Mar 8, 2021 | Designing Eye, Jewelry Styling, Legacy Jewels
Written by Peggy Jo Donahue and originally published by the Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths Association – December 13, 2011 When custom jeweler Cynthia Renée’s client, Mary, first came to visit her in 2003, she had a hunch that a lot of retailers...
Mar 3, 2021 | Only Life is More Colorful
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. My parents were married 57 years. It wasn’t a “they lived happily ever after” marriage – it was a deep, character building...
Feb 15, 2021 | Colored Gems
In Greek mythology, Bacchus is the God of agriculture and wine, with particular focus on fertility, ecstasy and festivity. Bacchanalia festivals were frenzied, indulgent wine-soaked events. One day, the fair maiden Amethystos crossed the path of Bacchus and refused...