Princess Kate’s Best Jewelry
True confession: I love Princess Kate! For me, she is my aspirational style icon! I love how she always looks classy and elegant. I love...
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- Feb 7, 2019
- 6 min
Elizabeth Keckley: Style Maven in the White House
It’s Black History Month, so I wanted to take the opportunity and talk about some amazing women of color that you may not have heard of!...
- Jan 31, 2019
- 4 min
Best jewelry at the SAG Awards 2019
We are in red carpet award season, and the Screen Actors Guild just handed out statues! But I don’t care about that. No, I care about the...
- Jan 16, 2019
- 5 min
A history of dragons in jewelry
I bet you didn’t know that today is Appreciate a Dragon Day! Yes, indeed, every January 16th has been decreed (by who, I wonder?) to...
- Jan 10, 2019
- 6 min
Best jewelry of the Golden Globes 2019
Award season is here, gem gals! That means all the stars get decked out all fancy, and I get to see all sorts of sumptuous jewelry....
- Jan 3, 2019
- 4 min
The magic of fairies to start your new year
There’s something magical about the start of a new year! It seems fresh and exciting – a new start, new beginnings! This is the time of...
- Dec 27, 2018
- 3 min
Lorraine Schwartz is a jewelry boss!
I’m so excited to write about Lorraine Schwartz! She is another name that I hear dropped on the red carpet ALL. THE. TIME. Unlike Harry...
- Dec 20, 2018
- 4 min
Meet Neil Lane just in time for awards season
Gem gals, you know by now how much I love watching jewelry on the red carpet! Another name that always gets thrown around is Neil Lane....
- Dec 13, 2018
- 6 min
Happy Birthday, Mary Todd Lincoln!
Today is Mary Todd Lincoln’s birthday, and while you may not know anything about her, trust me when I tell you she LOVED jewelry! Mary...
- Dec 6, 2018
- 5 min
Why is the red carpet obsessed with Harry Winston?
So many times, I hear actors on the red carpet gush about their jewelry, and then the name – Harry Winston. He seems responsible for...
- Nov 29, 2018
- 6 min
Heirlooms and Mementos – From My Jewelry Box to Yours
This time of year always makes me feel incredibly grateful for the abundance in my life – family, friendship, and community. And one of...
- Nov 22, 2018
- 7 min
Finders keepers – the story of a stolen diamond
Happy Thanksgiving, gem gals! Today is Turkey Day, where I eat myself into a coma, watch football, and visit with family. In my life,...
- Sep 20, 2018
- 4 min
Best gems of the 2018 Emmys
Gem gals! I was soooo excited to see all the color and variety of gemstones this year at the Emmys! I won’t lie, the show this year was a...
- Aug 16, 2018
- 6 min
Who’s doing sustainability right?
Today I wanted to focus on jewelry companies who are doing things right with sustainability. Part of the problem with trying to put...
- Aug 9, 2018
- 5 min
Yes! Women purchase their own jewelry!
It’s 2018, people! And yet, I feel like the jewelry industry still acts as if we’re in the 1950’s. So let me say this loud and clear:...
- Aug 2, 2018
- 6 min
Stolen Jewels – Made for Hollywood!
I just saw Ocean’s 8 so stealing jewelry is on my mind. Then I read about the brazen theft of the Swedish Crown Jewels. Two thieves...
- Jul 19, 2018
- 5 min
Rose Gold – Still going strong
I’ll be honest, I was slow to get on board with rose gold. I was convinced it was a fad, and so I stayed away from it, and tried to wait...
- Jul 12, 2018
- 6 min
Diamonds grown in a lab – do you care?
Lately, I have been sitting on the sidelines watching everyone in the the jewelry industry completely freak out! Why are they so riled...
- Jun 28, 2018
- 6 min
A Name You Need to Know: Paul Poiret
My last post of June focuses on one particular man – Paul Poiret. You probably haven’t heard of him, and I hadn’t either until I took a...
- Jun 7, 2018
- 5 min
My Final Ode to Kate Spade
I am more saddened than I ever thought I’d be at the death of fellow quirky creative, Kate Spade. For those of you who know me, I have...