Awards:
2024 - Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
2023 - Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
2023 - Best Custom Jewelry: News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
2022 - Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
2022 - Best Jewelry Store Orange/Chatham County: Independent newspaper, Triangle Area North Carolina
2022 – Best Retail Store: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
2022 – Best Customer Service: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
2022 – Best Jewelry Store: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
2021 – Best Jewelry Designer: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC 2020 – Best Designer Jewelry: The News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
2019 – Best Fine Jewelry: Chapel Hill Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
2019 – Best Jewelry Store Orange/Chatham County: Independent newspaper, Triangle area North Carolina
2018 – Best Jeweler: News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
2018 – Best of Finalist: Independent Newspaper, Triangle area North Carolina
2017 – Best Jeweler: News of Orange County, Hillsborough, NC
2016 – Best of Finalist: Independent Newspaper, Triangle area North Carolina
2016 – Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC
2015 – Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC
2014 – Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC
2013 – Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC
2012 – Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC
2011 – Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC
2010 – Best Jeweler: The News of Orange County. Hillsborough, NC
2010 – Best of Jewelry: Lazy Daze, Cary, NC
2009 – 2nd Place Jewelry: Artsfest, Stuart, FL
2007 – 2nd Place Jewelry: Under the Oaks, Vero Beach, FL
2006 – Merit Award: Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival, Murrells Inlet, SC
2006 – 2nd Place Fine Craft: Art on Main, Hendersonville, NC
2006 – Best of Jewelry Category: Mt. Dora Arts Festival, Mt. Dora, FL
2005 – Island Travel Award: The Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island, SC
2005 – 2nd Place Overall: Art Market at Historic Honey Horn, Hilton Head Island, SC
2004 – American Craft Council Mentor Program: Winter Wholesale, Baltimore, MD
2003 – Award Winning Jewelry Designs: Spring Art Festival, Gainesville, FL
2002 – Award Winning Jewelry Designs: Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2001 – Patron Award: Four Bridges Arts Festival, Chattanooga, TN
2000 – Award winning Jewelry Designs: Fountain Square, Evanston, IL
1999 – Award of Merit: Santa Fe College Arts Festival, Gainesville, Fl
1998 – Honorable Mention: Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival, Murrells Inlet, SC
1997 – 1st Place Earrings: Wisconsin Jewelers Association
1997 – 1st Place Earrings: Wisconsin Jewelers Association


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