Sourcing sapphires in Sri Lanka, what began as a grateful prayer created the dawning of a new life era – the Motherhood Era.
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
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
I was twenty-six and guiding a group of geology professors through the Himalaya Tourmaline Mine…
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
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…
Some Warps in the Mirror
If not gems, I would work with textiles. I collected them: handmade quilts from the Amish of Ohio; colorful hammocks woven by Mexican net fisherman; centuries-old lace from Spain…
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