My Life in Jewels
Pietra Ring

Pietra Ring

I made the Pietra Ring (rock, in Italian) to call to mind my backcountry field work in San Diego.

Mama’s Day

Mama’s Day

I made carrot cake to celebrate our daughter’s first birthday. We all lined up for a taste of sweetness fed by her little hand. I received the necklace four months prior, a gift to mark my first Mother’s Day.

Holy Night

Holy Night

Sourcing sapphires in Sri Lanka, what began as a grateful prayer created the dawning of a new life era – the Motherhood Era.

Cynthia Appleseed

Cynthia Appleseed

I was crisscrossing the country, bounding to build my business. I felt like “Run Run Rudolph” in the Chuck Berry song, tearing up the highways and “reelin’ like a merry-go-round.”…

Don’t Lose your Head

Don’t Lose your Head

In 1990, soon after I started Cynthia Renée Company, I met some friends to celebrate an engagement. I wore a small, yellow gold brooch of Marie Antoinette hand-painted on ivory accented by natural pearls…

Himalaya Grrrl

Himalaya Grrrl

I was twenty-six and guiding a group of geology professors through the Himalaya Tourmaline Mine…

Chief Earrings

Chief Earrings

I told my friend Clare I was going to Sri Lanka to explore; that by going “something would happen.” I was feeling drained, missing my softness, the juiciness I needed to nurture creative life…

Do it Yourself Beads

Do it Yourself Beads

I learned shorthand, typed 120 words a minute and got an A in Bookkeeping Fundamentals. Make way world – here comes nineteen-year-old Cynthia! I was singing another tune after two years as a legal secretary…

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