
Aquamarine: Storied gem of beauty and insight
Aquamarine is a gemstone filled with as much beauty as it is lore and healing. Learn the unique characteristics and qualities of this March birthstone and how to make it fit your lifestyle.

How Designers Find Solutions: The Case of the Pearl Gone Too Far
Designing is all about solving challenges. Sometimes a gem I am designing around is just a bit “too much.” But, there’s always a workaround – learn how we approached one challenge below.

Why Jewelry is the Best way to Mark your Life’s Key Moments
Jewelry adornment is deeply encoded in our DNA…it is a gift handed down from the intelligence, skills, and rich emotional lives of our most ancient ancestors.

A Short Walk through the World of Garnets
One of the world’s most beloved gemstones, garnet, has a long lineage and a somewhat unruly family tree. Let’s take a voyage through the world of garnets.

Energy Chakras and Healing with Gem Crystals
I recently wrote a booklet given to Golden Door guests during my visit two weeks ago on energy chakras and gems associated with healing.

The Tradition of Heart Holding
The macabrely decorated skeletons and skulls of Mexico’s Dia de los Muertos aren’t to scare, but to remind us to celebrate the present. Families meet at ancestral gravesites for a party creating offerings of honor, clean their graves and picnic to tell stories about the departed. It is a very human ability to transform our life into emotions. Tell the stories about your jewelry. In this way, regular jewelry transforms into “family jewels,” and a jewelry box becomes a treasure chest of the most meaningful kind.

Pass the Bubbly Please
Diana Jarret raises a glass in praise of Cynthia Renee's exquisite champagne diamond, baroque pearl, and gorgeous blush pink-toned gems in her...

Rapaport features Spinel Jewelry
Rapaport article features Cynthia Renée's Pantea spinel earrings.

The Creativity of Getting Lost and Found
Creativity requires us to release our preconceived notions and let our innate abilities rise while traveling along the road less known. “Getting “lost” has been an integral part of developing my creative confidence. The magic is in the unexpected.”

Jewelry Care During Summertime
The livin’ may be easier during summertime, yet summer brings some special jewelry care tips and cautions. Here’s a quick guide to summertime jewelry care.

Is Pink the Navy Blue of India?
Pink Gems as calming neutrals or passionate salsa dancers.

Everything is Connected
How the matriarch of one of the world’s greatest engineering dynasties set jewelry designer Cynthia Renee on her path creating interchangeable jewelry….
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