This week's feature on Athena Magazine - Jonara Blu Maui

I've already featured the beautiful beach wedding jewelry of Jamee Jones (Jonara Blu Maui) on this blog. But now that I'm writing a weekly feature over on Athena Magazine Weblog, I couldn't resist featuring her work there too. So I spruced up my article a bit and now Athena Magazine readers can enjoy reading about Jamee's jewelry.

Indie Jewelry: Jonara Blu Maui

Jamee of Jonara Blu Maui has featured my jewelry!

What a very lovely surprise. Jamee Jones of Jonara Blu Maui has featured my jewelry on her blog. She does a wonderful job with her blog and I'm quite honored to be featured there. And she wrote such a fabulous piece about my jewelry. Check out the rest of her blog to see the beautiful jewelry she creates in Hawaii. She specializes in beach wedding jewelry and her designs are top notch.

Jonara Blu Maui Blog

Thank you, Jamee! I'm all smiles. :-)))

Featured Artist of the Month

One of the nicest things about entering the world of jewelry design is meeting so many wonderful artists. Learning from them and being inspired by them has been invaluable to me. I would like to feature a different artist each month here on my blog in appreciation for all they've given me.

The first artist I've chosen to feature is Jamee Jones of Maui, Hawaii. Jamee is a wonderfully talented jewelry artist specializing in beach wedding jewelry. She's gaining quite a reputation for creating jewelry of exceptional quality and beauty. Here's one elegant example of her work.



Together with her sister, Kimberlee Aihara, Jamee is the owner of Jonara Blu Maui, with two online stores - one at Ruby Lane and one at Etsy.

In addition to her lovely beach wedding jewelry, Jamee is known for her "fresh and funky beaded jewelry with an island twist". Look at the glorious colors of the beads she uses in this one.



And of course, being in Maui, she creates jewelry that's inspired by the ocean, like this fabulous necklace.



Jamee is also a moderator of the Beadingaholics Yahoo Group where she gives advice and encouragement to other jewelry designers on a daily basis. I know I'm not the only one who benefits from her help and example.

Thank you, Jamee, for being the inspiration that you are.