Creating with a Conscious

In an attempt to not create more waste than we possibly can, Shimmerlings has joined the Sustainable Jewelry Movement.  This is a group of individuals and companies who have chosen to be more conscious about their choices and how consumables are used, reused, and how waste is viewed.

As part of this quiet movement, there are companies and artists that only use vintage and recyclable or natural products in their creations; companies that do not create additional manufacturing for their products.  There are others that will not deal with anything except Non-Conflict Diamonds, and others that do their purchasing on a strictly conscious level, not to attain any gemstones from any person or company that may overlook the efforts of those who labor on behalf of the gemstone business. While often this makes the manufacturer or Artist's job more difficult, it is always worth the effort.  Our Sustainable Jewelry  Line is our initial attempt to be a member of this very important movement. 

We are using vintage pieces found at sales, consignments, and antiquity shops for our materials.  We often completely dis-assemble the initial product and reuse all the initial components; or we may take a portion of the piece and simply use it in a new design.  We are currently working on an addition to this line that takes advantage of non jewelry items that others believe to be "trash" and create wonderful jewelry designs from them.

Through a bit of research, we have found some wonderful artists who incorporate vintage, old, used, and even "junk" pieces into their designs. Wonderful artists who use a myriad of items for collages, or antique spoons for necklaces, old license plates for bracelet components, vintage door hardware for earrings and other objects to create their art....a true 'trash to treasure' sort of thing.  In that we feel all of these artists should be given their just desserts, we will list links to their sites on ours...Yes, it is THAT important to us.

It is these artists who we would like to praise, give thanks, and follow in their steps.  It is our hope that our line will be a wonderful reflection of what we are attempting to do, and that it will grow as our vision, and spirit grows.

We at Shimmerlings are not attempting to simply sell jewelry under a 'guise' of being "Sustainable", we have always utilized this conception thoroughly throughout the company.  Our paper products, whenever possible, are all created from recycled paper, our ink cartridges are reused, our shipping boxes are recycled, and we reuse the boxes that are shipped to us.  We reuse most everything that arrives as part of any shipment, packaging, plastic bags, fill, and paper.  As a company and a family, we recycle plastics, papers, metal and every other conceivable thing possible and allowable. Our attempt is to never toss anything in the trash that can be viably reused.  And as my grandmother used to say "Never cut anything that you can untie"...meaning, not to create waste with something that can be used again.  Our goal is to leave as much that comes to us, in the condition it arrived, and reuse it the best way possible.

JeaneMargherite has actually been purchasing and saving vintage materials for quite some time...now we believe she will have the outlet that she's been looking for with those pieces!

Enjoy our discoveries, visit the links we have posted below, and become part of the movement, whether that be here or elsewhere!

 

Brilliant Earth	Green Karat	Studio 1 a.m.
Spoon Fed Art	Smart Glass Jewelry	Eco-Artware
Mozel Tov Jewelry	Beads and Pieces	Great Green Goods
Stroke of Art	The Brown Banana	Junk to Jewels
Junxtaposition	Rainforest Native	Swift Jewelry Designs