Come see the award winning designs from Shelley's Family Jewels at the following Events:

Shelley's Event schedule will be posted in March of 2012.
Find Shelley's one of a kind re-designed vintage jewelry at the following locations or call to set up an appointment to visit her Jewelry Salon and Studio.  

Foundry
92 Charlotte Street
Asheville, NC 

The Artists Marketplace
The Phoenix Building
174 E. Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 




Arrange a Wedding consultation for your entire Bridal Party. 
Contact Shelley for details.
 
Modernize and reinvent your vintage costume jewelry while retaining the sentimental value.  Shelley will assess your jewelry for no charge, collaborate on custom designs that suit your personal style, and provide a cost estimate.

Fee of $30 per hour includes:
Design 
Design mockup for customer review via e-mailed photos
Unlimited amount of redesigns
Finishing of all rough edges and rhinestone replacement
Personalized Fit
Final manufacture of jewelry items

Call Shelley for an appointment at 248/321-0538 or send her an e-mail at smj1@me.com

 
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"

The poem and its wedding traditions unite women through the generations just as vintage rhinestone jewelry unites the elegant women of bygone eras with the present.  Rhinestone jewelry from the 1950's was worn by the most glamorous women of the day including Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Lucille Ball.  Wear jewelry on your wedding day that is unique, exuberant and affordable - pieces in which the rhinestones were so beautifully set, they could be imposters for diamonds.


Shelley Johnston is an Asheville North Carolina based jewelry designer who works exclusively with vintage costume jewelry. She built her company, Shelley's Family Jewels, with inspiration she gained by touring the Biltmore Estate and studying its rich and fascinating history.  She specializes in redesigning the sentimental vintage costume jewelry that every woman has inherited from loved ones. Unfortunately, these heirloom family pieces are often neglected in jewelry boxes because they are painful to wear (clip and screw back earrings) out of fashion (brooches/pins), too short (ladies were tiny) or unwearable due to missing rhinestones. Many of the fine costume jewelry pieces we have inherited are well worth reinventing as they were created and manufactured in America by designers from some of the greatest jewelry houses in the world including Tiffany and Harry Winston who fled Europe during the wars.  Vintage costume jewelry pieces are a treasure of a simple glamorous bygone era that are still applicable to a modern woman.   Call Shelley for a complimentary consultation to discuss how to reinvent  your sentimental family costume jewelry.
    

Asheville, NC

Be unforgettable on all occasions with elegant vintage costume jewelry
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