Old habits die hard. While I was in L.A. last week, my sister and I stopped at Ritual Adornments (where I took my first jewelry making class). I found this strand of turquoise drops (on that very wall that's in the photo, in fact) — and loved the earthy, natural colors. Even though it's pretty easy to find turquoise beads, I haven't come across this shape before. So I'm excited to use it in a bracelet project for our upcoming special issue, 52 Bracelets. I'll be whipping up the bracelet this week, but the issue will be on newsstands in mid August.