Hi and welcome to Perlentine, a website entirely dedicated to my handmade creations.

My name is Veronique Mini and I am fascinated by costume jewelry.

A touch of French elegance.

Perlentine started about eight years ago, then in Paris (I am French) and now in San Francisco, California, where we now live. I’ve been designing and making costume jewelry for almost forever. What was first a hobby became rapidly a passion, I started exclusively with venetian beads, from Murano in Italy. I picked and chose most of them myself there. Those beautiful beads are made with a silver or golden leaf inserted inside the blown glass. I still love them a lot and continue to work on them but now I also like to mix different kind of beads like blown glass, crystal or wood, even resin…, on all kinds of support like wires, ribbons, buttons….

The choice of beads is the essence of my inspiration. Even if it’s easy to find beads from all over the world in gem fairs, my passion leads me to purchase beads everywhere I go. From Italy to Morocco, they all have an important place in my heart and each of them drives my creations. As if they were guiding me. I, between us, believe they are.

Everything is handmade by me. No mass production, just personal touch of French elegance. I like to create simple, sometimes surprising and even funny, but always delicate and classy jewels you can enjoy everyday. My best reward is seeing women wearing what’s right for them !

So, again, welcome to Perlentine. you can order directly from this site. Payments are totally secured by Paypal but also, feel free to write to me at veronique [at] perlentine.com (anti-spam writing).

A bientot,

Veronique

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