Volume 28 | JUNE 2023

Celebrate Father's Day on June 18

Like father like daughter ... my days with him on the road meant filling every inch of his display with his paintings for sale. As you well know, I now do the very same with my Jewelry display as well!!!

Hello Chi Cheng

May turned out to be warm and sunny and gave us an early feel of summer - you never know how the Vancouver weather can change on us when we least expect it. Now that it's June, it'll be Father's Day very soon. I always think of my Dad and how we use to travel together selling his paintings at different Art Shows during school breaks and summer holidays.

Life was different as "work and family life" was all mixed together - a true family business. Loved our spending time together and sharing his passion for painting with everyone.

Shop with Chi in Person!

Granville Island Public Market

10am to 6pm

Friday to Sunday - June 9 to 11

Granville Island - FREE Parking before 11am

2023 Creative Chaos Crafts - THIS WEEKEND!

Greater Vernon Recreation, 3310 37th Ave, Vernon, BC

Booth #381 - Priest Valley Arena

Friday June 2, 10am-9pm

Saturday June 3, 10am-6pm

Sunday June 4, 10am-4pm

Creative Chaos Show info & location

Hope to see you at my regular visits

to Granville Island Market, at Creative Chaos Crafts in Vernon this coming weekend, or at the Circle Craft Christmas Market in November.

I'm sad to miss everyone once again at this year's upcoming Harmony Arts Festival

Was very much looking forward to seeing old friends at this event, but not sure why the organizers would choose not to support a local West Vancouver Artist for two years in a row. Help make your sentiments known by emailing the organizers in West Vancouver!

TRENDING: The New Pearl Jewelry

Pearls have been witnessing a revival for some time—from being sophisticated to now streamlined modernity. They are no longer characterized for being prim, preppy or proper but, instead, they are whatever you want them to be and however you want to wear them. Designers feature a range of styles that offer a plethora of pearl looks. The trend is sure to cast a wider net after 2023 MET Gala’s celebrities clad in pearls honored Karl Lagerfeld. Karl's role as designer for Chanel brought on Coco’s favorite costume and fine jewelry looks—pearls in every type, shape, size and configuration. Pearls keep showing up on the red carpet and that will propel them to continue to be a major trend as we head in 2024.

Jewelry Trend: Pearls Become Jewels of the Moment

Acorn Pearl Set

Softly brushed sterling silver petals layered over fresh-water white pearl pendant with sterling silver chain. Matching earrings come in lever backs or medium long

sterling silver ear wires .

Acorn pearl necklace

choose 16" to 20" chain $120

Acorn Pearl Earrings

leverbacks $70

medium dangle $70

Pearl Chain Link Necklace

The classic string of pearls with a twist. Natural fresh water pearls with my handmade cage links in sterling silver

and gold-filled wire.

Total length 25.5" $490

Balanced Inukshuk Necklace

Inspired by the Inuit Inukshuk structure of rough stones stacked in the form of a human figure, I've designed this sliding pendant with a sterling silver square tube, peg set aquamarine and

a baroque white pearl.

Aqua & Pearl $150

Amethyst & Pearl $150

Hematite & Pearl $150

SHOP Chi's Creations Jewelry

JUNE Birthstone: PEARL

Healing with Pearl

♥ Purity ♥ Honesty ♥ Innocence ♥ Integrity ♥ Concentration ♥

Focus ♥ Meditation ♥ Tranquility ♥ Wisdom

Pearl signifies faith, charity and innocence. It enhances personal integrity and helps to provide a focus to one's attention. Pearl symbolises purity and is known as a “stone of sincerity”. It brings truth to situations and loyalty to a “cause”. Inhibits boisterous behaviour.

The spherical shape of some pearls led many cultures to associate this gem with the moon. In ancient China, pearls were believed to guarantee protection from fire and fire-breathing dragons. In Europe, they symbolized modesty, chastity, and purity.

Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—natural and cultured—occur in a wide variety of colors. The most familiar are white and cream, but the palette of colors extends to every hue. Natural pearls form around a microscopic irritant in the bodies of certain mollusks. Cultured pearls are the result of the deliberate insertion of a bead or piece of tissue that the mollusk coats with nacre.

Pearls are treasures from the Earth’s ponds, lakes, seas, and oceans, and they’ve always embodied the mystery, power, and life-sustaining nature of water.

Large Mabe Pearl & Gold Rings

A large sterling silver square ring set with large mabe pearl (10-11mm), accented with 18kt gold and available with colored stones.

Mabe Pearl with 18kt Gold & Ruby $650

Mabe Pearl with 18kt & Sapphire $650

Mabe Pearl with 18kt & Emerald $650

Pearl with Gold Stacking Ring

Med. Silver square stacker w/ 18kt Gold

& Pearl ring $200

Large Silver stacker with

14kt Gold & Pearl $300

Med. Silver stacker with

14kt Gold & Pearl $250

Elizabeth Taylor’s La Peregrina Pearl

La Peregrina, also known as “The Wanderer” is one of the most famous natural pearls in the world. The pearl has a long and storied history and has travelled across the world beginning in 1582 and back again, finally coming to its new home in America.

Richard Burton purchased this marvel for his wife, Elizabeth Taylor as a Valentine’s Day gift in 1969 for the jaw-droppingly low price of $37,000. The same pearl sold at auction $11 million in 2011 after her death. The large, natural drop-shaped pearl measures 17.35 – 17.90 x 25.50mm and is very heavy. Consequently, Taylor had the pearl’s setting redesigned by famous jewelry house Cartier.

Top 10 Most Famous Pearl Jewelry

GIA PEARL INFO

Celebrate your 30th Wedding Anniversaries with Pearl

From Chi's Bench ... Repurposed Delights

Let me help you tell your stories!

I delight in giving new life to tired jewelry with my "re-purposed" designs.

Creating new expressions from family legacy pieces are so heart-warming

when I can be part of their journey ...

An engagement ring, family ring or necklaces - they all combine wonderful memories, bringing happiness to both me and everyone involved!

Beautiful Repurposed

Mabe Pearl with Ruby & Diamond

What's old is new again!

Repurposed an old Mabe pearl ring, a gold & diamond pendant, together with a loose ruby into a new ring design ring that is contemporary and wearable at anytime!

Ann's Loose South Sea Pearls

Ann had these beautiful loose South Sea Pearls for a long time and not knowing what to do with them till she saw some of my designs ... I've now given them a new life for Ann

to show off and enjoy!

(Clip & post earrings gives these large pearls support & balance. Very comfortable to wear.)