Jewelry Designer, Shannon Saint Clair
From designing jewelry to sewing garments, and even to interior decorating, Shannon was always passionate about creating art, which stems from childhood when her mother taught her how to sew at age five. During her school years, Shannon designed jewelry from seashells she collected on the beach, designed and sewed pendants with beads and doll faces, and created jewelry with moldable plastic materials, that she sold at local craft shows with her mom. She was voted Most Artistic out of her high school’s senior class and graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Destined to turn her hobbies into a profession, she opened her first company in 2003 in St. Louis, where her husband was a Rams player. She designed jerseys for other players’ wives to wear at the games because they wanted jerseys similar to the one she designed by cutting up a pair of her husband’s workout shorts. Shannon officially launched her couture jewelry collection in 2008 with her husband John, who is a 12-Year NFL veteran.
All of her jewelry is handcrafted using sterling silver, gold, and genuine semi precious gemstones such as Onyx, Hematite, Quartz, Agate, Jasper, Jade, Coral, and Opal from their studio in South Florida. They also do custom orders for their clients who want a specific piece of jewelry not pictured online.
Awards have been received by this talented jewelry designer including the ”NFL Alumni Association’s 2011 Player Networking Event Award”, for achieving the most successful business co-owned with her husband. Shannon ranked #3 in SOFI Magazine’s The Arts Issue as one of the “33 Emerging Creative Minds You Need to Know for 2011.”
Shannon Saint Clair has designed jewelry for numerous pro basketball & football players, recording artists, actors, actresses, reality stars, tv hosts, beauty pageant winners & socialites including, Derrick Rose, Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Brown, Russell Simmons, Common, Kelly Rowland, Gabrielle Union, Televangelist Paula White, Mya, Joey Fatone, Wayne Brady, Beyonce’s mom Tina Knowles, Vivica Fox, Regina King, Deborah Cox, Josh Cribbs, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Adrianna de Moura of the Real Miami Housewives, Evelyn Lozada & Jennifer Williams of Basketball Wives, Alonzo Mourning’s wife Tracy, Juwan & Jenine Howard, Udonis Haslem, Mario Chalmers, Joel Anthony, and Jerry Rice’s wife Jacqueline, to name a few. View celebrity photos here.
Shannon Saint Clair Handcrafted Couture Jewelry has been exhibited at several noteworthy fashion shows, galas, trunk shows and gifting suites. Recently, their Sanctity Beads Collection was featured in a VIP Style Lounge for Kentucky Derby weekend, exclusively for celebrities, where Wayne Brady, Joey Fatone, Boyz II Men, & Salt N Pepa sported her bracelets. This jewelry designer partnered with the United Athletes Foundation (UAF) with their Charity Weekend in NYC. UAF is a non-profit foundation founded by NFL veteran Reggie Howard and his collaboration with NFL, NBA, MLB, & WNBA players who are members. Shannon sold jewelry to pro athletes & players’ wives such as Football Wives Reality Star Chanita Foster, her husband NFL player George Foster, and former NBA player Derek Anderson, at UAF’s Floss Magazine Fashion Show on April 29th, and also the following night at their Black Tie Gala, hosted by Ray Lewis. In March, this jewelry line was exhibited all four days at Miami Beach Fashion Week, and the designer received numerous press interviews. In February, Shannon Saint Clair Jewelry was featured in the 12th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration’s Official Backstage Talent Gifting Lounge presented by Maui Jim Sunglasses, and in the NFL PLAYERS XLV Luxury Lifestyle Lounge presented by Reebok & Maui Jim Sunglasses during Super Bowl weekend in Dallas, where Bears Quarterback Caleb Hanie rocked one of her bracelets.
Giving Back
She believes in giving back to the community and participating in worthy causes that help those in need by contributing financially, donating jewelry and spending time volunteering with great charities such as:
• Off The Field Professional Wives Association
• Alonzo Morning Charities
• Honey Shine Mentoring Program
• Women at the WAIL Foundation
• Miami Fashion Week Foundation
• Keep Paddlin Foundation
• March of Dimes
• Beauty of Philanthropy Foundation
• Miami Symphony Orchestra
• Streetwaves
• NFL Player Steve Hamlin’s Foundation
