Christina Conroy : stonesartisanjewelry

It began with a blank space...

...at least that's how people describe Saskatchewan when they drive through. Hailing from the most overlooked part of the Canadian Plains, I have surrounded myself with rocks my whole life. I touch them. I keep them in bowls. I hold them in my hands. I am thankful for them. This rocky place is my muse and each piece I make reminds me, in some way, of the lonely place where I feel at home.

Well, my mother is also my muse. 

She is the wild one in our family. And without her, I would never have started making jewelry. With her untamed silver hair and perfect skin, she can pull off the most dramatic pieces of stone jewelry anyone can make...and several pieces piled together. I am a minimalist by nature, so I have always lived out my jewelry fantasies through her, selecting quirky pieces on my travels...every once and a while picking up strands of stones for myself in case I ever decided to do something with them.

As I started graduate school, the heady, philosophical chaos of my mental world called out for some kind of tactile balance. And so my craft began. My perfectionist tendencies and love for beauty lend themselves to the detail of jewelry making. I love the picky work and the care of the stones. I favor simple designs that showcase the stones themselves... but every once and a while I'll make some wild pieces for my mother. 

And she wears them all. Usually at the same time.

Thanks for being a part of my story by rummaging through my shop. May these stones and the stories they tell bring you joy.

NUTMEG. rugged jasper necklace

  The Boho Bracelet

ENLIGHTEN. tigers eye necklace

Beach and Sea

Creamy Ivory Rose Ring

Handpainted Blue Shabby Chic Box

Gilda Diva Opera Ornament

Fabric Buttons

Tiny Painted Stone

Gaia Natural Soap

4 Dream Angel Soy Candle

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Black Eclectic Jasper Gemstone Sterling Silver Necklace

Jeannie+Richard (JeannieRichard)

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Jeannie+Richard

Owner, Designer, Maker, Curator, Logistics, Shipping, Customer Relations, Marketing & Business Development

She loves tea, he loves coffee. She loves sea, he loves mountains. She keeps curtains open, he keeps them closed. She loves him, and he loves her. Together they combine.

Distinct handmade jewelry, distinctly you.

For many a moon, we've been yearning to return to work with our hands. Not that we already don't as owners and designers of our humble design advertising agency. It was a yearning to go back to something more real and to manifest something that would really touch a person's life on a daily basis.

And in one spontaneous moment in January 2011 - by divine inspiration, we were seduced by the idea of designing and creating handmade jewelry.

Jeannie having being born into the world of fashion due to parentage influences, was most excited and raring to go. While Richard, the anchor of the two was surprisingly open to the new journey of chainmaille since he had the knack of disassembling and reassembling rosaries as a little boy. And so, we learnt how to bead-stitch and chainmaille from books. Our Etsy shop opened officially in June 2011, and today, Richard is also an "automaton" for bead production for all wholesales.

Our design belief is like any other creative - to enhance and to stimulate. So what makes JeannieRichard different you say? We are distinctly modern, distinctly fast-forward and distinctly original, and THAT makes you distinctly YOU! Our jewelry imbues within every unique woman/man a sense of identity, enhanced aura, heightened confidence - the woman/man in you unravels to astound your crowd and have them "kneel" before you with compliments.

Beaded Chain Bracelet

Turquoise Earrings

We are constantly inspired by the music we love, by architecture, and by the beatitude of God. For every design, we deliberate on its form, texture, safety, and how it will positively flatter the woman/man. And alongside our fundamental motto of ASAP (as simple as possible), our designs will last you a lifetime in style and in quality – beyond the boundaries of fashion trends.

Aztec Black Bracelet

Gold Bow Ring

Jeannie and Richard shop here :))