Love for the love of your life!  Love for self!  Love for your family, pets, friends, co-workers, love for humanity…& love for life itself!

 

It’s a time to outwardly share our love and appreciation for those in our life…beautiful, heartfelt words and gestures of kindness.  Maybe gifts like a hugely sentimental card, a bouquet of fresh flowers, luscious chocolates and heart candies, a nice romantic dinner cooked in or at a favorite romantic restaurant.

 

And lasting memorable gifts…like fine diamonds, gems & jewelry when worn each time evokes many emotions and loving reminders of who gifted it to us and how they wanted to show their love through a rare treasure such as this.

 

I personally love a gorgeous bouquet of fresh flowers, a well-selected card with just the right sentiment, and a romantic dinner…all topped off with a gorgeous new bauble.  It doesn’t have to be big or expensive, it just has to have special meaning with loving thought put behind the perfect selection.

 

 

And…engagements are the focus of the “love” season!  This is the time of year when beautiful love turns into a desire to make a lifelong commitment with asking your love to marry you!  I absolutely adore working with couples looking to find the most perfect diamond and ring to symbolize this love and commitment. 

 

Whether custom designing a bespoke ring or choosing a style from a top designer, I can guarantee an amazing, personalized experience in making this happen!

 

Having been in the fine diamond and jewelry industry for my entire career, I am in the most enviable opportunity to be exposed to all the latest trends in jewelry, and therefore in the perfect position to guide my clients in selecting the right fine jewelry piece to make your loved one’s heart skip a beat…and smile with the warmest appreciation.

 

Connect with me if you’d like guidance on the perfect way to show your love…from engagement rings to personalized jewelry and everything from earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings.  We’ll make the magic happen!

“Hidden within the carbon lattice that delivers the brilliance of a diamond’s sparkle lies insights into the history of our planet."

 

 

“Beyond their great beauty, diamonds are treasured
by scientists for all of the things we can’t see.”

 

“Diamonds form when carbon atoms bond almost exclusively with other carbon atoms. More specifically, each carbon atom bonds with four other carbon atoms. Electrostatic forces within and between the bonded carbon atoms lock them into perfectly uniform spacing: Each carbon atom is exactly the same distance from each of the other carbon atoms that it is bonded to. 

 

The regular and precise spacing between atoms in three-dimensional space is why diamonds are transparent. It is also why diamonds can be cut to precise angles, forming perfect lines and planes. It’s what gives them their sparkle.

 

Carbon is one of only a few atoms that can form such perfect, uniform bonds with itself. That’s one of the reasons that diamonds are unique compared to other natural materials. But carbon doesn’t have to bond with itself in the specific way that gives rise to diamonds. In fact, it’s only under very specific conditions – at very high temperatures and pressures – that diamonds will form.

 

Those conditions were found deep in the Earth, billions of years ago.

 

At that time, our planet was in its infancy. Its outer surface – the continental and oceanic crust that supports the rich diversity of life that we know today – was still developing from the hot, swirling ball of liquids and gases that constituted Earth at the time. 

 

How and when the continents emerged from that bubbly, molten soup is not yet fully understood. Neither is the extent to which Earth’s crust has emerged from its fiery mantle only to be consumed by it at a later time and then rebuilt anew.

 

One of the challenges in understanding how and when Earth’s crust formed is that it happened so long ago and so far below Earth’s surface: It’s just not possible collect samples from such depths with current technology. Even if we could reach that far into the Earth, how do you collect samples from a billion years ago?

 

Herein lies the hidden value of diamonds: They are ideal vessels in which ancient messages can be carried forward through time from seemingly un-survivable depths, pressures, and temperatures.

 

Diamonds carry billion-year-old messages from Earth’s mantle to its surface.”

 

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The new year has started out with a positive force!  I bounced right into 2025 with many opportunities to work with some amazing clients.  Yes, jewelry for engagements and as gifts are always the top requests, but women and men making self-purchases has grown substantially too!  And why not? Gifting yourself with fine jewelry is a way of expressing self-love and honoring your value and self-worth.  It can be a “just because I’m awesome gift” or a reward for a new job, a promotion at work, achieving a milestone in life or career, or because a beautiful jewelry piece just “spoke to you” and you just have to have it!

 

It's wonderful to receive jewelry as a gift, but pretty amazing to gift it to yourself!  I’d love to work with you to find that perfect piece of jewelry!

 

The planning for “Wowing” my clients this year has been fast and furious!  From trade shows, to trunk shows, to sourcing the best diamonds, gems and jewelry designers, is so fun and exciting!  If you’re looking for something special…connect with me as I can find it – or have it custom created for you!

How do you know who the right people are?  They’re the ones you feel good about being around.  They make you feel happy and energetic and positive. They uplift you and support you and you have healthy, respectful conversations and interactions with them.  The wrong people are “energy vampires”…they simply suck the life right out of you.  

 

You don’t feel good being around them, dread having to spend time with them knowing you will be judged or criticized or made to feel there is something wrong with your beautiful, authentic self.  

 

They want you to fit their mold, and when you don’t, they will do everything in their power – over time – to drag you down to their level, gaslight and blame you for everything wrong in the relationship.  Their light is dim and your light is bright, so they desperately try to extinguish your spirit.

 

When it’s friends or colleagues or others, the decision to walk away can be somewhat easier than with family whom you have more rigid ties to.  But in the interest of protecting your own heart and authentic self, you need to distance yourself from them.  If it can’t be physically, then you can emotionally pull away and be aware of triggers you should avoid when around them.

 

Someone shared an article with me recently which made perfect sense and summed it most perfectly.  The article was authored by the great actor, Anthony Hopkins, and here it is below.  I hope it helps you as it has helped me gain valuable insight and comfort in knowing who the right people are to let into my inner circle.

 

 

“Let go of the people who are not prepared to love you.  This is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing.  Stop having hard conversations with people who don’t want to change.

 

Stop showing up for people who have no interest in your presence.  I know your instinct is to do everything to earn the appreciation of those around you, but it’s a boost that steals your time, energy, mental and physical health.

 

When you begin to fight for a life with joy, interest and commitment, not everyone will be ready to follow you in this place.  This doesn’t mean you need to change who you are, it means you should let go of the people who aren’t ready to accompany you.

 

If you are excluded, insulted, forgotten or ignored by the people you give your time to, you don’t do yourself a favor by continuing to offer your energy and your life.  The truth is that you are not for everyone and not everyone is for you.

 

That’s what makes it so special when you meet people who reciprocate love.  You will know how precious you are.

 

The more time you spend trying to make yourself loved by someone who is unable to offer you love, the more time you waste depriving yourself of the possibility of this connection to someone else.

 

The more you stay involved with people who use you as a pillow, a background option or a therapist for emotional healing, the longer you stay away from the community you want.

 

The most valuable thing you have in your life is your time and energy, and both are limited.  When you give your time and energy, it will define your existence.

 

When you realize this, you begin to understand why you are so anxious when you spend time with people in activities, places, or situations that don’t suit you…your energy is being stolen.

 

You will begin to realize that the most important thing you can do for yourself and for everyone around you is to protect your energy more fiercely than anyone else.  Make your life like a safe haven in which only “compatible” people are allowed.

 

You are not responsible for saving anyone.  You are not responsible for convincing them to improve.  It’s not your work to exist for people and give your life to them!

 

Decide that you deserve true friendship, commitment, true and complete love with healthy and prosperous people.  Then wait and see how much everything begins to change.  Don’t waste time with people who are not worth it.  Change will give you the love, the esteem, happiness and the protection you deserve.”

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