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Support Ukraine! A Message From the Celtic Jewelry Studio
AmeriCymru: Hi Cynthia and many thanks for agreeing to this interview. What can you tell us about your recent Ukraine appeal?
Cynthia: The auction runs now through March 18. Items will be added daily. There are both jewelry and gift items on the auction page on my website at
www.TCJS.Shop or www.TheCelticJewelryStudio.com
AmeriCymru: What inspired you to launch this appeal?
Cynthia: When the whole Ukraine crisis first began my husband and myself sat in our family room watching the advancement of Russian troops and we told ourselves the Russians aren’t really going to invade the Ukraine. And then to our disbelief and horror they did. My mother has a daytime caregiver who is an Ukrainian woman and to watch her live hour to hour what was happening in Ukraine was heartbreaking. She still has grandparents and other family members in Ukraine and this all became very real really fast.
Hearing how the Ukrainian people are fighting back. Seeing images of the pain and disbelief on the faces of children, parents and citizens. Listening to a young woman talking about the small flower business she had just started and how she hopes someone will water her fields. Heartbreaking. And the comments by the president of Ukraine, all very inspiring.
AmeriCymru: Which of your product lines are included in the auction?
Cynthia : I really threw this all together very quickly. There are 20 some items on the auction page now and I’m adding more daily. But its not just some of my jewelry pieces, I have posted a gift certificate for our website so the winning person can use it on any jewelry on our site. There are non-jewelry items as well like wine goblets from Ireland made by a wonderful potter named Colm de Ris, Belleek China from Northern Ireland, and Whisky glasses by Glencairn of Scotland.
AmeriCymru: Care to tell us a little about the Celtic Jewelry Studio?
Cynthia: You know I began The Celtic Jewelry Studio when I still had my little shop named Kathleen’s of Dublin in downtown Portland. Some of your readers might remember the shop. Anyway I started playing around with making jewelry for Kathleen's using gemstones, Connemara Marble from Ireland and such and always provided a story card explaining the meaning of the Celtic symbol, story of the legend, or power of the gemstones. The next thing I knew other Irish, Celtic and Scottish shops were asking me to make pieces for them also…and a business was born. My wholesale company is called GPD Designs and The Celtic Jewelry Studio is my retail arm.
AmeriCymru: Where can people donate to the appeal?
AmeriCymru: Where can people donate to the appeal?
Cynthia: There are a lot of great organizations like Doctors Without Borders, the international leg of the Red Cross, and World Central Kitchen Inc. I’m not sure which organization we will send the fund to yet but I’m doing that research now. Donating on their own I would encourage your readers to check out any charity on Charity Navigator to see that charity’s ranking before donating.
AmeriCymru: Any final remarks for the readers and members of AmeriCymru?
AmeriCymru: Any final remarks for the readers and members of AmeriCymru?
Cynthia: Our Celtic culture and its people is a wonderful group to be a part of, I can’t imaging having that stripped away.
