Aug 13, 2021 | Cynthia's Reflections
There we were on the hillbilly highway slowly scooting around the hairpin turns, the forest’s thick growth providing cool shade along with alarm as we wondered what crops and bodies were hidden by that lushness. My 17-year old daughter and I left Asheville an hour...
Jun 29, 2021 | Jewelry Care
#1. Avoid Chlorine WHY: Chlorine & hand sanitizers pit metal surfaces and destroy the luster and polish of pearls and many colored gemstones. DO: Take your jewelry off before swimming in a chlorinated pool, bathing & dishwashing. Put your jewelry in a safe...
May 31, 2021 | Colored Gems, Designing Eye
“I adore Pink; it’s the Navy Blue of India,”… …revered Vogue editor Diana Vreeland exclaimed excited by the photographs taken in India by photographer Norman Parkinson. I suspect she meant just as navy blue is a classic color element in...
Apr 21, 2021 | Cynthia's Reflections, Designing Eye
Isn’t it fascinating seeing how the dots in our lives connect over time? “Chance” encounters or “wrong” turns can be the start of a new purpose, occupation or passion. Have you ever met somebody who took a chance on you, and that made all the difference?...
Mar 8, 2021 | Designing Eye, Once Upon A Jewel
Written by Peggy Jo Donahue and originally published by the Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths Association – December 13, 2011 When custom jeweler Cynthia Renée’s client, Mary, first came to visit her in 2003, she had a hunch that a lot of retailers...
Mar 3, 2021 | Cynthia's Reflections
How much of love is served by memory? I bet you all remember your first kiss – maybe even what your beloved was wearing when you met. My parents were married 57 years. It wasn’t a “they lived happily ever after” marriage – it was a deep, character building...
Feb 15, 2021 | Colored Gems
In Greek mythology, Bacchus is the God of agriculture and wine, with particular focus on fertility, ecstasy and festivity. Bacchanalia festivals were frenzied, indulgent wine-soaked events. One day, the fair maiden Amethystos crossed the path of Bacchus and refused...
