About Midori Jewelry...
The ingredients mixed up for one of Midori Jewelry’s signature gemstone concoctions finds one hopping across the globe with opals from Peru, amethysts from Brazil, and silver from Turkey. Hawaii is the final stop on this trip around the world and is home base for designer Traci Morinaga, who decided to take an unexpected detour from law school and turn her ten year hobby into a business when motherhood beckoned.
Midori means green in Japanese. Midori is a melon-flavored liquor recognized for its trademark green color and well-known for its sugary taste and little kick in the finish. That’s how Traci looks at her beaded treasures: the sweet-colored gemstones sparkle and beckon, and once worn, will satisfy any jewelry lover’s palette. The designer’s style is classic with a contemporary flair and a tiny Asian twist that can last through the seasons. Midori Jewelry is fun, fresh, and always feminine.
Traci is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and like President Obama, Ebay Founder Pierre Omidyar, and actress Kelly Preston, she is also a graduate of Punahou School.
Traci's inspiration is derived from a spectrum of sources: the latest Vogue to a Margaret Atwood poem to a swatch of fabric… perhaps a lithograph at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, or maybe a scenic view atop Maui's Haleakala.
"Creating beautiful jewelry in Hawaii comes naturally--inspiration is never too far away.”
This website is dedicated to the spunky and fabulous woman—her free spirit keen on having beautiful adventures. Together, we will meander down the road less traveled.
To find out about the latest and greatest in my life and Midori Jewelry, check out my Blog.
These are a few of my favorite things:
Books Right Now --"Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons & Recipes for the Home Cook"
Books Always -- "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston, "Metamorphoses" by Ovid, "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf, "The Sound and the Fury" By William Faulkner, "Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories" By Russel Charles Leong, "Lord of the Rings" By JRR Tolkien, "Harry Potter" series by JK Rowling, "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, "Fact of a Doorframe" by Adrienne Rich
TV Shows -- Fringe, True Blood, The West Wing, Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, House, LOST, Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, Planet Earth series, Food Network, Cosby Show reruns
Foods-- Pasta, Dave's Hawaiian Ice Cream, panini, spicy ahi & dragon rolls, Boots & Kimo's banana macadamia nut pancakes, salads, corn chowder, pate, crusty bread, rosemary, seared scallops, Mexican, medeira sauce, Hawaiian chili pepper jelly, grilled cheese sandwiches, Shiro's fried noodles & pork adobo, mochiko chicken, wild mushroom risotto
Drinks -- lots of natural Hawaiian H2O, Oo-Long Tea, Cosmopolitans, Belinis, Bombay Sapphire & Tonic or Ginger Ale, red wine, Hansen's soda, Grey Goose, Chopin Vodka
Music Right Now -- Love, Save the Empty by Erin McCarley, Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson, Little Voice by Sara Bareilles, We Were Here by Joshua Radin, Ellipse by Imogene Heap, A Fine Mess by Kate Voegele, Hope for the Hopeless by Brent Dennen
Music Forever --Toad the Wet Sprocket :: Coldplay :: Judy Garland :: Jason Mraz :: Michelle Branch :: Anna Nalick :: Dixie Chicks :: Gershwin :: Nora Jones :: Sara McLachlan :: Garbage :: Gin Blossoms :: Beastie Boys :: Bach :: Everything but the Girl :: Madonna :: Goo Goo Dolls :: Simon & Garfunkel :: RENT soundtrack :: Maroon 5 :: Colbie Caillat :: Sinatra :: Sheryl Crow :: Incubus :: Tool :: Sara Bareilles :: Joshua Radin :: Regina Spektor :: John Mayer :: Mandy Moore
The ingredients mixed up for one of Midori Jewelry’s signature gemstone concoctions finds one hopping across the globe with opals from Peru, amethysts from Brazil, and silver from Turkey. Hawaii is the final stop on this trip around the world and is home base for designer Traci Morinaga, who decided to take an unexpected detour from law school and turn her ten year hobby into a business when motherhood beckoned.
Midori means green in Japanese. Midori is a melon-flavored liquor recognized for its trademark green color and well-known for its sugary taste and little kick in the finish. That’s how Traci looks at her beaded treasures: the sweet-colored gemstones sparkle and beckon, and once worn, will satisfy any jewelry lover’s palette. The designer’s style is classic with a contemporary flair and a tiny Asian twist that can last through the seasons. Midori Jewelry is fun, fresh, and always feminine.
Traci is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and like President Obama, Ebay Founder Pierre Omidyar, and actress Kelly Preston, she is also a graduate of Punahou School.
Traci's inspiration is derived from a spectrum of sources: the latest Vogue to a Margaret Atwood poem to a swatch of fabric… perhaps a lithograph at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, or maybe a scenic view atop Maui's Haleakala.
"Creating beautiful jewelry in Hawaii comes naturally--inspiration is never too far away.”
This website is dedicated to the spunky and fabulous woman—her free spirit keen on having beautiful adventures. Together, we will meander down the road less traveled.
To find out about the latest and greatest in my life and Midori Jewelry, check out my Blog.
These are a few of my favorite things:
Books Right Now --"Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons & Recipes for the Home Cook"
Books Always -- "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston, "Metamorphoses" by Ovid, "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf, "The Sound and the Fury" By William Faulkner, "Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories" By Russel Charles Leong, "Lord of the Rings" By JRR Tolkien, "Harry Potter" series by JK Rowling, "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, "Fact of a Doorframe" by Adrienne Rich
TV Shows -- Fringe, True Blood, The West Wing, Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, House, LOST, Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, Planet Earth series, Food Network, Cosby Show reruns
Foods-- Pasta, Dave's Hawaiian Ice Cream, panini, spicy ahi & dragon rolls, Boots & Kimo's banana macadamia nut pancakes, salads, corn chowder, pate, crusty bread, rosemary, seared scallops, Mexican, medeira sauce, Hawaiian chili pepper jelly, grilled cheese sandwiches, Shiro's fried noodles & pork adobo, mochiko chicken, wild mushroom risotto
Drinks -- lots of natural Hawaiian H2O, Oo-Long Tea, Cosmopolitans, Belinis, Bombay Sapphire & Tonic or Ginger Ale, red wine, Hansen's soda, Grey Goose, Chopin Vodka
Music Right Now -- Love, Save the Empty by Erin McCarley, Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson, Little Voice by Sara Bareilles, We Were Here by Joshua Radin, Ellipse by Imogene Heap, A Fine Mess by Kate Voegele, Hope for the Hopeless by Brent Dennen
Music Forever --Toad the Wet Sprocket :: Coldplay :: Judy Garland :: Jason Mraz :: Michelle Branch :: Anna Nalick :: Dixie Chicks :: Gershwin :: Nora Jones :: Sara McLachlan :: Garbage :: Gin Blossoms :: Beastie Boys :: Bach :: Everything but the Girl :: Madonna :: Goo Goo Dolls :: Simon & Garfunkel :: RENT soundtrack :: Maroon 5 :: Colbie Caillat :: Sinatra :: Sheryl Crow :: Incubus :: Tool :: Sara Bareilles :: Joshua Radin :: Regina Spektor :: John Mayer :: Mandy Moore
