Blue Windows

May has been a busy month and although it’s almost over I don’t want to over­look our char­ity choice for this month. Children Today is an orga­ni­za­tion based in Long Beach that focuses on the needs of home­less chil­dren in our com­mu­nity. This month 10% of our prof­its in jew­elry sales will be donated. “The goal of Children Today is sim­ple – to increase the safety, sta­bil­ity and con­fi­dence of chil­dren fac­ing home­less­ness and pro­vide qual­ity early care and edu­ca­tion pro­grams absolutely free of charge.” In the process of choos­ing char­i­ties or orga­ni­za­tions I have come to real­ize how impor­tant it is to see what is hap­pen­ing in our own back­yard. Instead of ignor­ing the imme­di­ate needs in our own city that we choose to live in we need to embrace and sup­port the peo­ple that have put their heart and soul into mak­ing these orga­ni­za­tions come to life. I have per­son­ally vis­ited Children Today and what they pro­vide for chil­dren is an amaz­ing sense of secu­rity and love. Please check out their web­site for fur­ther infor­ma­tion @ www.childrentoday.org.

Thank you for your con­tin­ued sup­port in Blue Windows,

Heather

Me and Jeanine Payer

So the day finally came…Jeanine Payer came to Blue Windows.

Petra, Kazu , Jeanine & Heather

One of a kind jew­elry by Jeanine Payer

Alyson, Anchal & Petra Me & Holli

Me & Petra

And then she was gone…

When I first heard Jeanine Payer was com­ing to the store I imme­di­ately began think­ing art project. I wanted to some­how rep­re­sent the 10 years we have been sell­ing her jew­elry. I rum­maged through old line sheets, press, post­cards of past trunk shows, pho­tos of past dis­plays, jew­elry that I had pur­chased over the years and all of a sud­den I knew I had to cre­ate some­thing with all these mate­ri­als. In the process of cre­at­ing the col­lage I relived the past of every­thing I had kept for so long. Jeanine Payer’s jew­elry has always been a line I have put my heart and soul into. I always took care­ful con­sid­er­a­tion on how to dis­play her amaz­ing jew­elry prop­erly. I often took inspi­ra­tion from the jew­elry itself and com­bined it with my own cre­ative vision.

A Collection of Poetry

A col­lec­tion of poetry…                      Line sheets from 2001-present…                                past display…

Jeanine Payer’s philosophy…

“We believe every piece of Jeanine Payer’s jew­elry has two sto­ries–the one that brought it into being (ours) and the one that brings it to life (yours).”

“We believe in nam­ing things you make by hand after peo­ple you love.”

“We believe it’s never too late to start a tra­di­tion or cre­ate an heir­loom.”

“We believe every­one needs a muse, a lucky charm, and a cre­ative outlet.”

“We believe in good word of mouth”

“We believe in cel­e­brat­ing achieve­ments, mark­ing mile­stones, and immor­tal­iz­ing moments.”

I believe in Jeanine’s phi­los­o­phy and I’m pretty sure the peo­ple who wear her jew­elry do too.

Heather