Today's "My Jewelry Memories" guess is Rose Cuell. Her answers are really fun to read and I would LOVE to see the jewelry she mentions. Thanks Rose for such a fun response!
PH: What was your favorite piece of jewelry when you were growing up? Why? RC: A pair of clown shaped earrings, because I thought they where very original and colorful. I also loved a 101 dalmations necklace my dad bought me once. Now I found them both ridiculous. PH: What is your favorite piece of jewelry now? Why? RC: An H. Stern charm I won on a magazine contest. There was only one charm and the question of the trivia was "if you have to chose one piece of jewelry for keeping it the rest of your life what would it be." I wrote a small essay about a bererber necklace i bought in a trip to Morocco, and how it reminded me the amazing time I had, and how that trip made me feel like if there where no limits. Two months later I found out i was the winner. I was Thrilled!! PH: Who has influenced your jewelry tastes? RC: Sherry Seraphini and Heidi Kumli. I have seen (and made) jewelry waaaay different since I knew these designers. PH: Do you have a favorite memory involving jewelry? RC: I spent a whole summer in Zacatecas, a Mexican town leaning how to work with silver. I was in love with a guy who was living there by the time, and I have the best memories of that summer. PH: When you choose jewelry, what factors do you consider? (price, fashion, emotional ties, etc?) RC: I'll say I consider the styles that I like: huge, bold and colorful necklaces, even if they are a trend at the time or not. And about price: If I can afford it i bought it. PH: What jewelry trends do you like? RC: Huge necklaces, turquoises and seed beads, pearls, bib necklaces, and everything tribal, very ethnic stuff. I have a lot of Moroccan and Mexican pieces that are artisinally made. Hate? Really fine jewelry, gold, and very branded styles (such as the typical Tiffanys heart), hoop earrings, and everything that involves to much bilng bling. PH: If you could have any piece of jewelry in the world, what would it be? RC :A Ranajana Kahn necklace. I also loved some of the jewllery collections of Oscar de La Renta and Marni.
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Next up in our "My Jewelry Memories" series is the very talented Kashmira Patel. Be sure to check out her blog at http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/.
PH: What was your favorite piece of jewelry when you were growing up? Why? KP: I went to a convent school, and the nuns did not allow us to wear any jewelry, except very tiny earrings. Pierced ears is a must in India, and they could not put a ban on that tradition. Nothing else was allowed. So during summer holidays, we would wear jewelry to our hearts' content. The first piece to go on was a pair of anklets with lots of silver bells...on both feet. This even inspired a recent blog hop that I had hosted :) http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/05/anklet-blog-hop-reveal.html PH: What is your favorite piece of jewelry now? Why? KP: There are a couple sets that my husband designed and made for me when I first started dabbling into jewelry making. He wanted me to reproduce them and put them up in my shop, but I am a bit possessive about those designs. They are mine ;-) Another piece of jewelry that is extremely special to me is something that belongs to my mother. Its a very delicate gold arm band (it is worn on the bicep!). It has delicate enamel work with animals and her name on it! It was part of her wedding trousseau. I wore it at my own wedding, and still love it although it doesn't fit me anymore :( PH: Who has influenced your jewelry tastes? KP: I would say my Indian roots and heritage, I have to have color and variety in what I wear. PH: Do you have a favorite memory involving jewelry? KP: Not any one single memory, but I will always remember how my Dad used to bring back loads of costume jewelry for me and my three sisters on his frequent trips to the USA. He totally spoiled us! PH: When you choose jewelry, what factors do you consider? (price, fashion, emotional ties, etc?) KP: Style, and then definitely emotional ties! I have a lot of pieces given to me as gifts or made by friends, and I always feel very special wearing them. PH: What jewelry trends do you like? Hate? KP: Not really. I like everything :) I guess what I do not like, is the weird and painful piercings some folks do. That is not pretty :( PH: If you could have any piece of jewelry in the world, what would it be? KP: I have it :) My diamond engagement ring :) Today's guest is Sheryl Stephens from Cool Moon Creations. She has some really cool things to share about her jewelry.
PH: What was your favorite piece of jewelry when you were growing up? Why? SS: I actually didn't really get into jewelry and beading until my mid 20's - after I'd been married a few years. BUT - as a child, there was a sunroom at my grandmothers house where she kept beautiful seashells, stones and other treasures found on beach walks and hikes. I absolutely LOVED playing with those - and organizing them as a child. PH: What is your favorite piece of jewelry now? Why? SS: My favorite piece is one of my most recent - a big yellow and magenta bead embroidery flower piece. Mostly because it's big and bold and draws tons of compliments, but I also love it because it was so 'off the top of my head" - it had no plan, but turned out beautiful! (Photo attached!) PH: Who has influenced your jewelry tastes? SS: Most of the seed bead queens - Marcia DeCoster, Sheri Serafini, Laura McCabe, Rachel Nelson Smith. Their techniques have given me wings.... PH: Do you have a favorite memory involving jewelry? SS: Not a specific one; I just find myself reminiscing often about how I started as a bored housewife - and how far I've come with my technique, my style, my passion - and my success. PH: When you choose jewelry, what factors do you consider? (price, fashion, emotional ties, etc?) SS: It depends on whether I'm designing for myself - or for what I know will be a piece for sale. I take into consideration whether or not I want it to be a piece that is worthy of appearing in one of the two art galleries where I currently sell my work - or whether it needs to be lower priced for the craft markets, or my Etsy site. Trust me. There is a difference. I also have to take into consideration the AREA and customer base. In my specific area (mid-Michigan) we're still feeling that recession, and people are still belt tightening. I still create my unique, one of a kind bead embroidered cabochon pendants - but now just use a simple chain or ribbon to finish them - which greatly lowers the price that I have to charge, without taking away from the uniqueness of the piece. I have also stopped worrying about whether I'm actually 'getting what I'm worth' from my pieces. I don't give them away - but I LOVE what I do - and want people to be able to afford to love them too. It makes me feel good when my customer walks away with a piece that she has fallen in love with, and could afford to buy. That's the emotional element for me. I do still have the high price art pieces that are priced at $100's of dollars - but I'm finding new ways to design to keep the cost more affordable for many of the art fair pieces. PH: What jewelry trends do you like? SS: VINTAGE. I'm doing fun and successful things with skeleton keys and filigree metals right now. PH: Hate? SS: Steampunk. I just don't get it. PH: If you could have any piece of jewelry in the world, what would it be? SS: I pretty much only wear my own creations, so I suppose it would be one that I could create with ALL of the highest quality beads and findings that money could buy - Semi precious gems, Swarovski, sterling, high quality seed beads,etc. - without having to worry about what the cost was to purchase them. |
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