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My friend and colleague Andrew Berry asked me a tough question once. (Only once.) Let's say you are only allowed to make 1,000 pieces of jewelry in your lifetime, he said. And you've already made 999 pieces. What would your final piece be? It might seem like a simple...

Thinking of proposing? Is there a ring in that question? In many ways, this will be among the most significant decisions of your life. For many, the magnitude of making that move is overwhelming. For others, it's just plain exciting. Either way, the moment of the declaration,...

As a child I had one of those Golden storybooks (anybody remember those?) with the story of the Princess and the Pea. I love that story!  I remember the imagery of that storybook...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_6006" align="alignright" width="300"] The Bianchi Family - my client Bess is the infant in her grandmother's arms.[/caption] Decades ago, an infant American girl received an 18-karat gold bracelet from her grandmother, from Argentina. As she grew, she became aware of the bracelet, held by her mother...

Jewelry is personal. Think about it. I am sure you can imagine a scene in a movie when the woman runs back into a burning house just to get the locket given to her by her grandmother when her baby boy was born. Can you see it? Well, okay. Maybe not...