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When Joan Michlin and Skip Ennis met 46 years ago, they clicked as two Yankees in the deep South. They were students at Memphis Academy of Art, both serious about their craft. She was a Michigander, who, at 16, had a booth showcasing her Sterling Silver rings at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. He hailed from Cape Cod, rejected the Ivy League path and had recently returned from a life-altering scholarship program in Florence, Italy.

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Some of our Events are so much Fun no one wants to go home! Ann Arbor, Reston, and New York City are among them. Here are several NYC Collectors enjoying a perfect evening at The American Craft Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. ... Read More

Joan Michlin Earrings are an easy way to look like a superhero when the box opens. I always say there are 4 earrings at the display that will look great on everyone. Prism Cubist Symphony Cadence They are good midrange priced earrings. A group ... Read More

This year started off beautifully with fireworks on the beach in Naples. I loves fireworks, and while we were looking at the sky afterward overlooking the darkness of the Gulf of Mexico, we could see Orion and the winter constellations. Small ... Read More

Empress bracelet was the Grand Damme of the show in super busy Boca Raton, FL it seemed like it was never in the case! It feels so soft, each link just falls against your skin. Click here for a close look. We were swamped with so many snowbirds and ... Read More

High School sweethearts celebrate their love with Joan Michlin. Her Majestic Bracelet is a classic timeless beauty just like her. Somerset was a busy, but intimate show. Only the best of my favorite Sugarloaf artists were there. Show visitors ... Read More

New in the collection, the Cosmos series features rainbow moonstones which reflect light internally from layers in the stone creating an effect called schiller, or in the language of gems, adularescense. While white is the common color for ... Read More

The Jeans and Jewelry fashion sense of the Scottsdale area has been captured in this ad by the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. If you look carefully you will see those diamonds in the sky are all from the Joan Michlin Collection, just ... Read More

Every time the Empress Bracelet came out of the box, we were mobbed. Women would cross the street to comment. Not every woman can be married to Fabio, but after teasing his wife Patricia for two days he made her the envy of the show. She knows she's ... Read More

The uniform is of the Scottsdale area is Jeans and Jewelry, and the cowgirls like their Joan Michlin! Carefree, AZ certainly was care-free for the Michlin team. Our most western show, Carefree is the only show that Joan Michlin does in the Western ... Read More

As part of the Coconut Grove Art Festival, exhibiting artists can volunteer in the community to come into schools to support the next generation of artists. Skip is a great teacher, and he’s also a printmaker and painter. He designs the Joan ... Read More