Bi-Annual Donations Report

Giving back to our community is a huge priority here at Amanda Sterett Design. We typically donate to over 40 organizations a year, and this year has been no different. In the past six months alone we have donated over 45 pieces to local charities and organizations! Check out our website for an itemized list of our charities and organizations. We are updating them daily!

Amanda & her friend Jamie at the

12th Annual Dallas Stars/Park Place

Dealerships Casino Night

supporting the Dallas Stars Foundation

Passion Pit

Last night the AS Team took a trip down to South Dallas to the Palladium Ballroom for the Passion Pit Concert. It was to say the least, amazing. Check out some of our favorite songs from last night.

It's A Mess

Well I think the title says it all, it's a mess in here! We are all trying to work in our own mounds of papers, jewelry, and coffee cups. Lupe finished painting up the office and other than the mess it is looking fabulous. We're off running errands today getting new things to organize and revamp our space. Look for new desks and rearranging in the near future, wish us luck!

To everyone in Dallas, hope to see you at the Passion Pit concert tonight!

Presskit Friday!

Aside from re-modeling our studio we are also in the thick of getting our lookbook out to stores and press! While we've got a lot of addressing and stamping to do we hope you are gearing up for a relaxing summer weekend!!!

Remodeling and Renewing

We had been on the search for a new office for a while, when our perfect new office was just down the hall. So now we will be occupying two offices in our building. We are growing everyday! We are remodeling and renewing the offices, starting of with a much needed change: new paint! I can't wait to see how great and sophisticated our new offices are going to look when we're done. We will definitely keep you updated on our renewing process as it goes!

Cosmo & InStyle July 2010 Press

We are so excited that we are in two major publications for the month of July!! Cosmopolitan has featured the Delaney Earring, and InStyle has featured the Polly Earring in gold/pearl. Woo hoo!

Dallas Market Day 1

Today is the first day of Dallas market at the Fashion Industry Gallery introducing our latest: Collection 2010, Part II. So far it's going great! We have a wonderful spot in the Thirty2Thirty showroom, and the girls adorned the table with some gorgeous flowers. The weather is pretty gloomy in Texas today, but at least we have the rich colors of the jewels to brighten our day.

Our setup

Sun and Swim

This Texas weather is getting hotter by the day, that means swimsuit season is upon us. While shopping online during our lunch breaks we have found some of the cutest swimsuits known to man. According to our Facebook fans, jewelry with bikinis are a must (we think so, too!). Here are some of our floral favorites, along with the jewelry we think should be rocked with them.

Anthropologie's Mai Tai Bikini, with Olivia Hoop gold/pink opal.

Free People's Cottage Rose Bikini, with Taylor large/gold earrings.

Maya Napali Coral Ruffle Bikini, with large silver Angela Hoop.

Good thing jewelry never makes you look fat! After all the swimsuit shopping, I think it's time for us to go and work out now....

Hello, Real Simple!

We are so excited to announce our latest press, in the prestigious Real Simple magazine! Its beautiful pages have everything from fashion, to recipes, to home decor and entertaining. This editorial is breathtaking and our "Elsa" earrings in turquoise just look gorgeous! Turquoise really is the best summer gemstone, don't you think? You've got to check out the magazine, on newsstands now!

Check out the Elsa earrings, here.

A Note from Amanda

Hi all!

For those of you who find these updates interesting, I just wanted to share that we have completed- and are currently having photographed my latest collection, Fall/Holiday 2010. We took the brand new collection to NY this past May 3-5 and it had an outstanding reception from all clients. This was our strongest market EVER, and the response was positive, energetic, and self-fulfilling for me. Stores seem to be performing well with it- selling out of their stock quickly, following a very strong series of trunk shows (we actually conducted 15 major events between markets in Atlanta, Dallas, and NYC, and our store's trunk shows since the beginning of January, in just 4 months). Atlanta is a new market for us, which we will be participating in 5 times per year with Ambrosia & Co., in addition to our 5 Dallas markets, with Thirty2Thirty, and 3 New York shows per year (independently). I am wiped, to say the least, but am definitely seeing the rewards of all the hard work from all of us here, including our jewelry makers (3, of which are brand new), Jordan, and Andrea, my assistants who literally hold me up, and Jessica, our public relations representative.

Of all the amazing highlights of the recent NY show, I have to say, when the Cosmopolitan Accessories Director, Brooke Lucks, walked into my booth with my earrings on and stating what a huge fan she was, I was reminded why I work so hard! Which brings me to thanking Jessica George, my public relations representative, who has also been a busy bee, getting us into tons of local press, InStyle (several times), and coming up, Cosmopolitian, Real Simple, and InStyle (they love us)!

Andrea Glanzer, Jordan May, Jessica George, and all of our workers are constantly reminded how important they are to me, our now flourishing business, and in the general karma of Amanda Sterett Jewelry Design, LLC. I can design and create an amazing piece of jewelry, but these women are the reason for our forwarding success. I toast them, daily!

So cheers to all of us: the fans, family, and friends- stores who represent us, the workers to make all the pieces, and everyone who truly support and believe in my work.

It would not be possible without you,
Amanda