This client is more aware of gems and jewelry than most people in the trade! A well-traveled New Yorker, she shops the world – if only to gather awareness and keen her eye. She is attracted to gems in bright and vivid colors, and not afraid of bolder rings and earrings…
This client was heart-sick – she had dropped a family heirloom down the garbage disposal! This ring was embedded with family history: It was her grandmother’s platinum ring designed in the early 1900’s, …
Cynthia Renée gold cufflinks inspired by a vintage pair of Indian cufflinks, but updated. Six each cabochon emeralds (Colombia) and rubies (Burma) set with white enamel in 22 karat yellow gold…
Cynthia Renée “Father’s” cufflinks made of 18 karat yellow gold. Each of the 3-mm gemstones represents the birth month of father and three sons; Mama is the natural, freshwater pearl in the middle…
Cynthia Renée “Hearth and Hounds” cufflinks made in 18 karat yellow gold, platinum, diamond and black lacquer. The cufflinks feature…
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.
Sourcing sapphires in Sri Lanka, what began as a grateful prayer created the dawning of a new life era – the Motherhood Era.
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.”…
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…
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