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….
A Family Affair: A Custom Jeweler Builds Memories for a Client
Jewelry designer Cynthia Renee involves a special client’s entire family creating meaningful heirloom legacy jewelry….
Mom’s Last Words: Jewelry as a Living Legacy
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…
The Sobering Story of Amethyst and Bacchus
How the gem Amethyst got its name.
Purple Reigns: How to Wear Purple Jewels and Clothing
Thrilling or perplexing, the color purple is capturing cultural attention. Since the purple clothing around inauguration looked really good in the media …
Mega Earring Looks from a Few Strategic Pieces
The venue was a relaxed, Bohemian cafe, and I was so excited to meet my friend and client, Lisa, to deliver the custom design ring we created….outside with masks…..
Light Beams from “The Morning After”
Today, the morning after, I walked to work letting my mind go roaming off leash. Fragile in some ways and durable in many others, that light reflects eternity…
Changing Styles with the Seasons
My friend & client Carolyn inspires me with her combinations of colored gem jewelry and clothing colors. We could all learn a thing or two from her. Below, she starts with two different bead necklaces…
The Bitch is Back
Do you like surprises or pranks? I sure do and think of them as an alternative “I Love You” to my dear ones. To surprise my oldest last Sunday evening as she arrived home after weeks away, I turned all the house lights off…
Pearl Games
A client came to me with a stash of pearls she just didn’t wear. We made her pearl stash wearable, restringing with a series of five clasps that can interconnect so the pearls can be worn in different lengths and combinations…
Bold Peachy Neutral Gem Jewelry
Summer is such a bounty of produce, I ritually mark it’s end by making a fresh tomato-basil sauce on angel hair pasta and am sure to get in one more grilling of peaches. I never heard of grilled peaches before I moved to North Carolina…
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