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Heirloom Jewelry RE-STYLING

The mid-pandemic cabin fever gave us unlimited time to clean out our drawers and delve into our past. As the dust blew off jewelry boxes everywhere, secret stashes of grandma’s vintage inherited treasures have emerged. Jewelry is a gift of love. Keeping it alive, the newest trend is to remodel, reuse and repurpose into a contemporary design that you will love to wear. “It keeps the sentimental value of your vintage piece but loses the old-fashioned look. Respecting the past, while celebrating the future,” explains Kim Yanke, of Yanke Designs. “We have turned rings into necklaces, earrings into rings, added new stones, merged different pieces together; your imagination can run wild. It doesn’t have to be all about grandma either… If your engagement ring screams the gawdy 80s, you are the perfect client for a reset. It’s a no-brainer for your next anniversary gift.

Frank and Kim Yanke of Yanke Designs are experts in this specialty customized field. They recently moved to TC for a slower pace after closing their booming business downstate in Franklin Village, that they opened in 1989.

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