Ever look at a napkin ring and think, “This could be a bracelet!”? No?? Well, neither have I.... That is, until one of my clients, Doreen, asked me to make two matching bracelets out of a pair of napkin rings she had inherited. She believes these napkin rings were most likely party favors for either a sorority or fraternity dinner in which her great aunt and uncle were guests. Now I know most of you are picturing the silver colored napkin rings stamped with some sort of t

You walk into a new restaurant, sit down, and look over the menu. Hmmmmmm, the loaded mac-and-cheese sounds pretty delicious... There are a lot of different ingredients you can add to customize your dinner and you settle on the broccoli, chicken, and spinach. The veggies make it healthy, right? Your waiter notices that you’re ready to order and hurries over to see what you would like to eat. You very politely give him your order and after he writes everything down, you qui

It was a busy Saturday morning…. (if you have ever worked retail, insert ominous music here) I was working for a small custom jewelry store and we had A LOT of people on the sales floor. Working with clients happened to be, in my opinion, one of the best parts of the job. A nice woman approached the counter where I was standing and asked if I would be willing to clean her engagement ring and how much that would cost. “We will clean your ring for no charge, ma’am”, I said,