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Shamila Jiwa at Theo's Chocolates
Seattle Met
Local jeweler Shamila Jiwa shows candy-colored gems in one of the city's favorite chocolate emporiums—just in time for Mother's Day.
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Designer Jewelry Spotlight: Shamila Jiwa Wins Centurion Emerging Designer Award!
idazzle
I was so happy to see her recognized with an Emerging Designer Award at the 2012 Centurion Jewelry Show. This is a huge distinction for a deserving designer, and I want to share her award–and incredible designs–with my readers!
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Gem Trends
MJSA
Designer Spotlight: Seattle designer Shamila Jiwa uses green onyx to offer an emerald alternative to the average consumer. Her green onyx almond drop earrings won an emerging designer award at the Centurion Show in Scottsdale.
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DESIGN SPOTLIGHT: "2012 Centurion Emerging Designer Award" Winner: Shamila Jiwa
The Online Jeweler
Seattle-based, 2012 Centurion Emerging Designer Award Winner, Shamila Jiwa is quickly carving out a niche for herself in the competitive field of jewellery design.
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Shamila ~ Fine Jewelry featured in Portland Bride and Groom Magazine Winter/Spring 2012
Portland Bride and Groom
So excited to see my 18k gold Peruvian Chalcedony and London Blue Topaz earrings and the Luna Carnelian checkerboard earrings on the cover and in the feature spread of Portland Bride and Groom's Winter/Spring 2012 magazine.
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London Blue Topaz Cocktail Ring in Seattle Met Bride and Groom Magazine Winter/Spring 2012
Seattle Met Bride and Groom
The 18k gold Peruvian Chalcedony and London Blue Topaz earrings as well as the 18k Luna Checkerboard Carnelian earrings are getting a lot of attention here in the Pacific Northwest. Brides, it is time to get your something blue on!
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Centurion presents Emerging Designer Awards
National Jeweler
Jiwa's green onyx almond diamond earrings are made with 30-carat green onyx almonds, diamonds, 18-karat gold bead accents and 14-karat gold tulip motifs ($650).
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6 Emerging Designers at the Centurion Show
JCK
Centurion marks the first-ever trade show for this one-time cultural anthropologist who's been designing and selling jewelry full-time since 2009.
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Holiday Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers For Her
The Style Umbrella
Earrings – Shamila
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Canadian Holiday Gifts
FLARE
Canada shows me some LOVE - so honored to be featured in Flare Magazine 's Canadian Holiday Gift Guide for 2011 - check it out!
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77 Elements of a Practical and Stylish Seattle Life
Seattle Met
Green onyx and 18-karat gold earrings ($425), Shamila Fine Jewelry.
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My Emmy Look
LA WOMAN
I laid out my accessories the night before. The earrings are green onyx with diamond and gold tulip earrings. The rings are stackable topaz and citrine, all from Shamila, who is also on twitter. Padma Lakshmi complimented me on them! I can die happy.
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Shamila Jewels
tartooful
Shamila’s love of jewellery design was born during her childhood in East Africa, when she accompanied her Father to the goldsmith when he designed gifts for her Mother…
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Fall Flare with Fine Jewelry
seattleite.com
With a worldly eye and a fantastic sense of setting paired with perfectly displayed stones, Shamila Fine Jewelry’s Cloud Rings are a perfect way to drench your hands in luxury.
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Shamila Fine Distinctive Jewelry & Giveaway
Belles and Rebelles
Shamila Fine Distinctive Jewelry exhibits exquisite designs that are a true testament of real beauty and superior taste. Designed by insanely diverse - she was born in Tanzania of Indian Heritage with an education and upbringing out of Canada and currently operates out of Seattle, Washington - Shamila Jiwa, it is extensive travel and a rich heritage that are apparent in every piece.
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Exquisite Jewelry With A Cause
Seattleite
Travel and beauty meet in Shamila Jiwa’s namesake jewelry collection, which celebrates the natural beauty of both the eye-catching stones and materials she uses and the exotic locales that inspire her. Flawlessly crafted, worldly, and evocative, each piece harkens to a faraway location and speaks to a decidedly well-traveled sense of style.
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Shamila Jiwa showcases her latest gems at Essenza trunk show
nwsource
Costume jewelry this ain’t: Jiwa’s jewels are one-of-a-kind, elegantly crafted pieces that you’ll wear over and over, and keep for a long time.
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Trunk Show: Shamila Jiwa at Essenza
Seattle * Met
Thinking about an an afternoon in Fremont or a little Mother’s Day shopping? Consider this trunk show featuring fine gem stone jewelry by Seattle artist Shamila Jiwa. Champagne, Theo chocolate, cheese, fruit, and lots of pretty things are in store.
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Shamila Jewelry trunk show at Essenza
PORTTLE
Seattle-based jewelry designer Shamila Jiwa uses “cut-to-fit stones in exquisite carved and etched minaret shaped settings, lale motifs, chocolate diamonds and a stunning array of rare rutile topazes” and other stones, like my favorite Labradorite, ”the stone of new beginnings” to create gorgeous earrings, rings and necklaces.
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shamila + shlomit
Little Willow
Born in Tanzania and influenced by her passion for travel and her ethnic heritage she constantly astounds me with her beautiful designs. Her latest collection, “A Thousand and One Nights” includes these custom cut tear-drop earrings of stunning gemstones. Shamila has a talent for choosing the most eye-catching stones and creating modern shapes that could be worn everyday or for an occasion as special as your wedding day.
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A Girl's Best Friend
Seattle Picks
They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul, so when we wear Shamila's gorgeous, precious gemstone earrings from her "A Thousand and One Nights" collection, we hope they won't distract from our lover's gaze (or do we?).
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Jewels for Japan by Shamila Jiwa
idazzle.com
These are amazing vintage (circa 1960) carved lucite bead necklaces offered by talented jewelry designer Shamila Jiwa. She is donating all proceeds from the sale of these necklaces to the Japanese Red Cross. Each bead has its own character, and its own accent stones at the clasp of the 16 inch gold filled chain, including a tiny red bead to signify Japan.
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Buzzworthy Baubles
The Globe and Mail
Seattle-based Canadian Jewelry designer Shamila Jiwa notes that hexagonal faceting is less common than the ubiquitous round brilliant cut. The effect is less feminine and more modern, especially in clear rock crystal quartz. (Green amethyst, rose and cognac quartz are also available.)
Bold Honeycomb Facet Earrings
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Don’t Know What to Wear This Valentine’s Day? Go Bespoke!
Haute Living
Shamila Jewelry offers luxe, super limited edition jewels, in unique settings.
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Shamila Jiwa: The Process Of Custom Jewelry
In New York Paris Tomorrow
Shamila Jiwa jewelry is as light and happy as a box of Turkish delights: her inspiration touches on the exotic fragrances and mood of Istanbul and Turkey along with the lore and tradition of India.
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Drop some hints at the Baubles, Bubbles and Blooms event on Feb. 6
NWSource
Amidst her sweet-smelling wares, Anderson also stocks Shamila Jiwa’s exquisite, colorful jewelry. At the event, the designer will showcase her existing collections as well as some gorgeous new items -- pieces under $88 that are just as vivid and elegant as her higher-priced stuff.
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Shamila Jiwa reflects on her design inspiration
Lady Lux
Her luxury line of jewelry is unique in design and materials. Jiwa has access to some of the highest quality semiprecious stones in the world, and her settings allow them the attention they deserve.
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Trunk Show: Shamila Jiwa Jewelry
Seattle Met Magazine
Local jeweler Shamila Jiwa crafts fine, delicate, and often exquisite rings, necklaces, and earrings with an eye for color and sparkle, and a mind for world history and intimacy.
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Shamila Jewelry
Rue Magazine
Inspired by designer Shamila Jiwa’s exotic travels, this jewelry collection reads like an art exhibit with its bespoke settings and carefully selected gems. So what will it be? Onyx earrings, the blue agate necklace, or a smoky quartz ring? Decisions, decisions…
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Tuxedo Required
Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom Summer 2010
Shamila’s Green Onyx Drop Earrings and Signature Labradorite Boa, weighing over 400 carats with a diamond encrusted clasp, were featured in the 2010 Summer edition (pp. 67) of the Seattle Metropolitan Bride & Groom magazine.
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Venice is Sinking
The third annual Venetian masked carnival ball entitled “Venice is Sinking” featured Shamila’s Chimera jewelry line to complement the distinct garments in the fashion show styled by Jeannie Oliver of StyleLab Seattle. Proceeds from the carnival were donated to the Namaste Children’s Fund.
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Longing For Labradorite
American Gem Trade Association
Shamila Jiwa, a young designer from Seattle, Washington, believes the varying cuts, shapes, and designs in labradorite have fueled its recent popularity. She considers the stone a signature of her collection. “It's never the same” she says. “It's the stone of new beginnings, and every day is a new beginning.
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East London Design Show
Travelling a mere 4781 miles from Seattle, Shamila Jiwa brings her exquisite craftsmanship and detailing to this year’s show. Jewellery is always popular and one of our strongest disciplines at ELDS, and it is great that the show has the power to attract someone of Shamilla’s standing to travel half way around the world just to show this year.
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Shamila. A Turkish Delight. Paris Street Style.
Shamila is one of the most passionate designers I have ever met and her stories while designing and creating this collection in Turkey are awe inspiring, to say the least.
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lokum lale collection
“I don’t have the words to describe the brilliance of these rings from the collection, “Lokum Lale“, by jewelry designer Shamila Jiwa. I have had the pleasure of meeting Shamila and writing about her in the past so I was thrilled when she notified me about her most recent endeavors.”
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Label Love: Shamila
“This week I have the pleasure of introducing New York fashion week newcomer Shamila Jiwa, a self-taught Seattle based gemologist with a huge passion for unusual stones. Her designs are uniquely exquisite pieces of jewellery with a focus on timeless, distinctive beauty.”
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New Faces at Nolcha Retail
“To actually touch the pieces and feel them around your neck is a definite sell,” adds Furge. “The stones are smooth and silky and cool, what more could a customer want, especially in the summer.”
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Local Gems
“Look to regional designersfor bridesmaid necklaces with charm, color, and style.”
Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom Summer/Fall 2009
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Local jewelry designers take a cue from bold, brilliant Bollywood
"Shamila Jiwa's rising talent recently earned her a spot in the emerging-designers section of this fall's New York Fashion Week. Born of Indian heritage in Tanzania, the veteran traveler describes her style as influenced by a 'hybrid of cultures.'"
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Calla Bridal: New Jewelry by Shamila
"I had the pleasure of meeting local jewelry phenom Shamila recently, as she showed me her work. As she described her pieces to me, I really understood her love of gemstones and saw how that translated into beautiful, timeless jewelry."
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The Flourish Collection
"Shamila's collection features eclectic and globally-sourced gemstones and materials, all interpreted into timeless and elegant statement pieces. Nothing feels heavy or overwrought but rather ethereal and feminine. It's the kind of jewelry you put on and sigh with happiness."
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NW Source
"'The first time I saw labradorite, I thought it was an ugly, sludgy gray -- but it had fire,' says local jewelry designer Shamila Jiwa. My sentiments exactly. But when I met Jiwa, she was wearing a stunning necklace with such fluorescence that I was converted."
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Seattle PI
"Shamila makes really beautiful jewelry out of semi-precious stones along side gold or silver. "
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The Daily Obsession
"Looking for some fun summer jewelry? Head over to Shamila Jewelry and you’ll be able to pick out some fun, yet elegant pieces. Playing with color and texture, designer Shamila Jiwa describes her jewelry as ' a whimsical yet elegant mélange of fine worldly components.'"
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Sweet Trinkets from SAM SHOP for Valentine's Day Offer Something for Everyone
"Fabulously feminine earrings and necklaces showcasing exceptional quality gems are sure to please."
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You've Been Spied!!
"Shamila takes cues from her Tanzanian and Indian heritage for inspiration.
These necklaces were inspired by her travels around the Caribbean."
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Thread Fashion and Lifestyle Show - San Francisco
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Little Willow
"Her jewelry was just stunning and you could see her passion for color and fine materials in each one of her creations."
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