Awards:

2025

- Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC - Best Jewelry Store: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC - Best Retail Store: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC

2024

- Best of the Best of the Triangle: INDY Week magazine - Best of the Triangle: Best Jewelry Shop, INDY Week magazine
- Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC

2023

- Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
- Best Custom Jewelry: News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC

2022

- Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
- Best Jewelry Store Orange/Chatham County: Independent newspaper, Triangle Area, NC - Best Retail Store: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
- Best Customer Service: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
- Best Jewelry Store: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC

2021

- Best Jewelry Designer: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC

2020

- Best Designer Jewelry: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC

2019

- Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
- Best Jewelry Store Orange/Chatham County: Independent newspaper, Triangle area, NC

2018

- Best Jeweler: News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC - Best of Finalist: Independent Newspaper, Triangle area, NC

2017

- Best Jeweler: News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC

2016

- Best of Finalist: Independent Newspaper, Triangle area NC - Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC

2015

- Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC

2014

- Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC

2013

-  Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC

2012

-  Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC

2011

-  Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC

2010

- Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC - Best of Jewelry: Lazy Daze, Cary, NC

2009

- 2nd Place Jewelry: Artsfest, Stuart, FL

2007

- 2nd Place Jewelry: Under the Oaks, Vero Beach, FL

2006

- Merit Award: Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival, Murrells Inlet, SC - 2nd Place Fine Craft: Art on Main, Hendersonville, NC - Best of Jewelry Category: Mt. Dora Arts Festival, Mt. Dora, FL

2005

- Island Travel Award: The Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island, SC
- 2nd Place Overall: Art Market at Historic Honey Horn, Hilton Head Island, SC

2004

-  American Craft Council Mentor Program: Winter Wholesale, Baltimore, MD 

2003

- Award Winning Jewelry Designs: Spring Art Festival, Gainesville, FL

2002

- Award Winning Jewelry Designs: Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI

2001

- Patron Award: Four Bridges Arts Festival, Chattanooga, TN

2000

- Award winning Jewelry Designs: Fountain Square, Evanston, IL

1999

- Award of Merit: Santa Fe College Arts Festival, Gainesville, Fl

1998

- Honorable Mention: Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival, Murrells Inlet, SC

1997

- 1st Place Earrings: Wisconsin Jewelers Association


We are proud supporters of these fabulous charities!

Burwell-School_Melissa Designer Jewelry.jpg
Orange-County-Living-Wage_Melissa Designer Jewelry.jpg
PORCH_Melissa Designer Jewelry.jpg