Our Favorite Jewelry Geniuses

John Petersen began collecting jewelry for his daughter Riley's dress-up box when she was still very young. As she grew older and selected the pieces she wanted to keep, he transformed the pieces into one-of-a-kind accessories.

But John wasn't the only one with an eye for design, Riley is also a talented designer! Together the two create as Little Lux, a division of John's Gunner & Lux. Riley puts her crafting skills to work and her dad creates playful necklaces for all ages. If your favorite necklace doesn't have a fluffy mini tassel AND a toy dinosaur, you're missing out.

Working a serious steam punk-meets-nostalgia-meets-Americana vibe, Elijah and Matt are the two creatives behind the Atlanta design firm In God We Must. 

The main material for In God We Must’s idiosyncratic jewelry? American coins: pennies, buffalo nickels, state quarters, fashioned into handsome rings, necklaces and cufflinks bent and shaped into what they call “a product of quiet excellence.”