Erin Mac

Erin MacGeraghty

Surrounded by rare and amazing pieces, under hovering butterflies, smiling Erin admits that this is not your typical jewelry store. "I remember one beautiful day, sitting on the floor with my dog. A lovely woman walked in and sat beside me. The result was a new pendant for her from a dream she had of a wonderful gold sun design around her birthstone.” I loved that day!

Erin started working as a teenager. Always desiring to be open to capture the dreams of who she was designing for!  A transforming moment was the birth of her son. “He has always been magical,” she said. “He grew up in the store, observing everything. When he was six, he took me to a 'business lunch' at the restaurant. He brought his crayons and told me to start designing jewelry. I said that I loved designing for women, yet there wasn’t one here. He said, “Choose you.” Well, ideas exploded in my head, my imagination became unchecked and these outrageous designs started flowing, furiously I started drawing to capture them all.”

The First Vision was a double level ring, a sculpture of the Last Knight, sword and all, on a sarcophagus on the bottom level. The top-level was the famous Rose Window made of Black Diamonds, Blue sapphires & Red Rubies becoming the stained glass of the window. With four Gothic flying buttresses as the supports between the levels. The two side arches had gargoyle faces and the ring was engraved to look like a real stone wall.

The next ring in this Fantasia Collection is her Egyptian Pyramid Ring. "I think ‘what would I love wearing with this outfit’, then a design for a piece pops into my mind. Growing up with an Antique Dealer as a Mom, the rich art & architecture that abounds in this world, are the fuel for my ideas. I didn’t realize there was a rule book. I just made up my style as I went… I truly love big expressions.”

While Story Rings may be her passion, she also has a wide selection of necklaces & earrings that talk as well. “Many of the necklaces are Antique Watch Chains I’ve turned into necklaces or Art Deco Belt Buckles I set with gems. The one I’m wearing today I designed in high school. It was the first large necklace I did. I put Old Watch Fobs, Lockets, Antique pure gold beads on Pearls, it is my favorite!!!

Erin views her shop as a place to have fun. “For me, it’s about sending a woman back into her world feeling better than when she came in!”