One can have plenty of earrings to wear, and then some more. But few things compare to Jeanine Payer earrings. Let me start by asking you if you’ve ever owned a pair of Jeanine Payer earrings. Have you ever had a chance to see Jeanine Payer earrings? If your answer was ‘no’, let me introduce you to some of the most exquisite and engaging earrings that you would ever see.
In all honesty, Jeanine Payer earrings are no other earrings! You must be wondering by now what on earth is so special about them. You could also be wondering about who Jeanine Payer is. So let’s start at the beginning.
Jeanine Payer is a San Francisco-based jewelry designer who creates emotionally engaging yet subtle hand inscribed jewelry that the whole world loves. Her simple and highly original approach to jewelry design is evident in her pendants, bracelets and earrings, executed in sterling silver and 18 karat gold, all hand inscribed with poetry in a miniature scale and made to be treasured for years to come. Some of her popular creations bear such pearls of wisdom as "The soul is here for its own joy"; "The journey is the reward"; and "Everything is waiting for you".
As most of us would agree, there are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin. This is what many of her clients claim. Jeanine Payer’s jewelry has a formidable army of admirers. Her international following includes names like Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger and Johnny Depp. Payer has also worked closely to design custom pieces for Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow and Debra Missing.
So much for the creator. Let’s take a look at some of her creations. Take the Abbey earrings from her collection for a closer look. They feature highly polished sterling silver disks, coupled with 18k hammered gold rings and accented with a garnet, smokey topaz, and green tourmaline stone medley. The engraving, featuring a famous line by Walt Whitman (“O if I am to have so much, let me have more!â€), is shared between the pair. The earrings hang from 1/2†pieces of sterling chain and 18k gold French ear wire at a drop length of 1â€. It’s an absolute beauty to look at and makes the perfect gift for somebody special.
Then, there are the absolutely fascinating Bark Coral earrings with a drop length 1 1/4â€. These one-of-a-kind earrings feature smooth pieces of Alaskan Bark Coral plated with 18k brushed gold. The coral charms are accented with delicate 18k gold petals as well as a total of .6cts of drilled diamond crystals shared between the pair. The hand engraving, “What is essential is invisible to the eyeâ€, appears opposite the 18k French ear wires on the bottom surface of the earrings.
Today Payer and her highly-skilled team of fifteen metalsmiths craft these collections a year in a bustling atelier in the historic Phelan Building â€" San Francisco's original jewelry center. The jewelry is on display in her retail store, located just a few floors below the workshop, as well as in over 250 Specialty Stores worldwide including Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Barney New York and Japan.
Discover the most enchanting earrings at the Jeanine payer online store. Revel in the hypnotic beauty of such creations as the Giselle, Marigold, Santorini, Aria and more! You will agree that few things compare to Jeanine Payer handcrafted earrings.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Handcrafted Jewelry - Making you fall in love with jewelry all over again!
In the glittering world of jewelry, handcrafted jewelry enjoys a very special status. This specialty can be attributed to the fact that handcrafted jewelry is often perceived as a piece of creation that bears the influence of the designer to the maximum extent. A piece of handcrafted jewelry, as the name itself suggests, is made by meticulously designing and crafting it with human hands. As such, it reflects the passion of the designer and the skills of all the hands that gave it its form and shape. Indeed, handcrafted jewelry is truly special.
Handcrafted jewelry has been around for quite a long time. It has evolved from a crude and somewhat unsophisticated past to its modern dazzling forms over the years. Today, handcrafted jewelry offers a wide array of choices. One of the latest trends to be noticed is the vogue of wearing handcrafted jewelry with engravings. Line of poetry, or simply a few golden words of wisdom that inspire and motivate, are being hand engraved on beautiful pieces of jewelry to great effect. This practice has lent a whole new dimension to the intrinsic beauty and status of handcrafted jewelry. Let's take a closer look.
Everybody has a favorite line of poetry. With engraved handcrafted jewelry, now they can choose to immortalize it by having it etched on precious metal. If the prospect of 'wearing' poetry on your body thrills you, you will find such engraved handcrafted jewelry simply irresistible. Just think about it, you could have Ralph Waldo Emerson wrapped around your arms, or Lau Tzu around your neck. How about keeping Walt Whitman close to your heart by having his poetry etched on a pendant on a necklace around your neck? One of the best names in this exclusive world of engraved handcrafted jewelry is that of Jeanine Payer. Poetry hand-engraved onto precious metals is how this San Francisco-based jewelry designer creates her collections of emotionally engaging yet subtle hand inscribed jewelry. Take the Alene bracelet from her creations, for example. It's a brushed, sterling silver cuff accented with an 18k high polish gold face plate with a hand-textured look on both the interior and exterior surfaces. It carries Emerson's immortal lines engraved on the gold face, "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Some of her popular creations bear such unforgettable words as "The journey is the reward"; "The soul is here for its own joy" and "Everything is waiting for you". Indeed, there are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin!
The fascination for handcrafted jewelry is shared by many around the globe. Some of its celebrity admirers include Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger, Johnny Depp, Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow, Debra Missing and many others.
Handcrafted jewelry makes a wonderful gift for any occasion. If you are wondering about that perfect gift for your mother on Mother's Day, or a 'special' gift for someone 'special' in your life on Christmas, or just a simple gift to celebrate your friendship with someone, consider gifting a piece of handcrafted jewelry. Your choice will be appreciated and the gift will be cherished by the recipient for a very long time.
So what are you waiting for? Take a plunge into the enchanting world of handcrafted jewelry and discover some of the finest creations in jewelry ever made to adorn the human body.
Handcrafted jewelry has been around for quite a long time. It has evolved from a crude and somewhat unsophisticated past to its modern dazzling forms over the years. Today, handcrafted jewelry offers a wide array of choices. One of the latest trends to be noticed is the vogue of wearing handcrafted jewelry with engravings. Line of poetry, or simply a few golden words of wisdom that inspire and motivate, are being hand engraved on beautiful pieces of jewelry to great effect. This practice has lent a whole new dimension to the intrinsic beauty and status of handcrafted jewelry. Let's take a closer look.
Everybody has a favorite line of poetry. With engraved handcrafted jewelry, now they can choose to immortalize it by having it etched on precious metal. If the prospect of 'wearing' poetry on your body thrills you, you will find such engraved handcrafted jewelry simply irresistible. Just think about it, you could have Ralph Waldo Emerson wrapped around your arms, or Lau Tzu around your neck. How about keeping Walt Whitman close to your heart by having his poetry etched on a pendant on a necklace around your neck? One of the best names in this exclusive world of engraved handcrafted jewelry is that of Jeanine Payer. Poetry hand-engraved onto precious metals is how this San Francisco-based jewelry designer creates her collections of emotionally engaging yet subtle hand inscribed jewelry. Take the Alene bracelet from her creations, for example. It's a brushed, sterling silver cuff accented with an 18k high polish gold face plate with a hand-textured look on both the interior and exterior surfaces. It carries Emerson's immortal lines engraved on the gold face, "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Some of her popular creations bear such unforgettable words as "The journey is the reward"; "The soul is here for its own joy" and "Everything is waiting for you". Indeed, there are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin!
The fascination for handcrafted jewelry is shared by many around the globe. Some of its celebrity admirers include Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger, Johnny Depp, Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow, Debra Missing and many others.
Handcrafted jewelry makes a wonderful gift for any occasion. If you are wondering about that perfect gift for your mother on Mother's Day, or a 'special' gift for someone 'special' in your life on Christmas, or just a simple gift to celebrate your friendship with someone, consider gifting a piece of handcrafted jewelry. Your choice will be appreciated and the gift will be cherished by the recipient for a very long time.
So what are you waiting for? Take a plunge into the enchanting world of handcrafted jewelry and discover some of the finest creations in jewelry ever made to adorn the human body.
Inspirational Jewelry - Feel good jewelry for every occasion!
Jewelry captivates. It enchants and spellbinds. And now, there's jewelry that inspires. Welcome to the wonderful world of inspirational jewelry. Inspiration and jewelry may appear to one as an unlikely alliance, but it's true! Here's something that not only adorns the body, but also lifts the soul and moves the mind.
Inspirational jewelry enjoys a unique duality in its appeal to our aesthetic senses. It not only leaves the beholder awestruck by its beauty, but also inspires. Inspirational jewelry comes with motivational words, phrases and lines etched on it that continue to inspire every time the eye meets them. One can find a huge collection of pre-etched can settle for the popular messages that such jewelry uses, or use one's own customization.
Just think about it. Inspirational engraved jewelry gives you the unique opportunity to 'wear' poetry around your neck, on your ears and around your fingers. You could have Lau Tzu wrapped around your fingers, or Ralph Waldo Emerson around your neck. How about keeping a few golden lines by Walt Whitman close to your heart by having them engraved on a pendant? That's the magic of inspirational jewelry. It can turn one's favorite lines of poetry into exquisite pieces of jewelry.
Inspirational jewelry makes a wonderful for about any reason and any season. If you are looking for a slightly unusual gift, something that will set your gift aside from the rest and will make a great impression with the recipient, try gifting a piece of hand engraved inspirational jewelry. Don't lose sleep over thinking what to gift your beloved on Valentine's Day. Don't get confused over what to give your mother on Mother's Day. Stop worrying over the perfect gift to give to your spouse on your wedding anniversary or her birthday. Just gift a beautiful piece of inspirational jewelry and watch their faces light up. Your choice of a gift will be greatly admired and appreciated by all.
Inspirational jewelry has countless admirers the world over. Some of the well-known names today are great enthusiasts of inspirational jewelry, including Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger, Johnny Depp, Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow and Debra Missing. After all, there are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin!
The Internet is a great place to start getting familiar with this unique brand of jewelry. Many of the most reputed designers of inspirational jewelry have their websites and e-stores on the Internet. Browsing through their inventory is quite an experience in itself. One of the best places to find a most dazzling array of inspirational jewelry is Jeanine Payer's online jewelry store. Feast your eyes on a most exquisite array of bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces - each meticulously crafted from precious metals with words of gold etched on them for eternal inspiration and motivation. Jeanine Payer is a San Francisco-based jewelry designer of significant repute and her name has become associated with some of the finest creations in inspirational jewelry. Payer's designs are graced with the words of both contemporary and ancient voices such as Emily Dickinson, Rumi, Lao Tzu, Jane Hirshfield, and Ovid.
Take your jewelry collection to the next level with inspirational jewelry. Don't just wear your jewelry. Feel them and make them move you.
Inspirational jewelry enjoys a unique duality in its appeal to our aesthetic senses. It not only leaves the beholder awestruck by its beauty, but also inspires. Inspirational jewelry comes with motivational words, phrases and lines etched on it that continue to inspire every time the eye meets them. One can find a huge collection of pre-etched can settle for the popular messages that such jewelry uses, or use one's own customization.
Just think about it. Inspirational engraved jewelry gives you the unique opportunity to 'wear' poetry around your neck, on your ears and around your fingers. You could have Lau Tzu wrapped around your fingers, or Ralph Waldo Emerson around your neck. How about keeping a few golden lines by Walt Whitman close to your heart by having them engraved on a pendant? That's the magic of inspirational jewelry. It can turn one's favorite lines of poetry into exquisite pieces of jewelry.
Inspirational jewelry makes a wonderful for about any reason and any season. If you are looking for a slightly unusual gift, something that will set your gift aside from the rest and will make a great impression with the recipient, try gifting a piece of hand engraved inspirational jewelry. Don't lose sleep over thinking what to gift your beloved on Valentine's Day. Don't get confused over what to give your mother on Mother's Day. Stop worrying over the perfect gift to give to your spouse on your wedding anniversary or her birthday. Just gift a beautiful piece of inspirational jewelry and watch their faces light up. Your choice of a gift will be greatly admired and appreciated by all.
Inspirational jewelry has countless admirers the world over. Some of the well-known names today are great enthusiasts of inspirational jewelry, including Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger, Johnny Depp, Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow and Debra Missing. After all, there are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin!
The Internet is a great place to start getting familiar with this unique brand of jewelry. Many of the most reputed designers of inspirational jewelry have their websites and e-stores on the Internet. Browsing through their inventory is quite an experience in itself. One of the best places to find a most dazzling array of inspirational jewelry is Jeanine Payer's online jewelry store. Feast your eyes on a most exquisite array of bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces - each meticulously crafted from precious metals with words of gold etched on them for eternal inspiration and motivation. Jeanine Payer is a San Francisco-based jewelry designer of significant repute and her name has become associated with some of the finest creations in inspirational jewelry. Payer's designs are graced with the words of both contemporary and ancient voices such as Emily Dickinson, Rumi, Lao Tzu, Jane Hirshfield, and Ovid.
Take your jewelry collection to the next level with inspirational jewelry. Don't just wear your jewelry. Feel them and make them move you.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Jeanine Payer Necklace – Poetry Around your Neck!
Do you own a Jeanine Payer necklace? Have you ever seen a Jeanine Payer necklace? If you’ve answered no to both the questions, you are missing something. To be perfectly honest with you, a Jeanine Payer necklace is like no other necklace. I recently gifted one to my wife and she was beside herself with joy. Her first remarks reflected my first thoughts when I saw it at a fashion jewelry
store, “Wow, it’s beautiful! I’ve never seen such a beauty before!”
So what on earth is so special about a Jeanine Payer necklace, you must be wondering. More significantly, who is this Jeanine Payer?
Jeanine Payer is a San Francisco-based jewelry designer who creates emotionally engaging yet subtle hand inscribed jewelry that the whole world loves. Jeanine’s simplicity and originality are evident in her pendants, bracelets and earrings, executed in sterling silver and 18 karat gold, all hand inscribed with poetry in a miniature scale and made to be treasured for years to come. Some of her popular creations bear such pearls of wisdom as “The soul is here for its own joy”; “The journey is the reward”; and “Everything is waiting for you”.
There are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin, as many of her clients can acclaim. Her international following includes Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger and Johnny Depp. Payer has also worked closely to design custom pieces for Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow and Debra Missing.
Take the Arianna necklace from her collection. It’s a delicate 18k gold teardrop pendant with satin finishing, accented with a diamond. The engraving, “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves” spoken by Sir Edmund Hillary, appears on the front of the gold teardrop just below the diamond. Or, the exceptionally beautiful Allison necklace, featuring a high polish, sterling silver, curvilinear pendant, accented with two 18k gold jump rings and Longfellow’s immortal line, “The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.” Her stunning collection continues with such sterling creations as the Anais, Anaya, Bowie and more.
One of Payer’s first creations was designed as a gift: a tiny book engraved with a beloved poem by Rainer Maria Rilke that only the wearer knew was there. Today, Payer’s designs continue to be graced with the words of both contemporary and ancient voices such as Emily Dickinson, Rumi, Lao Tzu, Jane Hirshfield, and Ovid. “Each person brings their own particular meaning to the jewelry, therefore each piece becomes highly endowed,” says the designer. “These pieces become talismanic as they are chosen to mark emotional and philosophical moments in each person’s life.”
Today Payer and her highly-skilled team of fifteen metalsmiths craft these collections a year in a bustling atelier in the historic Phelan Building – San Francisco’s original jewelry center. The jewelry is on display in her retail store, located just a few floors below the workshop, as well as in over 250 Specialty Stores worldwide including Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Barney New York and Japan.
A Jeanine Payer necklace is simply hypnotic in its beauty. Feast your eyes on some of her beautiful creations at her website.
store, “Wow, it’s beautiful! I’ve never seen such a beauty before!”
So what on earth is so special about a Jeanine Payer necklace, you must be wondering. More significantly, who is this Jeanine Payer?
Jeanine Payer is a San Francisco-based jewelry designer who creates emotionally engaging yet subtle hand inscribed jewelry that the whole world loves. Jeanine’s simplicity and originality are evident in her pendants, bracelets and earrings, executed in sterling silver and 18 karat gold, all hand inscribed with poetry in a miniature scale and made to be treasured for years to come. Some of her popular creations bear such pearls of wisdom as “The soul is here for its own joy”; “The journey is the reward”; and “Everything is waiting for you”.
There are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin, as many of her clients can acclaim. Her international following includes Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger and Johnny Depp. Payer has also worked closely to design custom pieces for Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow and Debra Missing.
Take the Arianna necklace from her collection. It’s a delicate 18k gold teardrop pendant with satin finishing, accented with a diamond. The engraving, “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves” spoken by Sir Edmund Hillary, appears on the front of the gold teardrop just below the diamond. Or, the exceptionally beautiful Allison necklace, featuring a high polish, sterling silver, curvilinear pendant, accented with two 18k gold jump rings and Longfellow’s immortal line, “The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.” Her stunning collection continues with such sterling creations as the Anais, Anaya, Bowie and more.
One of Payer’s first creations was designed as a gift: a tiny book engraved with a beloved poem by Rainer Maria Rilke that only the wearer knew was there. Today, Payer’s designs continue to be graced with the words of both contemporary and ancient voices such as Emily Dickinson, Rumi, Lao Tzu, Jane Hirshfield, and Ovid. “Each person brings their own particular meaning to the jewelry, therefore each piece becomes highly endowed,” says the designer. “These pieces become talismanic as they are chosen to mark emotional and philosophical moments in each person’s life.”
Today Payer and her highly-skilled team of fifteen metalsmiths craft these collections a year in a bustling atelier in the historic Phelan Building – San Francisco’s original jewelry center. The jewelry is on display in her retail store, located just a few floors below the workshop, as well as in over 250 Specialty Stores worldwide including Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Barney New York and Japan.
A Jeanine Payer necklace is simply hypnotic in its beauty. Feast your eyes on some of her beautiful creations at her website.
Designer Jeanine Payer pays tribute to President Obama’s poem
Payer launched her jewelry collection on the 1 April 2009, in recognition of National Poetry Month. The collection is named the Elements of Change featuring moving excerpts from the poem Praise Song for the Day by Elizabeth Alexander.
The collection consist of six pieces, made and hand engraved by master craftsmen in Payer’s San Francisco studio. The delicate hand engraved poetry on silver and gold is a signature look of the collection Payer has made and sold around the world for 20 years. It has been gifted to the first lady Michelle Obama, her daughters and Oprah Winfrey and other select women who are working to progress with President Obama’s message of hope.
"I was so moved by Elizabeth's poem while watching Barack Obama's inauguration that I wrote about it on "Glimpse" our company blog where we tell customers and fans what is happening around the studio," said Payer. Shortly thereafter, a fan messaged back imploring her to collaborate with Alexander and suggesting she incorporate passages from Praise Song for the Day into her designs.
Having been overjoyed by Alexander's poem while watching the inauguration and knowing the significance of the moment, Payer flew into action and reached out to Alexander immediately.
"Jeanine Payer's exquisite designs create elegance in elemental forms. Her jewelry honors the power and beauty of simplicity, yet they also capture poetry's invitation to deep contemplation. In every aspect, Jeanine's jewelry is beautiful, and I am honored that she would find inspiration in my poem," Elizabeth Alexander explained with gratitude.
"I reached out to Ms. Alexander to give her a gift-a piece with her poem engraved onto it and the dialog turned into collaboration. Her words about love and possibility are perfect for the art I make. It has been a fun and exhilarating project for not only me but for my staff, especially after the challenges my small company has gone through in order to survive in this economic downturn. This project has had an energizing effect for all of us here and this is an exciting collection. I think people will be thrilled," said Payer.
The Elements of Change collection is comprised of three necklaces and three bracelets offered in sterling and 14k gold, all emblematic of Payer's signature style highlighting the diminutive and subtle hand engraved words. Payer selected pieces that would also work for men as well as women.
About Jeanine Payer:
J. Payer has been designing and manufacturing her line of hand engraved sterling and 18k jewelry in San Francisco for 20 years. She currently employs a team of 16 people who work to carefully craft the collection in the old fashioned way: made to order in small quantities. The Jeanine Payer collection can be found in 175 fine specialty stores such as Barneys New York and Twist in Portland Oregon as well as in her own eponymous store in the Union Square area of San Francisco. Jeanine is a pioneer of the genre of 'jewelry with meaning' and has a strong following of loyal collectors around the world.
About Elizabeth Alexander:
E. Alexander is an award winning poet, essayist, playwright and professor of African Studies at Yale University. She has published 7 books and has received numerous prestigious awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, and a Guggenheim fellowship Alexander delivered her poem Praise Song for the Day at President Barack Obama's inauguration in January 2009.
The collection consist of six pieces, made and hand engraved by master craftsmen in Payer’s San Francisco studio. The delicate hand engraved poetry on silver and gold is a signature look of the collection Payer has made and sold around the world for 20 years. It has been gifted to the first lady Michelle Obama, her daughters and Oprah Winfrey and other select women who are working to progress with President Obama’s message of hope.
"I was so moved by Elizabeth's poem while watching Barack Obama's inauguration that I wrote about it on "Glimpse" our company blog where we tell customers and fans what is happening around the studio," said Payer. Shortly thereafter, a fan messaged back imploring her to collaborate with Alexander and suggesting she incorporate passages from Praise Song for the Day into her designs.
Having been overjoyed by Alexander's poem while watching the inauguration and knowing the significance of the moment, Payer flew into action and reached out to Alexander immediately.
"Jeanine Payer's exquisite designs create elegance in elemental forms. Her jewelry honors the power and beauty of simplicity, yet they also capture poetry's invitation to deep contemplation. In every aspect, Jeanine's jewelry is beautiful, and I am honored that she would find inspiration in my poem," Elizabeth Alexander explained with gratitude.
"I reached out to Ms. Alexander to give her a gift-a piece with her poem engraved onto it and the dialog turned into collaboration. Her words about love and possibility are perfect for the art I make. It has been a fun and exhilarating project for not only me but for my staff, especially after the challenges my small company has gone through in order to survive in this economic downturn. This project has had an energizing effect for all of us here and this is an exciting collection. I think people will be thrilled," said Payer.
The Elements of Change collection is comprised of three necklaces and three bracelets offered in sterling and 14k gold, all emblematic of Payer's signature style highlighting the diminutive and subtle hand engraved words. Payer selected pieces that would also work for men as well as women.
About Jeanine Payer:
J. Payer has been designing and manufacturing her line of hand engraved sterling and 18k jewelry in San Francisco for 20 years. She currently employs a team of 16 people who work to carefully craft the collection in the old fashioned way: made to order in small quantities. The Jeanine Payer collection can be found in 175 fine specialty stores such as Barneys New York and Twist in Portland Oregon as well as in her own eponymous store in the Union Square area of San Francisco. Jeanine is a pioneer of the genre of 'jewelry with meaning' and has a strong following of loyal collectors around the world.
About Elizabeth Alexander:
E. Alexander is an award winning poet, essayist, playwright and professor of African Studies at Yale University. She has published 7 books and has received numerous prestigious awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, and a Guggenheim fellowship Alexander delivered her poem Praise Song for the Day at President Barack Obama's inauguration in January 2009.
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