3 months. Any couple for whom we have made a ring(s), is eligible to be considered for our next ad. And to make things more tempting...we are offering a $1000 credit with us if your image is selected. Call or email Susan for more details!

October 2007

Lisa Krikawa has been awarded first place in the Tahitian Pearl Trophy competition sponsored by Perles De Tahiti GIE for her necklace, earring and ring set entitled “Pearls & Curls”. Winning in the “Parure” category among all North American entrants, Krikawa’s set will now proceed to the international competition to compete against finalists from over 30 countries.
Find out more about the Tahitian Pearl Trophy here.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Married June 10, 2007

September 2007

Call to clients...call to clients...call to clients!!!
We are in the process of redesigning our website and would like to include a "Clients Page" on the new site. After all, who knows our rings better than those who wear them every day! We'd love to have photos and testimonials that you would like to share with others. Questions, call Susan or email her.

September 2007

Would you feel more comfortable speaking with us face-to-face? Now you can without flying to Arizona! We recently installed video web conferencing equipment from Skype. Skype allows for users to call other users from their computer and communicate via webcam. If you have a webcam and Skype access, Let's Talk Face-to-Face! Contact Jackie to set up an appointment!

August 2007

Have you been wondering exactly who makes your ring? How about what that face at the other end of the phone looks like? Check out our updated About Us page. We now have pictures and details about the whole KJD team! It's a virtual Who's Who!

July 2007

Krikawa becomes the exclusive representative for Polar Bear Diamonds in the Tucson area. We are pleased to make available to our clients conflict-free diamonds via Canada. From the diamond mine located in the Northwest Territories, through the cutting and polishing process in their advanced diamond cutting facilities, all Polar Bear diamonds are Government certified 100% Canadian in origin. Learn all about them at www.polarbeardiamond.com then give us a call to order your stone!!

July 2007

For those of you looking for a special piece of jewelry, check out our new Diamonds and Pearl page. Whether you are looking for earrings or a necklace for your wedding or simply something special to treat yourself, take a look at our new line of jewelry.

June 2007

Krikawa Jewelry Design launches a MySpace site. Check out the fun and funkiness at www.myspace.com/krikawa. Blog away---we'd love to hear from you!!!

May 19, 2007

We celebrated our move to our new location with a fabulous Open House. We enjoyed live music by a local jazz trio, incredible food, and lots and lots of jewelry. Check out the pics from a memorable evening.

APRIL 30, 2007 --- Krikawa takes three!

Bench Jewelers Third Annual
Passion Awards Design Competition

Hosted by B.W.Simon International

FIRST PLACE: Design Team Category for the "Queen of Everything"
...................by Lisa Krikawa and John Krikawa
SECOND PLACE: Design Team Category for "Reine de Glace"
...................by Lisa Krikawa, Claudia Valdenegro and Heather Rouse
SECOND PLACE: Ladies Jewelry Category for "Something Blue"
...................by Lisa Krikawa

April 28, 2007 through October 28, 2007

Krikawa Displays Jewel at "Arizona Gems and Jewels"
Phoenix Airport Museum

This is an exhibition featuring gemstones native to Arizona, and Arizona artists. Krikawa's piece features a Concave Cut Four Peaks Amethyst marquise, Ant-Hill Garnet, and Kingman Turquoise.

SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2007

Lisa Krikawa Invited to Speak at JCK Las Vegas, the most comprehensive jewelry gathering in North America

Panel Discussion: Palladium Today: Its Place in the Market
Panelists: Daniel Ballard, PM West; Teresa Fryé, TechForm Advanced Casting Technology; Lisa Krikawa, Krikawa Designs

Discover how to best work with this increasingly important metal from industry experts with hands-on experience.

April, 2007

Lisa Krikawa wins the 2007 American Vision Award - Mokume Gane Distinction

A Men's Wedding Rings page was added to the website

Several masculine jewelry additions prompted us to put together this
Unique Men's Ring Collection for easier browsing.

1-888-KRIKAWA

April 2007

We just opened up a toll free phone number. 1-888-KRIKAWA. Yippee! Call us or be square.

February 2007

We added the most extraordinary diamonds to our offerings:

THE PASSION FLOWER®: The Ultimate Round Diamond®
THE EXCALIBUR®: The Ultimate Square Diamond®

January 2007

Krikawa Jewelry Designs moves to a new studio after 4 months of remodelling. Hooray! More pics of the place and the people forthcoming.

January 2007

"Summer" Mokume added to our selection of fine mokume-gane combinations. A new premium mokume with 18k yellow gold and platinum.

Cocktail Ring Deluxe!

A Renaissance Man Band on our new Men's Rings page.

Another manly ring...

And another

Oh, what beauty lies in rubies

Tapering diamond brilliance

Sculptural adornment

Shield-like beauty

Infinity style three-stone ring

Mokume Swirl

Brilliant Bow and Brilliant Enhancer

Mokume Puzzle Band

Flush Celtic Knot

Ultra-delicate Leaf Band