"BEST ONLINE SHOPPING" - CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE
STORE HOURS:
10AM - 6PM Monday - Friday + 11am - 5pm Saturday
Location: Twin Oaks Shopping Center * 1419 East Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704.372.1267 * Email: info@laurajamesjewelry.com * Website: www.LauraJamesJewelry.com
Handmade in North Carolina since 2005, Laura James Jewelry initially began as a means of self-expression for founder/designer Laura Schmelzer James. Her love for collecting one of a kind antique jewelry coupled with her creative nature and background in design paved the way for her jewelry business to emerge.
Intrigued most with the historical past behind heirloom jewelry, Laura James naturally founded her jewelry business with antique and vintage components taking center stage. To broaden her range, she honed her Metal-smithing skills at both Arrowmont and Penland School of Craft. Soon the demand for Laura James Jewelry was reaching new heights, allowing Laura to take her business to the next level- a brick and mortar store. The Laura James Jewelry Studio Boutique opened in September of 2009 in the eclectic, historic Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina where Laura has resided since 2000 and within months was awarded "Best Jewelry Boutique" at the annual Charlotte Magazine Best of the Best awards 2010. Most recently Laura's online website was named "Best Online Shopping" 2011.
Today Laura James Jewelry continues to be crafted by hand solely by the native Mississippian in her lofty window-filled storefront. Her Southern heritage blended with her love for nature, travel, and affinity for one of a kind vintage components, gold, silver, vermeil and semiprecious stones allows Laura to create collectible keepsakes for all jewelry lovers. In addition to the jewelry Laura creates, she also greatly enjoys taking family costume and vintage jewelry and reworking it into new designs, allowing her customers the opportunity to wear their sentimental keepsakes in a fresh way.
Laura James Jewelry has been featured on celebrity Jessica Alba, Gossip Girl, Real Simple Magazine, Lucky Magazine, Us Weekly, the Today Show, People Stylewatch Magazine and People.com + multiple major motion pictures. Laura James Jewelry has won "Best New Boutique 2010" and "Best Online Shopping 2011" at the annual Charlotte Magazine Best of the Best awards.
"Best Jewelry Boutique"- Charlotte Magazine
Location: Twin Oaks Shopping Center * 1419 East Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704.372.1267 * Email: info@laurajamesjewelry.com * Website: www.LauraJamesJewelry.com
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