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Sunday, February 21, 2010What’s Spinning: MetricIn honor of the 2010 Winter Olympics the Canadian band Metric's 2009 release Fantasies has been on heavy rotation this weekend in the circle studio; I must have listened to it about a dozen times yesterday. If your a fan of indie new wave check them out, they are impossibly addictive. Share posted by: chris on 02/21 at 03:59 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Sunday, February 07, 2010Circle Jewelry Trunkshow Join us Saturday, February 13th at Meet Virginia for a Valentine trunk show. We'll unload and display tons of new, handcrafted sterling silver and gemstone bracelets, earrings, rings and necklaces. Come by and see some of the newest pieces from our collection and grab a snack from our favorite coffee joint. Meet Virginia is located at 306 Virginia St. just off Historic Fourth Street in downtown Sioux City. posted by: chris on 02/07 at 05:30 AM permalink category: circle news Monday, January 18, 2010spring cleaningAre you preparing to get a little jump on your spring cleaning?Don’t forget your jewelry drawer. You know the one…that scary little drawer filled with broken rings, twisted earrings and that sorry, tangled mess of necklaces that just keeps growing and growing? Go ahead, it’s time to pull out all those pieces of damaged jewelry and let the circle studio help with our expert repair and restoration services. The circle studio is your full-service jewelry studio…we not only design and hand-craft our own original jewelry pieces, but we also repair and restore those you already own. Often all it takes is a careful polish, clean and steam and voila...that favorite piece is beautifully restored back to its original grandeur. If, however, restoration just won't suffice and you're in need of expert repair service such ring resizing, re-tipping of pendant or ring prongs, chain repair, stone resetting or whatever...no problem, we do it all at the circle studio. We have 50+ combined years of Master Goldsmith experience and we will not work on your piece until it has been thoroughly examined and we have discussed all the options and costs. You can ship us your item via US Mail Service insured, FedEx, or UPS and we will return it to you in like-new condition. Please for a repair estimate or to set up an in-studio appointment. We offer these circle services: -expert jewelry restoration: we thoroughly polish, ultrasonically clean and high pressure steam your worn jewelry -jewelry repair: sizing, ring repair, chain repair, resetting or replacing stones...with 50+ years of combined experience we can do it all -supplier of conflict free, safe-source diamonds and diamond alternatives such as synthetics and moissanite: all cuts, colors, clarities and carat weights available -supplier of earth friendly reclaimed gemstones: every color of the rainbow in precious and semi-precious varieties -commissions and one-of-a-kind custom pieces: do you have a design idea? Let us give you an estimate -custom engagement ring and wedding band design -remounting of stones from dated pieces into brand new mountings At circle we only work with stone suppliers and metal refineries that practice environmentally friendly techniques and practices  Share posted by: chris on 01/18 at 03:40 AM permalink category: circle news Saturday, January 16, 2010what’s spinning: Vampire WeekendI'm a big fan of Vampire Weekend...their first album was on super heavy rotation in the circle studio and the newly-released second album is even better. Check out this little interview/concert vid from Pitchfork:TV's Juan's Basement series, it's pretty cool. Share posted by: chris on 01/16 at 05:42 AM permalink category: music/what's spinning Saturday, November 21, 2009winter trunkshows What could be more fun than picking through a huge pile of hand-crafted circle jewelry? We are now scheduling for our winter 2009/2010 season of in-home and in-store trunk shows. Set a date and we will show up with…guess what? ...yes, a trunk-full of jewelry. Provide us with the appropriate space in your home or store and we will unpack, lay out and display a vast array of circle bracelets, earrings, rings, pins, pendants and necklaces. If you are a gallery, jewelry store or boutique owner who would like to plan a show around a special promotion, such as a store anniversary, please contact us as soon as possible so we can secure the date. We have promotional posters to hang up in your store and we can also provide artwork or mailings if you wish to send fliers to your favorite customers. Finally, we will send a press release packet to the editor of your local paper informing him/her of the event (please note that it is at the discretion of the editor whether or not to print). Please if you would like to schedule an in-home or in-store event or if you have any questions. Share posted by: chris on 11/21 at 01:35 PM permalink category: circle news Monday, October 19, 2009Artwalk Join us Saturday, October 24th for Artwalk in downtown Sioux City. Megan from Downtown Sioux City Online explains "The Downtown Sioux City Art Walk will showcase the creativity of community artists in a variety of locations, including artist's studios, retail businesses and donated spaces." Circle will be hosted by our favorite coffee joint, Meet Virginia, at 306 Virginia St. Stop by and see me from 11 to 4 and browse some original pieces circle jewelry. click here to visit Downtown Sioux City and learn more and download a brochure posted by: chris on 10/19 at 02:07 AM permalink category: circle news Tuesday, September 29, 2009Gemstone RingsBeautiful new Smoky Quartz and gemstone rings on the way for new Fall/Winter collection. Stay tuned....jpg "image") posted by: chris on 09/29 at 02:52 AM permalink category: hot off the workbench Thursday, September 17, 2009New LocationStop by and check out our new case at Meet Virginia, our favorite coffee shop and boutique. We have a small collection of new circle jewelry pieces and owner Kim would be happy to place any catalog orders. We look forward to many trunk shows this fall and winter, so stay tuned. Meet Virginia is located at 306 Virginia Street., Sioux City, IA just off Historic 4th Street. posted by: chris on 09/17 at 02:09 AM permalink category: circle news someecardsIf you need a little procrastination assistance today, try someecards...hee-larious. A word of caution...it is a little twisted and, if you're anything like me, a serious time eater. posted by: chris on 09/17 at 02:03 AM permalink category: procrastination assistance Monday, September 07, 2009Friday FavoritesThis Friday we will be launching a new feature...the Friday Favorites. Every Friday we will post a favorite piece of circle jewelry at a discounted price. This special price will be good for 24 hours and will include our signature diamond and gold pieces as well as our sterling silver pieces. We will post the piece every Friday on the circle blog, our Facebook page and Twitter. Stay tuned!posted by: chris on 09/07 at 03:25 AM permalink category: circle news Saturday, September 05, 2009Meet Virginia OpeningJoin us Thursday, September 10th at the grand opening of our newest location and favorite coffee house...Meet Virginia. Owner Kim will be hosting and featuring circle jewelry designer Christopher Graham and Bower's Art painter Jamie Bowers. Enjoy a cup of coffee, browse a little art, and check out Kim's very cool new coffee and sandwich joint. Stay tuned for many more fall events from this location...we have many trunk shows in the works!Meet Virginia is located at 306 Virginia Street., Sioux City, IA just off Historic 4th Street. posted by: chris on 09/05 at 02:30 AM permalink category: circle news Saturday, June 06, 2009Circledesigns.jp launches a new Amazon.com storeOur cool new circle jewelry Japan site has just launched an Amazon store at Amazon.com.jp. We are currently offering about sixty pieces of our exclusive hand-crafted jewelry with more to be added soon. If you're one of our Japanese customers, or you just prefer to pay in yen, swing by and take a look.posted by: chris on 06/06 at 10:32 AM permalink Sunday, March 15, 2009become a circle facebook fan Circle has now joined the facebook revolution of 170,000,000 and counting. On our circlejewelry.com page we will be posting photos of new pieces, news of upcoming events and shows, fan photos (hopefully modeling circle jewelry), special offers and who knows what else. Visit our facebook page and become a circle fan today. posted by: chris on 03/15 at 02:32 PM permalink circle goes global! circledesigns.jp has officially launched Our stylish new site, circledesigns.jp (curated and managed by Tokyo native and resident style guru Mari Mizuno), will feature a collection of circle jewelry pieces specifically chosen for the Japanese market. The site currently showcases around 125 sterling silver items with an emphasis on Japanese Akoya pearl, rich red merlot carnelian, and frosted quartz crystal; but Ms. Mizuno will continue to add new pieces and feature new gemstones throughout the year. In addition to an online jewelry store, the site also includes a design blog entitled workbench which will host gemstone and jewelry educational posts, video posts from inside the circle studio tracing the creation of jewelry pieces from conception to final fabrication (look forward to video posts right here as well), fashion and style news, and links to artists/designers/musicians we enjoy. The Japanese site will also serve as a template for our Chinese and Taiwanese sites launching later this year. For our Japanese customers with questions, please contact our circledesigns Japan representative and site designer Ms. Mari Muzuno (). posted by: chris on 03/15 at 05:08 AM permalink category: circle news Thursday, February 12, 2009spring 2009 catalog Download the circle spring 2009 catalog today (our former catalog-in-print) In our continuous effort to achieve circle studio greenness, we are now offering the circle jewelry mail-order catalog in an easily downloadable version. Virtually browse our newest handcrafted gold, sterling silver, diamond, pearl and gemstone pieces from the spring 2009 catalog, download the order form, fill it out and mail or email your order back to us. Of course we still offer our vast online collection of your past circle favorites including hundreds of original rings, earrings, necklaces, pins and pendants all handcrafted one piece at a time.   posted by: chris on 02/12 at 04:03 AM permalink |
New Studio…Finally!
