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About PJ's,
Susan's "Passion for Jewelry":
PJ's is a celebration of wearable art and all
things bright and beautiful, designed for jewelry aficionados
and jewelry shoppers in late 2007 and most recently
evolving to include a bridal jewelry and wedding
accessories.
Our goal at PJ's is to
become your favorite jewelry shopping resource and a
source of inspiration, information, and products for brides-to-be
as they plan their special day. From
our helpful information about shopping for jewelry
to our Designers Showcase and Gallery Shops, we do the research to save you time
and money. We wholeheartedly support the work of independent jewelry designers
and artisans
around the world, and while our emphasis was
originally on
showcasing designer handcrafted jewelry, we are
growing into a comprehensive jewelry shopping
network and pleased to present a wide selection of
handpicked jewelry pieces
from our favorite online stores, giving our visitors
a large array of jewelry products to choose from in
one quick and easy access.
Susan Dorling is the founder and
editor of PJ's. She is delighted to share her passion for
jewelry with other jewelry lovers! As former editor of
the
Fashion Jewelry and Jewelry
Collecting sites at BellaOnline,
Susan has written and published more than 150
articles about fine and fashion jewelry and the hobby of
jewelry and gemstone collecting, many of which have
been re-published at quality content websites and
through various print media. All of these articles
will eventually be re-published here at PJ's and new
articles are always being added to the article data
base.
In addition to
writing about jewelry from a fashion and collector
perspective, many of Susan's articles are in support of
women's health issues such as ovarian cancer or to
spread awareness of jewelry industry issues such as
conflict diamonds and dirty gold. As such we place a
strong emphasis on supporting those designers and
retailers who donate a portion of their proceeds to
help other people, animals, and the environment and
actively seek them out to add to our jewelry
shopping resources feature.
During her tenure with BellaOnline,
Susan had the opportunity to interview
several successful jewelry designers, retailers, and
gemstone merchants, like the Kirk family of Kirks
Folly fame—Barbara Smigel of Artistic Colored
Stones—Elvis Presley's personal jeweler, Lowell
Hayes—Gigi Garner, Hollywood designer for many
celebrities and television shows—multi-talented artist and musician, Molly
Magdalain of New York City's StarStrings—former
Hollywood movie producer, Elliot Abbot of The
Hollywood Collection, and others.
Over the years she
learned amazing things about jewelry from an
historical and cultural perspective. The more she
learned, the more she wanted to know, and PJ's is
the culmination of all that research and was
originally developed to keep track of her writing
and research notes.
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