Home Shopping Vet Charles Winston Lands At Jewelry Television

Has jewelry designer Charles Winston become the new Judy Crowell?

He is apparently following in her career path, now joining her at Jewelry Television, and moved on from CZ to Moissante.

Winston used to sell blingy fashion jewelry on ShopNBC, and then went on, and off, HSN.

We were checking Facebook tonight and learned he is now on JTV.

Here is what he posted:

Thank you all for making this last 2-hour show a huge success! I look forward to seeing you all at the NEW 2am that would be 2am EDT….for 1-hour and then again tomorrow evening at 8pm – 10pm EDT. Thank you one and all for making JTV my new home away from home.

Crowell has bounced around like Winston. She was a host on QVC and HSN, and then became a vendor on ShopNBC. Now she is selling jewelry on JTV.

We did a bit more checking, and apparently Winston first appeared on JTV in September. Thanks for letting us know, Chuck.

Another Facebook post:

Be certain to mark your calendar for Charles Winston’s appearance on JTV. During Charles’ last appearance this past September, almost every item shown, sold out in minutes. It happened so quickly, Mr. Winston barely was able to explain the benefits of each item and what his inspiration was.

Here is JTV’s spiel on him:

At the age of 17, Charles was brought into the jewelry industry via the family business. He developed a keen eye for quality and style and thought about how nice it would be if all women could afford to wear elegant creations of fine jewelry.

Charles Winston then formed his own jewelry manufacturing company creating fabulous jewelry utilizing sterling silver or gold. He incorporated cubic zirconia in lieu of diamonds and used lab-created (synthetic) gemstones rather than their natural counterparts.

After the success of his CZ jewelry collection, Charles recognized the need for a line of jewelry that was a step up from CZ yet still affordable. He solved that problem by partnering with Charles & Colvard, the sole source for the most beautifully created gemstone in the world, Moissanite.

Charles Winston is internationally recognized as a leading jewelry designer of diamond jewelry, Moissanite® jewelry and CZ jewelry. His focus on cutting edge design, high quality and value has been the key to his success. He can be seen on television shopping networks worldwide.

We Broke This, But Here’s The Official Judy Crowell-JTV Announcement

Veteran Home Shopping Celebrity Judy Crowell Joins JTV

Crowell to Headline Stratify and Blooming Jewels Collections

KNOXVILLE, TENN, Sept. 26, 2011- Jewelry Television (JTV) announced that veteran home shopping celebrity Judy Crowell has joined JTV as a guest host. Crowell, who worked as on-air host at QVC for 15 years and also enjoyed stints at HSN and ShopNBC, will begin appearing on JTV on Sept. 29 to represent JTV’s proprietary Stratify and Blooming Jewels Collections.

Exclusively produced for JTV, Stratify is a collection of stylish jewelry offering the same look, feel and allure of yellow, white or rose gold without the associated high prices. The name Stratify signifies that each piece is layered in precious 18 karat gold over .925 sterling silver. 18 karat gold, which is 75% pure gold, is one of the most desirable gold karatages to own.

Crowell will also represent Blooming Jewels, a dazzling collection of flower design jewelry featuring an array of colored gemstones. The same 18 karat gold over .925 sterling silver applies to this collection with showcases colored gemstones including rhodolite garnet, peridot, pink tourmaline, sky blue topaz, African amethyst, and citrine.

“As gold prices continue to soar, we pledge to bring jewelry enthusiasts the jewelry they love at affordable prices,” said Pat Bryant, Chief Marketing Officer at JTV. “We’re thrilled to have Judy Crowell on board to represent Stratify and Blooming Jewels. She understands jewelry trends and the home shopping industry as well as anyone in the country,” he said.

“When I saw the beauty and affordability of Stratify and Blooming Jewels I knew I wanted to be involved,” said Crowell. “JTV is the most exciting place to shop for the latest designs in jewelry and gems and both collections are top of the line,” she said.

About Jewelry Television

Jewelry Television (JTV) is the only broadcast shopping network that focuses exclusively on the sale of fine jewelry and gemstones. The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique households in the U.S. Jewelry Television was recently ranked the 14th largest retailer of fine jewelry in the U.S. by National Jeweler. JTV.com is the fourth largest jewelry destination on the internet according to Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide for 2009. For more information, visit JTV.com.

About Judy Crowell

Judy Crowell, former host of QVC and HSN, is an expert in gemstones, silver, gold, fashion, beauty and fitness with more than 25 years experience in the television shopping industry. A Fashion Trend Forecaster, Crowell has traveled extensively to worldwide trade shows and witnessed first-hand the gemstone mining operations in Brazil, Bolivia, Australia, China, Nevada and Arizona. For more information, visit http://www.judycrowell.com.

Judy Crowell Will Be JTV’s Style And Jewelry Trend Expert

We just heard back from roving home shopping host Judy Crowell, who has gone from QVC to HSN to ShopNBC to, now, Jewelry Television.

“I’ll be debuting on JTV on Sept. 29th at 8 am ET,” Crowell said “I’m the new face of Stratify with some beautiful new designs. So excited. I’m also their Style and Trend Jewelry Expert so we’ll talk a lot about how to wear your jewelry with the season’s newest trends!”

Crowell had been doing a clothing line on ShopNBC, where her husband Paul Deasy is a jewelry vendor. Crowell just celebrated her 13th anniversary with Deasy, who is an alum of QVC and HSN.

Judy Crowell Heading To Her Fourth Gig At A Home Shopping Network, Now It’s JTV

It looks like Judy Crowell has landed at her fourth shopping network, as one of our much-appreciated readers clued us in.

Apparently Jewelry Television has been running spots saying that Crowell is a-comin.

Crowell, who most recently had a clothing line on ShopNBC, previously has been a host on QVC and HSN. That lady gets around!

On Facebook, Crowell was asked about the move by someone who saw the JTV commercial. The ad apparently said that Crowell is going to rep the Stratify line on JTV.

Crowell posted this on Facebook:

This just in….. 🙂 The big debut is Thursday, Sept 29th from 8 – 11am!!! And again on Friday evening, the 30th, from 6 – 8pm. I hope you’ll be there!

Her husband, QVC alum Paul Deasy, still sells a jewelry line on ShopNBC.

But on the ShopNBC website, there are only 10 items from The Judy Crowell Collection, and they are all on clearance.

The other tidbit we heard was that JTV host “Scott,” who was supposedly out and under the weather last week, is no longer listed as a host on JTV’s website.

Former HSN Apparel Vendor Terry Lewis Has Surfaced On Facebook

We finally found former HSN vendor Terry Lewis — on Facebook.

Lewis’s name popped up Wednesday on our Facebook page because we have some friends in common, and we e-mailed her asking what she was up to and if her devoted HSN fans could buy her clothing line anyplace anymore.

Lewis, a former HSN host whose own line, Classic Luxuries, was discontinued on the No. 2 home shopping network, e-mailed us back but didn’t spill the beans about what she is up to.

“You may ask your friends to identify themselves as customers and I will friend them,” Lewis wrote us. “I am only now joining facebook…Far too busy before. Thanks for your support.”

That was it.

Like us, Lewis was reluctant to join Facebook.

“All of my friends and family who see this are gonna say Oh my God she did it,” Lewis says on her page. “I said I’d never join a social networking site. Here I go… My line was ‘why hide behind a computer’?

She only has about 20 friends so far, but they include HSN hosts Colleen Lopez, Chris Scanlon, Shivan Sarna and ShopNBC vendor and former HSN host Judy Crowell.

Prior to the Facebook connection, we were going to call a phone number we had found for Lewis’s company, which was based in Tampa.

But Lewis’s Facebook profile says she is now in Greenwood, S.C.

ShopNBC’s Judy Crowell Celebrates A Birthday, And Debuts Spring Collection On The Network

It’s April Fool’s Day, and also home-shopping veteran Judy Crowell’s birthday. Later tonight going into Friday, Crowell launches her spring collection on ShopNBC. In fact, her water-resistant pea coat — or swing coat, as ShopNBC describes it — will be Friday’s Top Value.

“I launch early the night of my birthday into the next day — a big celebration all the way around,” she said.

Crowell was speaking to us as she and her husband and fellow ShopNBC vendor, Paul Deasy, were driving from Arizona to Nevada Monday. She and Deasy visited, and shot videos, at five mines, including the Sleeping Beauty Mine in Globe, Ariz. That footage will air when Deasy does his Gem Insider shows in late April.

Crowell and Deasy have worked at all three of the major home shopping outlets – QVC, HSN and ShopNBC. Last year Crowell debuted a line of accessories, mainly handbags, on ShopNBC, while Deasy has been doing a jewelry collection.

Crowell’s spring collection is mainly rain coats, spring outerwear and jackets. She said she was looking to bring clothes with classic lines, but also a twist to stand out in the crowd, to ShopNBC shoppers. Several of her coats have unusual collars af ruffles.

“There’s a lot of interest in the collar treatments,” Crowell said, noting that special collars bring the focus to one’s face.

Paul Deasy, Home Shopping’s Resident Gem Connoisseur, Dishes To Us About The Black Opal He’s Bringing To ShopNBC, And More

Paul Deasy

Home shopping veteran and gem expert Paul Deasy told us that he has some surprises coming up on his “Gem Insider” shows tomorrow and Friday on ShopNBC, and for the rest of the year at the No. 3 home shopping channel.

Deasy, who previously worked at HSN and QVC, said Wednesday that he is debuting special Australian black opal on ShopNBC for its Tucson ’10 Sneak Peek event. And the other gemstones he will feature are the now-hot malachite, amazonite and the very rare gaspeite.

“No one’s been able to ever get any kind of affordable, truly affordable, Australian black opal to the customer,” Deasy said. “We’re going to achieve that.”

ShopNBC’s Friday’s Today’s Top Value will be from Deasy’s “Gem Insider” line.

We interviewed Deasy by phone, with him speaking to us from a hotel room in Minneapolis, where ShopNBC is headquartered. He arrived there this morning with his wife Judy Crowell, a fellow ShopNBC vendor and QVC and HSN alum. They flew in from their home in Florida, fresh off a six-day trip to attend the Tucson Gem Shore.

Deasy, who is working on a book on opals, met his business partner, Peter Vajda, when he traveled to the Australian opal mines to film video to air on QVC about a decade ago. They both “shared a passion” for opals, according to Deasy.

Vajda, who is also an expert on turquoise, has been stockpiling opals for years from his camp in Lambina Station in the Outback. He’s perfected a proprietary process – a treatment similar to stabilizing turquoise – to make to the opals more durable. It also enhances their color, so it’s “just absolutely sensational,” according Deasy.

Compared to opal that is now selling for $420 to $500 a carat wholesale, “We’re going to have prices that are just going to blow everybody away, and it’s only available at this point on ShopNBC, because we’re giving them the right of first refusal on it,” according to Deasy.

Now may be the time to grab your black opal, some of which will be set in sterling silver, from ShopNBC. Because of the tough economy and fuel costs, there has been a dramatic decline in opal mining in Australia, Deasy told us.

The upcoming “Gem Insider” show will also feature high-quality amazonite, the bluish-green opaque stone, that Deasy found in Colorado, as well as malachite, the pretty deep green striated stone that’s very “in” this year.

“We found a tremendous source in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…The material is gorgeous,” Deasy said of his malachite, which is a byproduct of copper mining.

Judy Crowell

Finally, the “Gem Insider” show will offer bright green gaspeite from western Australia. We love the vivid color of gaspeite, and we used to often see it featured in jewelry in shops in Scottsdale. But we haven’t spotted it in recent visits. Deasy said that’s because gaspeite isn’t even being mined right now.

“It’s really rare stuff,” he told us.

Deasy has big plans for “Gem Insider” this year. Look for “Mined in America” shows that will feature rubies, sapphires and emeralds from North Carolina; peridot from Colorado; and turquoise from veteran mines.

“We think there’s a lot of stories to be told right here in our own backyard,” he said.

Deasy will also be going to mining sites in the United States and South America to film videos that will air during his “Gem Insider” shows later this year. Both he and Crowell traveled to mines when they were at QVC to give viewers a bird’s eye view of the gem business.

“We found that formula to be very successful in the past because I’ve always felt that people certainly love the gemstones, but they love to find out a lot more about history and culture,” Deasy said. “It’s also a way for them to vicariously enjoy the mining experience without getting their feet dirty.”

Crowell is busy, too. While we were interviewing Deasy, she got her first look at sample of a piece of outerwear – part of her new line for ShopNBC — that she had sent to the hotel in Minnesota.

Crowell has already introduced a collection of handbags and scarves on ShopNBC, and will be premiering the outerwear on the channel next month.

Ex-QVC and HSN Host Judy Crowell Has Her Primetime Premiere On ShopNBC

We caught part of Judy Crowell’s second show on ShopNBC Tuesday, at 9 p.m., and she still has it.

Former QVC and HSN host Crowell was well paired with ShopNBC host Melissa Miner, who said that she learned how to be a host by watching Crowell.

“You get around, don’t you?” said caller Carol, referring to Crowell’s stints at all three home shopping networks.

Crowell joked back that Army brats like her “can’t sit still.”

Caller Shirley said of Crowell, “She was my favorite on the other channels…I just can’t tell you how happy I am.”

Shirley even picked up several of Crowell’s new handbags (See Q&A with Crowell).

Crowell looked a little blonder than we remember her. She did a nice job, not too hyper or hard-selling like some other home shopping hosts we know.

Crowell, who is married to ShopNBC “Gem Insider” Paul Deasy, reiterated what she told us in a recent interview: That her accessories collection, which includes faux leather handbags, is meant to add zip to your wardrobe inexpensively.

“You don’t have to break the bank to do it,” said Crowell, who was wearing a sleeveless black sheath dress.

Her purses have a signature leopard print lining, and Crowell claimed that her purses look and feel like distressed leather.

Crowell’s unusual item was a pair of designer-look reading glasses, for those of us who need them.

Crowell’s first show on ShopNBC was at 2 a.m. Tuesday.

ShopNBC Makes It Official With Press Release On Judy Crowell’s Debut With Accessory Line

Judy Crowell

We know this is not news to our readers, but here is a slightly edited version of ShopNBC’s official press release Tuesday on the debut of Judy Crowell’s line:

Judy Crowell Launches New Fashion & Accessories Collection on ShopNBC

MINNEAPOLIS — ShopNBC, the premium lifestyle brand in electronic retailing, announced today that Judy Crowell, television shopping industry veteran and fashion trend forecaster, has joined the network as the inspiration and designer of the new show series, “Judy Crowell Collection.”

Ms. Crowell will premiere on ShopNBC Tuesday, November 24 at 2 am and 9 pm ET.

Judy Crowell brings over 20 years of television experience to ShopNBC. She began her career as a TV correspondent, then as a TV shopping host for QVC and HSN. Ms. Crowell’s career led her to fashion hot spots around the world, including Monte Carlo, Basel, Milan, and Hong Kong, where she developed a global sense of style. Ms. Crowell is certified as a trend forecaster from the World Fashion Council.

The Judy Crowell Collection will feature fashion outerwear and accessories for women seeking to update their wardrobe and help create a polished look. Designed to enhance rather than replace a woman’s wardrobe, the Judy Crowell Collection also caters to women searching for timeless and affordable accessories. Viewers will be surprised and delighted with the newest trends in handbags, sunglasses, scarves and more, along with Ms. Crowell’s advice on where and how to wear each piece.

Judy Crowell’s Key Accessories for Holiday 2009:

— Paisley Scarf (S51183). Key accessory for the season, the scarf adds
instant sophistication to any outfit.

— Crackle Finish Clutch (S50996). Add a little ooh la la to last year’s
little black dress.

— Braid Detail Shopper Handbag (S50997). Look pulled together and stay
organized with this handy tote that shifts from work to play.

“We are pleased to welcome Judy and her collection to the ShopNBC family,” said Cindy Chen-Derkacz, ShopNBC’s Vice President of Fashion.

“Her sense of style and trend insight is long-admired by her loyal viewers and industry experts. Judy’s presentation style is not only entertaining, but will also educate viewers with effortless ways to create a timeless and polished look. Judy and her collection are an exciting addition to our fashion category, as we continue to build an array of wardrobe options that work for the busy lifestyles of ShopNBC customers.”

“Since the moment I walked into ShopNBC and felt the energy of the network and its entire staff, I’ve been excited to premiere the Judy Crowell Collection to viewers across the country,” said Judy Crowell, designer and guest expert.

“As women, we oftentimes have an entire closet full of clothes yet feel like we have nothing to wear. I hope to change that. I’ll be combining my experience and enthusiasm for fashion, along with helpful style tips to educate, entertain, and connect with viewers.”

QVC And HSN Alum Judy Crowell Returns For Second ShopNBC Show 9 P.M. Tuesday

If you missed her 2 a.m. show Tuesday, as we did, former QVC and HSN host Judy Crowell will be back on ShopNBC at 9 p.m. with her new line.

This visit, the Judy Crowell Collection is offering inexpensive handbags and scarves, as well as a pair of reading glasses.

Tonight the merchanise includes a animal print satchel at $67 and a braid-detail shopper bag at $61.

Crowell’s husband Paul Deasy, also an alum of QVC and HSN, has been a jewelry line called The Gem Insider for ShopNBC since earlier this year.

And Crowell will be bringing sportswear and outerwear to ShopNBC when she returns early next year.