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Jennifer

Paper Jewels - very personal lacquered paper and gemstone jewelry - wear jewelry that tells YOUR sto

About Me

Jewelry designer. Small biz owner, proud woman enterpreneur! Student forever. Never enough time. Indie rocks!

My Interests

Japanese language and culture, chinese language in many permutations. Design, fashion, indie design and small biz. Animal lovers and geeky techies!

I'd like to meet:

Biz owners, people interested in asian culture, japanese language, writing and history, people who love to cook, people who love pets, people who love this planet and want to make it a better place to be!

Music:

Patsy Cline, Bill Withers, Seal, En Vogue, Eric Clapton.

Movies:

All About Eve, Singing in the Rain, Excalibur.

Television:

House, Buffy, Project Runway, Star Trek, CSI Miami.

Books:

Memoirs of a Geisha, Telempath, Starship Troopers.

My Blog

New personalized earrings with your name in Chinese or Japanese!

I've been doing more Japanese and Chinese calligraphy. Like these darling little "Annie" earrings - the calligraphy is Chinese pinyin. Of course there are a zillion names that I can put on your earri...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:35:00 PST

It's a bird, it's a plane - no, it's a Necklace, it's a Bracelet -

It's a necklace. It's a bracelet. Yes, I know you can often wrap a necklace around your wrist - but this one is MADE to be worn either way. The sterling silver chain detaches and the nuggety mainpiec...
Posted by Jennifer on Wed, 30 May 2007 03:47:00 PST

Blue Squirrel Pin and I think she's happy :-)

New goodies in my Etsy shop! Etsy is a great showcase for handmade indie goodies and I have a shop there for some one of a kind jewelry, a few "artist's samples" (the original of a series) and these ...
Posted by Jennifer on Wed, 30 May 2007 04:26:00 PST

Check out my Etsy shop!

Etsy is a great showcase for handmade indie goodies and I have a shop there for some one of a kind jewelry. It's a great place to try out new designs, too. Like these jazzy earrings: Art Deco Infl...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 06 May 2007 09:31:00 PST

Tommy and Chuckie...

It's a sad time here. Today I am trying to pay particular attention to Tommy, our guinea pig&. he recently lost his brother and it has to hurt. Guinea pigs are kind of hard to get into sometimes - no,...
Posted by Jennifer on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:11:00 PST

Happily Handmade Giveaway

Check out the Happily Handmade Giveaway! This twice-a-year giveaway is set up to celebrate indie shoppers, and thank them, and give them a chance to win fabulous goodie baskets - and I do mean fabulou...
Posted by Jennifer on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:31:00 PST

Kisses! Necklaces, that is...

The chinese pinyin (writing) for "Kiss"...I love this necklace and already have several colors available: Kisses Necklace in Many Colors Of course it can be made in custom colors too :-)...
Posted by Jennifer on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:07:00 PST

New - Jewelry featuring Your Name in Japanese or Chinese

Finally! This is very much a work in progress, but I've got new pages up - see new earrings and necklaces with Your Name in Japanese and Your Name in Chinese now up at Paper Jewels. Joanna Earrings...
Posted by Jennifer on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:43:00 PST

Hearts and Gemstones

Hearts are always pretty. These soft color hearts are accented with faceted carnelian teardrops and tiny peridot gemstones, swinging freely on sterling silver chain. Girly! The earring...
Posted by Jennifer on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:52:00 PST

New Work - Geisha, with Turquoise

She's a tiny geisha, a little over 2" high (the entire pendant is approx. 3") with sterling silver, turquoise, and swarovski crystals. One of my favorites!...
Posted by Jennifer on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:32:00 PST