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Check out this article from Philadelphia Style that shows some highlights from the pop-up shop I participated in earlier this fall. Bela Shehu of NINOBrand and Karin Copeland arranged for a curated selection of local Philadelphia jewelers, artists and creatives to sell work exclusively to the Marie Forleo book tour crowd. This pop-up shop was part of Bela's Private School Experiment, which "designs and hosts interactive experiences for the curious and the creative, creating experimental installations that entice and delight the senses.  Begin the night with an interactive shoppable experience from Private School. Engage with the designers behind some of...

Every September, the Women's Jewelry Association hosts Jewelry Night Out. WJA Jewelry Night Out is an International Party That Celebrates YOU! Jewelry Night Out, which took place on September 12, 2019, is the Women's Jewelry Association's annual membership drive that connects chapters and members everywhere. It's one night for all WJA members and prospective members to come together and celebrate. This year, we celebrated at Le Meridien in Philadelphia.

I'm on the board of the Women's Jewelry Association of Philadelphia, and this year we've been working on creating a more interesting and educational series of events for our WJA community. This May we visited the JV Collective, which is currently located in the Bok Building in South Philadelphia. We were lucky enough to meet up with Sarah Rachel Brown, Luci Jockel, Melanie Bilenker, and Marie Eife (The other members currently include: Leslie Boyd, Emily Cobb, and Mallory Weston). They let us explore their shared studio, and handle and try on their work. We chatted about working in a shared...