Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Green Goodness
Delight.com
The search for truly timeless pieces of jewelry that can be worn everyday with anything you can find in your closet is probably the holy grail of shopping (along with the search for the perfect jeans, of course).
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Beer for your ear, but we mean that in a good way...
Delight.com
The oversized, mahogany glass hoops with sterling silver French ear wire remind us of Carmen Jones.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Thoughts On Going Green
Delight.com
The Hus would probably say I’m bordering on becoming an obsessed environmentalist. Ok, maybe “environmentalist” isn’t the exact correct word, as I do not picket businesses, or only wash with lava soap. And until I can get all my research together – I do not compost…although it is definitely on my “to-do” list.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Spin The Bottle
Delight.com
When we heard about Kathleen Plate and her line of recycled glass jewelry we knew we loved the idea.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 A VISIT to THE GALLERY LA: Smart Glass Jewelry, Protect the Element, Pambeh, Jungle Gurl
Lyra Mag
Kathleen gets her bottles to make her jewelry from Coca Cola and the Aveda Corporation. She also uses some special blue sake bottles as well as the wine and beer bottles she donates to affiliated events – she donates the liquor inside, and keeps the bottles to make jewelry.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Smart Glass Jewelry By Kathleen Plate
Chic by Nature
Ecoist carries an entire line of recycled glass jewelry designed by Kathleen Plate. She makes her pieces using traditional stained glass methods and personally chooses the materials for each piece, making it completely unique and original.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 PLAYING DRESS UP IN ATLANTA
Country Living
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 WSS partners with Smart Glass Jewelry
Gaia Community
Wholesale Spa Source partners with Smart Glass Jewelry ---Turn your empties into eco-friendly, stylish jewelry to improve your bottom line... and help the planet!
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Notaspringchick Green Gallery Eco 5
Crackle.com
Hosted by Mikey Koffman. Smart Glass Jewelry created from recycled beer and coke bottles, as seen on Kathryn Heigl and Amy Smart.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Invite Your Friends
Ideal Bite.com
Through July 31st, 2008, you could win one of five $200 prize packs from Smart Glass Jewelry - a line of handcrafted jewelry made from recycled bottle glass - just by inviting your friends to join Ideal Bite.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Smart Glass Featured on HSN
HSN
Kathleen dazzles HSN audience with her beautiful pieces of recycled jewelry.
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Jewel Sparkles in Smart Glass Earrings
Nashville Star
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Los Angeles Magazine's Prime Finds
KTLA Channel 5
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| Jul 21st, 2008 |
 Bottle Bling
Los Angeles Magazine
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| Jun 30th, 2008 |
 Kathleen Plate - The Jeweler
Atlanta Peach
Plate puts into practice: "I never look at garbage as the final answer. For me, waste is just a starting point for amazing art."
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| Jun 25th, 2008 |
 Smart Glass Jewelry
Hollywood Weekly
With a passion to create beautiful things, owner and creator Kathleen Plate was inspired in part by a childhood spent learning to solder and work with stained glass.
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| Jun 24th, 2008 |
 Eco-Friendly, Eco-Fashionable, Eco-Fun!
TravelGirl
Just when we're finished with our wine, beer and soft drink bottles, designer Kathleen Plate is just getting started.
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| Jun 20th, 2008 |
 Summer of Kiwis
Kiwibox.com
Splash around at your nearest body of water in pinks, blues, polka dots, stripes and everything in between. You can even do well by Mother Earth since we are featuring eco-friendly lines such as Protect the Element, Eco-Bags, WeBe Bags, Jungle Gurl Swimwear and Smart Glass Jewelry. With a contribution from the Leakey Collection, you can even buy necklaces to help the Maasai women of Kenya! So while you are being totally beach chic, you are also helping the Earth, other people around the world and having fun in the sun. Plus, these stylish looks will still be guaranteed to get you noticed by the oh-so-cute lifeguards!
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| Jun 16th, 2008 |
 The Green Gallery Trunk Sale
Gift Bag Robin Hood
Ken Feldman visits the Green Gallery Trunk Sale and grabs a swag bag with Smart Glass Jewelry.
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| Jun 10th, 2008 |
 Leighton Meester seen wearing Smart Glass
Gossip Girl Insider
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| Jun 10th, 2008 |
 Smart Glass, Drink It Wear It
Modarazzi
Smart Glass is a brand that proudly sports the slogan “You wont believe how beautiful a beer bottle can be.” Eco Friendly solutions as well as blending Eco friendly materials with the industry standard is an idea that has met an immense amount of opposition.
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| Jun 10th, 2008 |
 The Gallery Los Angeles Launches Eco Event
WSA Today
Public relations firm The Gallery Los Angeles continues to promote eco-friendly brands in exciting settings.
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| May 15th, 2008 |
 Bottle Key
Smart Glass Jewelry
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| May 15th, 2008 |
 Deidre Hall Sparkles in Smart Glass Jewelry
Days of Our Lives on ABC
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| May 1st, 2008 |
 A HEALTHY WAY TO HAVE YOUR COCA-COLA...
White Apricot.com
Artists are amazing... How does someone come up with making wonderful recycled jewelry out of discarded Coca-Cola bottles? Kudos to designer Kathleen Plate for her simple, yet incredibly striking Smart Glass Jewelry collection of necklaces and earrings, hand-made from the body or neck of Coca-Cola bottles on sterling silver chain
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| May 1st, 2008 |
 Amy Paffrath Spotted with Smart Glass Necklace
Green Means Go! Greenroom
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| May 1st, 2008 |
 Amy Smart Spotted Wearing Smart Glass Necklace
Green Means Go! Greenroom
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| May 1st, 2008 |
 Nora Zehetner Spotted Wearing Smart Glass Necklace
Green Means Go! Greenroom
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| May 1st, 2008 |
 AnnaLynne McCord Spotted Wearing Smart Glass Necklace
Green Means Go! Greenroom
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| Apr 1st, 2008 |
 Richie Arpino wears Smart Glass
Atlanta Salon & Spa
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| Apr 1st, 2008 |
 Laura Turner wears Smart Glass
The Atlantan
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| Apr 1st, 2008 |
 Once & Again
Everyday With Rachel Ray
Treat yourself - and the earth - right by snagging these recycled goods.
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| Apr 1st, 2008 |
 Jewelry 2008 - Smart Glass Jewelry
Niche Magazine
Without any formal training, Kathleen Plate uses pure intuition to handcraft colored stained glass, silver solder and sterling silver into Smart Glass Jewelry.
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| Mar 24th, 2008 |
 A-List Address Book
OK! Magazine
Katherine Heigl's Address Book... The Grey's Anatomy Star Radiates a Sexy Smile (with the help of Smart Glass's eco earrings)
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| Mar 15th, 2008 |
 Tried & True
National Geographic Green Guide
Recycling glass can involve blast furnaces and giant machinery-- or some delicate artisanship, as in Kathleen Plate's "Recycled Line" of Smart Glass Jewelry made from wine, beer, Perrier, Coca-Cola and other bottles.
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| Mar 15th, 2008 |
 Green Shopping
The Weather Channel
Smart Glass Jewelry is featured on The Weather Channel's Green Shopping Segment
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| Jan 21st, 2008 |
OVERSCENE: Glass bottle earrings a hit
AJC.com
Local designer Kathleen Plate of Smart Glass Jewelry was invited to the recent Sundance Film Festival in Utah to display her jewelry in a celebrity gift suite. Actress Sienna Miller later was seen in a pair of Plate’s smart glass beer bottle earrings.
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| Jan 21st, 2008 |
 Sundance Goes Green
The Today Show
Meredith gets excited about our earrings...
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| Jan 20th, 2008 |
 Sienna Miller Wears Smart Glass
Sundance Film Festival
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| Jan 18th, 2008 |
 Easy Being Green
AmericasMart
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| Jan 18th, 2008 |
 Simply Beautiful, Smart Glass
Craft Report
Her works catch the light and sweep it around in swirls and swoops. Under Kathleen Plate's hand, mere bottles are elevated to art.
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| Jan 11th, 2008 |
 What to Buy Now
Bon Appetit Magazine
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| Jan 11th, 2008 |
 Green Gifts
Intown Atlanta
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| Dec 20th, 2007 |
 Deck the Halls
Delta Sky Magazine
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| Nov 29th, 2007 |
 The Gift of Green
The Washington Post
Eco-Friendly presents and seasonal decor that'll warm hearts, not the planet
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| Nov 15th, 2007 |
 Through A Glass
US Airways Magazine
Empty bottles are reborn as adornments with polish & color!
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| Oct 10th, 2007 |
 Shopping Feature
Peach Connection.com
Owner and Operator, Kathleen Plate started selling to small boutiques in the 1990's. Her glass jewelry line has grown to catch the attention of corporations and boutique owners.
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| Oct 10th, 2007 |
 Eco-Chic
Gifts & Decorative Accessories Magazine
Eco-fashions can be stylish and support the "Green Mantra" at the same time.
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| Oct 10th, 2007 |
 Laura Turner Seydel wears Smart Glass Jewelry
Atlanta Life Magazine
Laura Turner Seydel wears Smart Glass Jewelry as seen in Atlanta Life Magazine.
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| Oct 10th, 2007 |
Smart & Stylish
Atlanta Life Magazine
You might not think about it, but much of your jewelry is probably produced from natural resources, adding to our material consumption. But what if you could look cute and be environmentally aware at the same time?
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| Oct 9th, 2007 |
 24/7 with Kathleen Plate
Skirt Magazine
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| Oct 9th, 2007 |
 Iced Out
Jezebel Magazine
Two Designers, One Goal, To Keep Atlanta Cool!
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| Sep 18th, 2007 |
 Making Green from Green
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Jewelry-maker Kathleen Plate didn't set out to have a business for its environmental stance. About 14 years ago, while working on her doctorate in American literatire, she started making earrings for her friends.
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| Sep 18th, 2007 |
 Smart Glass Jewelry
The Piedmont Review
Kathleen Plate has an eye for beauty. The visonary behind Smart Glass Jewelry, she is creating one-of-a-kind pieces out of a combination of stained glass, silver solder and sterling silver. "What I do is very a contemporary and clean design", she says, "no piece is ever perfectly round and no two pieces are ever the same."
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| Sep 18th, 2007 |
 Garbage to Gems
Pink Magazine
Kathleen Plate sees the panache in your trash. As owner of Smart Glass Jewelry in Atlanta, she's netted bucks making jewelry from bottles - a product line that represents half her sales.
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| Sep 18th, 2007 |
 Hit the Bottle!
The Atlantan
Sure, you can reduce your carbon footprint by planting a few trees. Or just parade your green commitment around your neck, wrists and lobes, courtesy of Kathleen Plate of Smart Glass Jewelry.
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| Aug 23rd, 2007 |
 Recycled Products Transform into Jewelry
Atlanta Woman Magazine
Kathleen Plate needed a special birthday gift for a friend aand made a pair of earrings from recycled materials. Now Plate's line of Smart Glass jewelry is so popular, even Jennifer Aniston wore it on "Friends".
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| Aug 23rd, 2007 |
 All Natural
CosmoGirl
Save the granola for breakfast. These cool, environmentally friendly threads will make your friends green with envy!
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| Aug 23rd, 2007 |
 Green Scene
Global Traveler Magazine
Eco-friendly designs showcase the beauty that's all around us.
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| Aug 23rd, 2007 |
 Summer Rayne Oakes Talks About Smart Glass
Green & Gorgeous Podcasts - Seen on HGTV
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| Aug 22nd, 2007 |
 Daniele and Jon in Atlanta, GA
Brides.com
A couple celebrates their big day in a plantation-style setting
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| Aug 15th, 2007 |
 Go Green Atlanta - Smart Glass Jewelry
Points North Magazine
What do you get when a creative and earth-conscious woman decides to fashion a unique birthday gift for a girlfriend? Super-chic, eco-friendly jewelry!
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| Aug 13th, 2007 |
 Making Jewelry from Old Bottles
11Alive News
Kathleen Plate was in graduate school at Georgia State, working on a Ph.D. in American literature.
She went to a party and brought a gift for the hostess -- a pair of earrings Kathleen had made from a used cosmetics bottle. Her other friends at the party loved the earrings.
That pair of earrings has become what Kathleen Plate describes as a cottage corporation.
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| Aug 1st, 2007 |
 Jessica Raves about Smart Glass on Q100
JessicaShops.com
I just discovered these earrings and now they are one
of my favorite things. Made from recycled glass they
are light weight and look amazing on. I always get
compliments when I wear them, and it makes me feel
good that I am doing my part to save the planet.
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| Aug 1st, 2007 |
Made in Atlanta
Atlanta Magazine
The Coca-Cola bottles in Kathleen Plate's Edgwood studio multiply like rabbits. They're everywhere...
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| Jul 15th, 2007 |
 The New World of Coke
Points North Magazine
But these classic favorites and refreshing new exhibits represent just a drop in the bottle of what the new World of Coca-Cola has to offer. Even the gift shop is getting a makeover, with roughly 80 percent of the merchandise being completely redesigned and refabricated to better reflect the company today and its efforts to leave as small as a footprint as possible with the manufacture and distribution of it beverages. For instance, Kathleen Plate created a whimsical collection of jewelry made from recycled Coke bottles, wich is now availble in the gift shop.
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| Jul 1st, 2007 |
 Smart Glass Inc., Green Gems
Ponce Press
You won’t find Kathleen Plate’s
creations in an upscale jewelry case,
insured for millions of dollars. Yet their
beauty and the philosophy behind their
creation make them every bit as valuable.
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| Jun 21st, 2007 |
 Alan Cumming Wears Smart Glass Necklace on Red Carpet
WireImage.com
Rihanna and Alan Cumming on the Entertainment Weekly Red Carpet
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| Jun 15th, 2007 |
 Gotta lotta bottle - Smart Glass Jewelry
TreeHugger
Ever thought of wearing coke bottles on your ears? The jewelery designer Kathleen Plate has thought about wearing them round your neck as well! Sounds heavy, but Kathleen's Smart Glass collection lends glass bottles the lightest touch.
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| May 26th, 2007 |
 Coke World: A User’s Guide - What works, what's weird and what not to miss
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Want more than a Coke and a smile to commemorate your visit to the new World of Coca-Cola?
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| May 25th, 2007 |
 Coke is it!
ShopTalk at AccessAtlanta.com
If you’re headed for the new World of Coca-Cola this
weekend, be sure to give the gift shop more than a
cursory look.
The store is filled will goodies from a variety of designers.
Reps for Coke say the recycled goods are among the
most popular items. That includes jewelry by Atlantan
Kathleen Plate.
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| May 23rd, 2007 |
 Kathleen Plate Creates Jewelry Out of Recycled Glass
Fox5 News Atlanta
Kathleen Plate is known around the nation for her specially-made jewelry. She makes jewelry out of recycled glass like beer, wine, and Coke bottles. Now, her work is being displayed at the World of Coke museum.
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| May 12th, 2007 |
Drinking Your Way To Success
K-Style Blog
This amazing line of jewelry by artist and designer Kathleen Plate was really the stand out line I saw at the contemporary art show I recently attended in Las vegas. It meets all my citeria for great design and with a "twist".
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| May 7th, 2007 |
 Smart Glass Jewelry - Everywhere
Social Diva Blog
Smart Glass Jewelry, the brainchild of Atlanta-based designer and craft guru Kathleen Plate, has a new line! Kathleen has been designing and producing unique handcrafted jewelry made of recycled glass for over fourteen years. Her latest collection, the aptly-named Open, is the perfect complement to spring’s lush palette and offers fresh alternatives to plain silver accents.
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