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Everything is a little more beautiful when it’s made with heart and made by hand. This applies to a lot of things: A good meal, a handmade card, and CMD jewelry, too. A big percentage of jewelry made today is mass produced. Larger jewelry manufacturers create hundreds of the same exact design with molds and […]

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SAVE THE DATE We’re planning for our annual holiday party at The CMD Showroom to kick off the holiday season!  We’ll have festive drinks, delicious bites and lots of shiny things, CMD style. We can’t wait to celebrate with you! When: Thursday, November 29th, 5pm – 9pm Where: 1406-B Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 […]

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We’re gearing up for the WestEdge Design Fair in Santa Monica this October and could not be more excited. Hope you can make it. We want to meet you! WestEdge is a three-day event that offers the best in modern design, all in an environment designed to engage, entertain and inspire. CMD is absolutely delighted […]

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“What’s the difference between gold-filled and gold-plated jewelry?” I get this question fairly often and wanted to write down my response for any of my readers considering making a jewelry purchase – regardless of whether or not it’s from CMD. I believe that everyone should be aware of the quality metal they’re purchasing when investing […]

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As you might have seen from my latest Instagram and Facebook posts, I just wrapped up a lovely sojourn in upstate New York at our CMD production studio in Trumansburg, where I finished designing my upcoming FORTH EXTENSION collection! I talked a little last week about my creative design and sketching processes, but you can really only […]

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Anytime I launch a new collection of pieces (hint hint), I love sharing little tidbits of the process with you… and what the ups and downs of being a creative are like. It’s such an interesting, challenging and fulfilling process… all at once. I often get asked what my favorite part of being a designer […]

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This is a question I get a LOT, and there isn’t really a one-size (or shape)-fits-all answer. Lots of my customers mix shapes and sizes when they’re at the ring bar, and it totally works for them. Your jewelry style and pairings should be an extension of your own style. If you’re a person who […]

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West Coast Craft features 275+ of the best contemporary artist and designer craftspeople exhibiting handmade and manufactured products influenced by the cultural and natural histories of the West Coast. Summer 2018 West Coast Craft is June 9-10, 10am-6pm at the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center on the San Francisco waterfront. Attendance is always free […]

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AN AFTERNOON AT THE MUSEUM Don’t forget, our epic collaboration with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is this Saturday, April 14th and Sunday April 15th from 10am-4pm. Please join us at the SFMOMA Jewelry Trunk Show & Sale for a very special day celebrating designers from all over the world. We’re honored to be sold in […]

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