It's in the genes at Carl Greve

Alice Wheeler Greve was a local Portland author back in the 1940's. She also happened to be Carl Greve's wife. That means that she was Karl (not a typo, he spelled his name with a 'K') Greve Jr.'s mother, and Carl "Nick" Greve III's grandmother, and Carl "Tim" Greve IV's great-grandmother. She encouraged Carl Greve to pursue his dream of being a jeweler, just as she had pursued her dream of being an author of two novels, "Shadow On The Plains" and "From Out This House". In fact, she even dedicated them to him.

This is what Tim Greve explained to his 10-year-old daughter this past week at the YPO's father daughter getaway, when he presented her with signed copies of each book. The point was to let her know that she can be anything she wants to be when she grows up, whether it is to be a world class jeweler, or an author...

it's in the genes after all.

Happy Fourth of July!

We hope you have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

Although our downtown location is closed today, please note that our Bridgeport Village store is open until 5pm.

Enjoy the sunshine.

Carl Greve Style Profile- Verla Sousa

We know that many of you remember the article that we did about Verla Sousa in Accent magazine a few years ago. We figured we would feature Verla in our blog’s first style profile in honor of her 22nd year with Carl Greve. Yes, that’s right, we said 22 years!

Name: Verla Sousa

Occupation: Carl Greve Sales Associate, Downtown Portland

No. of years at Carl Greve: 22

Best Carl Greve moment: When I sold my first pair of 10 carat diamond stud earrings.

If you had to pick only one piece from your jewelry wardrobe, what would it be? (besides your wedding ring, of course): My black pearls for sure.

Your next must-have purchase: Hearts On Fire Hoopla triangle earrings. And I WILL have those by the end of the year!

Style icons: Katherine Hepburn

Best style advice: Always dress like a lady. Accentuate the feminine and downplay the trouble spots.

I never break this fashion rule: My shoes are always the same color or darker than my hemline.

Flats or heels: heels

Favorite restaurants: Portland City Grill

Favorite item of clothing: My signature white pantsuit

Welcome to Musings at Carl Greve!

We are pleased to present Carl Greve's new blog, Musings at Carl Greve. We used to have a Carl Greve magazine, ACCENT, but decided it was time to embrace our Portland "green" roots and evolve into an electronic format. So, www.carlgreve.blogspot.com was born.

This is the place to turn for frequent updates about our newest designers, collections, obsessions, events, style profiles, and well... just about all things Carl Greve.

Plus, we want to hear the stories about how Carl Greve has participated in your memorable life's events. Whether one of our engagement rings made that proposal extra special, or you surprised your Dad with one of our timepieces at his retirement party, we want to hear from you. So, please send us your stories and photos.

Tell us about the time that you gave your wife three Aaron Basha baby shoe charms when she delivered triplets in record time. Explain the incident between the garbage disposal and your wedding band that we helped you repair. Talk about the time that you went to one of our events and walked away with a new Harry Winston timepiece AND a new boat. We want to hear it all!

Please send your stories, submissions, photos, questions and comments to Musings@carlgreve.com and visit our website, www.carlgreve.com to learn more about our stores.

Harper's Bazaar features Ippolita- June 2009 issue

We love fashion magazines... they inspire us to try new things and they help us to visualize ways to refresh our current wardrobe items.

Harper's Bazaar is one of our favorite magazines for fashion trend information. In fact, they list Carl Greve as the top Jeweler in Oregon (that is for another post).

In the June 2009 issue, they did a feature that was focused on jewel tones, specifically purples and pinks. Our newest designer line, Ippolita was featured. We know that the only thing better than one Ippolita Abracadabra bracelet is stacking multiple Abracadabra bracelets. Both of our stores, Downtown and Bridgeport Village, have many different colors (especially if purple and pinks aren't exactly your thing) and styles to choose from.

Ippolita's Abracadabra bracelet prices range from $3,200-$10,000