I still remembered how excited she was when she tried on my Silver & Gold Garnet Tear Drop Earrings on. She had to go home with them, it just looked so perfect on her (seriously!). Sometimes it's the jewelry founds the its wearer, and it worked out on her case.
I was having a trunk show at Nora & Nicky's in downtown Raleigh this summer, we had a great conversation together, I even convinced her friend to purchase a cute royal blue dress to go home with, that was a great night.
Few months after, I received this email from her friend Ellie, she said she would like to ask me to design a pendant as her surprise birthday gift to match the garnet earrings that her friend purchased. I took her middle name Rose as my inspiration to make a rose cut out pattern pendant along with her favorite gemstone-- Garnet. Ellie was very happy about the result, I felt really happy as well, it was almost like I was making this special gift for my own special friend because the connection we had when we met at Nora & Nicky's.