Meet Melissa Joy Manning Today!

Join us and get an exclusive look at Melissa's newest collection, launching at Greenwich Jewelers today from 12 - 5 pm.

Work with Melissa and her team to create a custom charm necklace with birthstones, initials & found objects. Or create a one of a kind raw diamond slice ring.

Take a break from the workday to have fun, be creative and meet one of the jewelry industry's most interesting women. In business for over 10 years, Melissa is a pioneer in creating fine jewelry from recycled metals, natural (untreated) gemstones, organic minerals and found objects. She is also devoted to supporting charities that give back to women's and environmental causes around the world. Plus, she's an incredibly fun and interesting person whom we are honored to host!

Greenwich Jewelers is located at 64 Trinity Place between Rector & Thames Streets in downtown Manhattan.

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Something Sparkly Your Way Comes (The April Giveaway is Online!)

I'm having a vision. It's you.on a bright sunny, day in May. And you're wearing a long silver chain that sparkles in the sunlight...

Today is your lucky day! For April's Make Life Sparkle giveaway we've chosen the Adina Reyter Tiny Disc necklace. At 36" its the perfect layering piece and can also be doubled and worn on its own. Adina is known for her timeless designs - their simplicity equals ultimate versitility.

Handcrafted in Los Angeles, her pieces are a favorite of Hollywood's elite including Brooke Shields, Cameron Diaz , Demi Moore, Eva Longoria & Reese Witherspoon. Valued at $375, it's worth taking a mini-break from your daily duties to sign up here.

Greenwich Jewelers at NY Magazine's Wedding Event

Are you a bride to be in NYC?
Then you really shouldn't miss the NY Magazine Weddings event on April 1st.

Greenwich Jewelers will be there talking to brides about the perfect wedding bands, bridal party gifts, jewelry for the big day and how to care for your most precious pieces of jewelry.

You can also enter to win a $250 gift card to Greenwich Jewelers and get a special discount usable towards a future purchase.

Meet New York's best wedding planners & experts, venue representatives, cake bakeries and dress retailers face-to-face.


For information and tickets click here. We hope to see you there!

Melissa Joy Manning Feels the Love in Marie Claire

Check out Ginnifer Goodwin wearing the Rosebud ring by Melissa Joy Manning in the March issue of Marie Claire magazine. Ms. Goodwin shares the the pages with Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Aniston, her co-stars in "He's Just Not That Into You". In the picture she's wearing her ring on the middle finger which is exactly where I wear mine. Yes, I own the same ring in rose gold and moonstone. I love the shape of the rosebud cut gemstone which is a faceted dome that dislpays the internal beauty of the stone. This is especially cool with rutilated quartz which is a colorless stone with natural inclusions that look like shards of gold running through it. You can see the yellow gold & rutilated quartz version here.

Also, you can see Melissa's unique pink cabaio calcite ring the same issue. I'm always facinated by the stones Melissa finds and uses in her designs. Some I've never even heard of before - and I'm a jeweler! But it's that element of surprise that keeps me coming back for more, season after season. There is always something beautiful and interesting to discover.

We will be having a Melissa Joy Manning trunk show in May and that means she'll be here for you to meet. Details are TBC. She's an absolute delight to have in the store - she always has great stories about how she finds her gemstones & creates her pieces. Here she is sizing a ring for a client at our last trunk show in December.

To see the entire collection of Melissa Joy Manning at Greenwich Jewelers click here.

Wrapping up 2008...

Goodness me! Its been over a month since my last post! Forgive me, it's only because there is so much going on here at Greenwich Jewelers. Our "facelift" is finally complete! If you haven't been to visit us lately you are in for a real treat. We are still the same store but with the help of visual merchandiser/interior designer extraordinaire, Cara Hatch, Greenwich Jewelers now has modern environment that reflects our personality and is the perfect backdrop for the jewelry collections. I've created a slideshow at right that shows photos of our transformation.

This year we tried to think outside of the box for holiday, as well. I don't know about you but my mailbox becomes so cluttered with catalogs and promotional mail around this time of year. Besides the obvious environmental impact junk mail has, I also find that I just don't have the time to sit and read so much extra mail. So, I started thinking about it and I thought, hmmm... How cool would it be to have an online catalog? Something where all the pictures were clickable through to the website so if someone wanted to buy something they could do it right there. No extra steps or time necessary. Well, turns out I wasnt the first peson with this idea, the platform to do this already exists and was just waiting for Greenwich Jewelers to use it.

I'm so proud of the Greenwich Jewelers Holiday 2008 e-catalog. Thanks to our fabulous graphic designer, Leah Bird it looks and works beautifully. It's so easy to use and really highlights the truly special pieces and collections we have this year. From a personal standpoint, I'm so happy to have learned that we can create gorgeous ways to communicate with our clients and still be mindful of not contributing to waste or the destruction of our natural resources. One step at a time, we are becoming more and more aware, responsible and creative as a family and a business. And that's what I am thankful for this year.

Sparklingly yours,

Jennifer

The Phenomenal Factor

It's easy to forget that gemstones are gifts, ordinary rocks that Mother Nature has chosen to exhibit a unique beauty. Some gems, classified as 'phenomenal', have extraordinary allure. These types of gems are among my personal favorites for thier natural, yet otherworldly effects.

My two best-loved are Labradorite and rainbow moonstone. Both are the common and abundant rock feldspar, but the type that has the phenomenal play of color as these two display is rare. Found in exotic locales including Brazil, India & Madagscar only adds to the captivating charm of these two incredible gems.

Thought to bring happiness and ease pressures, Labradorite is an unassuming gray stone. But in the hands of a talented cutter it reveals a blue/violet colored light called 'Labradorescence' that appears and disappears as the stone moves. So, when worn in jewelry Labradorite flashes its glamorous beauty, especially in earrings and pendants where it seems to glint on the skin. The combination of the neutral gray and bright blue/violet of Labradorite wears beautifully with chic, luxurious and tailored fashions.

Rainbow moonstone is the opposite in color, a milky, translucent white rock that emits rainbow iridescence. It appears to glow on the skin with a soft, dreamy quality. It is believed to ease sadness, increase intuition & add light to life. There is something fantastical and illusive about rainbow moonstone, as if the mere fact that you can see its beauty is a personal gift of Mother Nature. I love rings with this stone, so that I can gaze into the gem when I feel I need a pick me up! The ethereal quality of rainbow moonstone is the perfect compliment to feminine, bohemian and romantic styled clothing.

Want your own phenomenal talisman? Labradorite and rainbow moonstone can be found in the collections of Becky Kelso, Jamie Joseph and Melissa Joy Manning.

Sparklingly yours,

Jennifer