Metropolitan Weddings Podcast
Metropolitan Weddings Podcast
Meet The Wedding Pro - Luisa Smith with Cornerstone Fine Jewelry
Luisa Smith of Cornerstone Fine Jewelry, is our guest this episode, sharing her inspiration and what makes what they do so meaningful. Discover the transformation story as Luisa and her husband expand their store's capabilities and relocate to a spacious new venue on South Campbell Avenue. We delve into their exciting new offerings, including a skilled watchmaker providing in-house watch repair services, which meet a significant local demand.
Join us as we explore the captivating world of custom jewelry design at Cornerstone Fine Jewelry. Learn how Luisa and her team turn heirloom pieces into personalized treasures that honor family legacies while embracing modern styles. From nature-inspired emerald rings to striking art deco necklaces, experience the artistry and personal connections nurtured in each bespoke piece, allowing customers to express their unique identities through beautifully crafted jewelry.
In this episode, we also navigate the evolving landscape of wedding bands and engagement jewelry trends. Uncover the allure of unconventional materials like meteorite and Damascus steel, offering a way to wear meaningful pieces with personal stories. We also highlight the growing popularity of alternative stones and lab-grown diamonds, reflecting a shift in traditional engagement jewelry preferences. Celebrate choice and personalization as we discuss the diverse options available for modern weddings, from custom-engraved watches to permanent jewelry for memorable bridal showers.
Welcome to Metropolitan Weddings. I'm Meg, I'm Dawn, and we are here to educate couples with information from wedding professionals in the industry.
Speaker 2:Our goal is to make the wedding planning process as seamless as possible by providing you with insight from industry professionals.
Speaker 1:Okay, couples, let's get this party started. So good morning, listeners, or afternoon, wherever you're at in your day. We're here with Cornerstone Luisa. Would you like to introduce yourself and tell us about your business?
Speaker 3:Yes, my name is Luisa Smith. I own Cornerstone Fine Jewelry. We have been a staple in the community for about 38 years now and my husband and I bought it about four years ago.
Speaker 1:Yes, and we're so happy that you did, cause we have had a relationship with Cornerstone even prior to you guys buying it back when you guys kind of ran it right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was going to say our relationship was still with them.
Speaker 1:Yes, it was, but we got to see them, like you know, go through and make it their own.
Speaker 3:And that was really exciting. Yes, it has been. It has been nice to kind of make it our own and kind of make it something that I've kind of dreamed about for a while, and seeing it kind of become a reality has been incredibly exciting and rewarding.
Speaker 2:That's super cool. I'm sure the past owner is like so proud to see what you guys are doing with it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's really cool we sent him videos and pictures and just kind of seeing the process and he was like this is kind of what I always hoped would happen with it. He's like I just he wasn't physically here and so it's kind of hard when you're not here to kind of run things the way you want. So when we took over we kind of had a vision for it and he pretty much just gave us room to grow.
Speaker 2:That's amazing, and now it's yours.
Speaker 1:Yes. So, speaking of, like you know, dreaming of things and them coming true, for all of you that have been to the mall and seen Cornerstone there over by the mall for years and years and years, they've just had an upgrade. Congratulations, thank you. Yes, tell everyone where they can find you now.
Speaker 3:So we are now located at 2522 South Campbell Avenue in the Old Town Shopping Center. Pretty much we're in that same shopping center as Bedford, Camera, Party City and then Ozark's Treasures we're two doors away from them.
Speaker 1:Yes, so you have had an upgrade. In what ways? How have you upgraded?
Speaker 3:So we went from 1,400 square foot to 5,000 square foot altogether. All together, so a much bigger showroom, a much bigger shop, way more capabilities to be able to do fundraisers here within the store events and to really kind of pull into some more custom. But what's most exciting is, uh, billy is officially back on the bench, so we now have a full house, a full-time in-house watch repair oh, that's awesome, that is awesome yes, and so there's not.
Speaker 3:There's not very many watchmakers around and not very many people that can do that, so having him back on the bench is is a huge thing. I know that there's a lot of people who have watches that just don't have anywhere to take them and are very reluctant to send them away, so having somebody locally in town that is certified that can do it is beyond amazing yeah, that's amazing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm sure people are gonna love that when that news gets out.
Speaker 4:Yes, you're first when you first said back on the bench, I was like is he like holding trial in there or like he's back on the bench?
Speaker 1:we've benched him yeah, we've been.
Speaker 3:He's got his own, his own little office now, so you know we bunched him in there I bet having his own office is very nice it is. It's definitely weird. For about nine years we have shared probably about 100 square foot space, so the fact that we now have separate offices, separate spaces, is kind of weird, but also kind of exciting.
Speaker 1:So what we know about Cornerstone in relationship to weddings is you guys are where it's at for like what makes you guys special? I'll let you kind of tell your story.
Speaker 3:So, honestly, I think we're not afraid of a challenge. Most of our customers come to us with some really unique ideas and we kind of take that on as something that's exciting to do. Because we do so much custom, we really get to see one-of-a-kind pieces, but we also get to bring heirlooms back to life. We all have pieces that have been passed down. Maybe it's not necessarily our style. We kind of make customers aware that it's okay to change things up a little bit, to make it your own.
Speaker 3:That's part of making something your own, and nobody ever questions that. When it comes to a house or anything like that, you buy it and it's kind of expected that you're going to make it your own. But when it comes to jewelry, there's a completely different concept and there's just this thought that you can't alter it, you can't shift it, because, well, what would grandma say? But I would think that grandma would be honored that you are making it your own so you can wear it and pass it down. And I think that's one of one of the traits that we have is we we like to take something and just make it more your own yeah, I definitely agree with that.
Speaker 1:I think grandma would be happier that you have changed its style a little bit, but you're giving it love and giving it a new life than to just keep it in a box. And then generations from now. No one even knows whose it was. There's no life or story to it. It's just a random piece of jewelry, Right?
Speaker 3:And that's never going to get worn, it just gets chucked somewhere or sold, and that always kind of breaks our hearts a little bit, and so to get to see something come back to life is honestly, for me one of the most rewarding things.
Speaker 1:Right. So Dawn, you actually you and Sierra had an experience with kind of creating something and making it her own. Why don't you guys talk about that experience?
Speaker 2:I can't remember if we talked about this on the last podcast, so I can, I can probably talk about that, cause James and I were the ones that.
Speaker 4:So our son-in-law um, they're very unique couple, you know. They're very uniquely themselves, excuse me. And he came to us and was like, where can we do a custom ring? Um, we're like Cornerstone. And I was like what do you have in mind? He had a picture, that was it. And he went in there and showed him the picture and they went through the whole process and he talked about how amazing the process was of how you guys went through everything and it ended up being pretty much exactly what he showed them and they love it like. And it's completely custom, it's not your just typical standard wedding ring.
Speaker 2:Um, I think it had green well, yeah, I mean louisa might remember you can talk about it. But yeah, it was. They're very outdoorsy yeah so I think, wasn't it like? The emeralds are like the leaves basically?
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, the emeralds are the leaves and it kind of, if I remember right, it exemplifies just the nature, the intensity of green, how much they loved being outside. And it wraps around her finger and sit so flush so that she can wear it all the time without having to worry about something happening to. It was was honestly a lot of fun. Keith had a lot of fun with that. One kind of kind of challenged him a little bit when we kind of take these fun shapes and kind of with them, but that one was, it was by far one of the more unique ones that we've had the pleasure of doing it was super cool and you know you just did um a big gaudy piece for my sister.
Speaker 4:My sister likes hey, what's gaudy to you is great to her I know, I know my sister and I have very different taste in jewelry.
Speaker 2:But she brought you in, you guys in like a bunch of different, like necklaces and things, and had you make one piece.
Speaker 4:Which was this heirloom type thing that she's talking about.
Speaker 3:It's exactly what it was.
Speaker 2:It was like jewelry that had been passed down to her from my grandmother. And then she made one gigantic piece.
Speaker 1:See, I think it's interesting. It's like got this kind of deco feel to it.
Speaker 2:It is, if you like, like the big jewelry, it's like got this kind of deco feel to it. It is if you like, like the big jewelry, it's awesome.
Speaker 3:I mean now, the craftsmanship in it is beautiful well and I think that's one of the fun things is, seeing, like, what people come up with, how, how they're inspired.
Speaker 3:Um, I've been working on one for a little bit for a friend and where we started to where we finished is, I mean, completely different. And it was just the process of making sure that it was exactly what she wanted. And anytime I saw that hesitation I told her I'm like you're not quite happy, I'm like go home, sleep on it, think about it, and then let's get back together and kind of figure out where we want to go. And we started with just this big art deco piece and we are now in a more Edwardian kind of, more bezel kind of floral. We went completely different than what she initially came in for. But seeing her create that piece has been exciting, seeing her come in and make small changes and knowing that this final piece is going to be her dream ring, what she's always wanted. It has all the elements of herself, her husband, their marriage, and that, to me, is what's rewarding well, and you know, it is my sister's dream piece and she wears it very proudly.
Speaker 2:So it's so funny that she loves that ring, um, and it is funny, though, because you guys do have to design for so many different tastes. So, you know, you have my sister and I, who shared a bedroom, our whole life was raised by the same parents, and we come in there and you're gonna have two completely different pieces of jewelry, you know, um. So, yeah, it's interesting what you guys can do, cause, like, what you did for Sierra was so nature and minimalistic. You know, they're not diamond people and you guys, like, totally made that happen. And then you've got my sister, who is big art deco the bigger the better, the bolder and you guys designed both of those I mean to a T beautifully.
Speaker 1:So about how long if somebody is listening and they're like I hadn't really considered taking some of these old pieces that have been handed down to me that aren't necessarily my style, but utilizing all of those materials to make something that is my style, so that the heart of those can be carried through and be a part of my daily life. And I get to. I love the. You know you talking about how they they go on this journey of creating something and making it their own that they get to have and wear every day and then either pass down to get re-revived, some other way or maybe, you know, maybe people love it just as it is, but if somebody is interested in doing that for like their, well, for any reason, like what's the process, timeline?
Speaker 3:so the process, honestly, is going to be if you have any pieces that you're wanting to redesign, just kind of gathering them all up then kind of sitting down and narrowing down what you like and what you don't like. You don't like you don't have to come in with an exact idea. Some of our couples do and they're like this is exactly what I want. Some of them are like I like this and this and this and this and this, but I want it in a pendant or a ring. And then it's honestly having a little bit of time to just sit down with us so we can kind of go through the process.
Speaker 3:As far as timeframe goes, the more complex the pieces, the more time it'll take. On average, the simpler pieces can take two to three weeks. The more complex we get and the more changes we make, and anything like that I mean can take anywhere from a couple months to one of the ones I've been working on where we were going on about four months. But, like I said, that's just mainly because she wasn't quite happy until this last one where she came in, tried the wax on and was like this is exactly what I want, this is perfect, gotcha, go ahead.
Speaker 1:So really two. I was not expecting two weeks for any of the timelines.
Speaker 3:So that's very fast. Uh, yeah, so I mean, if we're talking like solitaire, just kind of. The more simple things, um, should be pretty, pretty simple. Um, the main thing is going to be because we like to get approval before we pass anything in the physical metal is getting getting our couples in to give that final approval. Life is a little bit busy and so sometimes it takes a little bit of like hey, I know you're busy, but we just got to get the okay, so we can do this Right.
Speaker 1:Yep, I mean, I agree, getting people all coordinated is the hardest part. It really is. That's funny. So we've talked a lot about the fact that you can do custom. You can rejuvenate older pieces. I know you buy. Do you still buy back? Will you buy older pieces too, if someone just wants?
Speaker 3:We do.
Speaker 1:They're like I don't necessarily need you to make me something that's with all these things, but here's some pieces and I want to pick something from your collection yes, we do that as well.
Speaker 3:Um, we buy and then store credit. Obviously, you're going to get a little bit more if you're kind of trading in towards something um out of the case, but that is something we do all the time as well yeah.
Speaker 1:So if you're not, if you're actually very unattached, to the said jewelry.
Speaker 3:You're like I don't want that anywhere near me. Again, I want something completely new.
Speaker 1:That's also an option to bring it in and and upgrade to something you love. So absolutely. How many things do you have like? How many? How? How much has your store changed as far as product?
Speaker 3:with the news. Oh, my goodness. So we, because we have almost tripled in space, we have been able to bring in all new lines. But one of the new things we're planning on introducing is having our staff design pieces for the case, just to have something fun in the case that maybe nobody really thought about. We most jewelers, most watchmakers we have tons of stones, random things that we're like I don't know what I'm going to do with that and it gets set to the side and somebody else may kind of come along and be like you know, that would be really pretty set this way, so kind of getting some of those pieces that maybe have lost a little bit of their love and reintroducing them with a whole different design in mind. But I think one of the things that sets us apart is our entire staff is active in everything we carry in our cases. I want them to give me their opinion. Because they work with so many different customers, it's important for them to also have a say in what we are carrying in the store.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah, absolutely. I'm like are you hiring? We are actually I want to go play jewelry. You make it sound so fun.
Speaker 3:It really is. I mean, we get the occasional, you know, the occasional up and down here and there, but for the most part we have a lot of fun and our customers I really do think we've curated a clientele. That is just fun and they think out of the box and they're looking for new opportunities. And I love our customers. I love when they come in. I like that they get excited about what we're doing, how things are changing, and we also look for input, what we can do better, how we can you know what services we can offer, how better we can serve our community.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so okay, I know in working with you guys for years. Well, we need to talk about grooms rings.
Speaker 2:That's what I was sitting here thinking about, because I was like their grooms rings are amazing.
Speaker 1:Before I forget, like I learned something about at Sierra's wedding that you guys do so I mean you've got gifts galore. You've got gifts for the mother of the bride and all the wedding party and all of those things You've got, like you said, watches, all the wedding party and all of those things you've got, like you said watches, name, name all of the different ways that you could service a wedding from. Like cause it's not just engagement rings and and wedding rings. You know what I mean. It's like yeah, there's so many other things that people don't.
Speaker 3:I mean we've done things from cufflinks to tie bars, to custom engraved watches, custom engraved knives, like Griezmann Gifts. We've done shock glasses, key chains. We can do. Let's see, our engraver has the ability because we can do both hand and machine engraving, just depending on how complex we want to get. We can get really, really, really custom. But we can do, I mean, so many different things. We've actually even done like male proposal, like we had a gentleman who proposed and he's like, well, why don't I get a ring? So he bought himself a whole ring to wear while they were engaged and then bought a whole separate ring for when they got married, because he said, well, I want another ring to wear. And well, he thought that was just so much fun. He's like I just he's like I don't know, she gets a ring, I get a ring that's awesome.
Speaker 1:Uh, do you still do permanent jewelry for, like, bridal showers or whatever, or whatever?
Speaker 3:we do, yes, jewelry for, like bridal showers or whatever we do yes, yep, we do bridal showers, bachelorette parties, weddings as well. We've done a couple weddings here and there, as well as corporate events. I've got friends who are estheticians and they've reached out to us and we've gone to do like ladies nights and things like that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so you guys do do the permanent jewelry, yes, and then rental.
Speaker 3:We do. Yep, that's one of the things that we're actually very excited with being able to have way more space, we can actually bring in a lot more. We're curating a kind of a bridal collection that all of our brides can come and borrow and rent for the big day, so that way you don't have to invest in something that maybe you're not ever going to wear. Or if you're wanting kind of maybe just a bigger piece, we've got some really fun things.
Speaker 1:So I can do. You have any tiaras? I want to rent a crown or tiara.
Speaker 3:We actually do. Yes, we've got anything from silver and CZ to marie antoinette's that we have access to. So if you're wanting, like legitimately, tiara that somebody wore from the royal family, we do have access to that how fun yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 2:I didn't even know that. I didn't either. That's new information. This is fun.
Speaker 3:Yes, it's with being able to offer more space. We're kind of dipping our toes into some new things and seeing kind of what you know what kind of fun and a little bit out of the box for a traditional jewelry store. Yeah.
Speaker 1:I love it. So what are some other things that I don't even know about, that you guys have?
Speaker 3:So we do a lot of work with nonprofits. This past month we donated a piece to Isabel's house which brought in over $8,700, which was exciting and honestly, an honor to be able to make that kind of impact. But one of the things and that was part of my reasoning for us moving into a bigger space was so that we are able to hold events, so that we can raise money for some nonprofits here in town, some of the smaller grassroots organizations that don't quite have that reach or support that some of the bigger ones do. I just thought it would be a great way to get the community involved and to kind of see all the different things that are available and how we can help our community a little bit more.
Speaker 1:I love that. That's one of the great things about locally owned locally. You know you guys' heart and soul is part of the community and you're just great people in general, like both of you and your love for each other and everyone that you like come in contact with is Everyone that knows Billy and Louisa loves them. Yeah.
Speaker 2:You're just those people, you guys radiate love.
Speaker 3:You're just the best people. We just want to make an impact on the community and I think we're both in a position where we can, and it doesn't really feel like an obligation, it just kind of feels more like a calling, a passion to just do something more than what we normally do.
Speaker 1:I love that All right. So I teased it a while ago. I'm sure all of the guy listeners are like can we talk about the options for wedding rings? So for wedding bands for guys? I know my husband in particular has a very cool ring that you guys created and I don't know, it's just got. It's got like wood and what's it called? The metal?
Speaker 2:that's like the time, is it tungsten?
Speaker 1:Well, it's like marbly. What's that called the metal? That's like the tongue. Is it tungsten? Well, it's like marbly.
Speaker 2:What do you call it, Louisa? There we go.
Speaker 1:Thank you. I'm like Louisa knows and it's like a mix of these different things and tell us about like some of the different fun options for guys.
Speaker 3:So with men's jewelry, traditionally for the longest time guys were like I don't want anything, because you were really given two options it was either yellow gold, white gold stones or no stones. We carry a company that has completely revolutionized how men's bands are approached. So anything from meteorite to Damascus, to hardwood, to deer antler, to elk, I mean, if you can dream of it, they can come up with it with over a couple million different combinations. As far as inlaying dinosaur bone and turquoise, they can do agate, they can do cerakote finishes, we can do agate. They can do Cerakote finishes. We can do engraving, we can do like a voice print, a heartbeat, a fingerprint. I mean it is.
Speaker 3:I have yet to have them tell me no, pretty much, we usually, if somebody has kind of an odd request, we usually call them up and say, hey, we want somebody to do this and they can do it. Usually call them up and say, hey, we want somebody to do this and they can do it. Um, we've had, um, one of the like the wood inlays. Uh, we had a customer who had a barn on their property. It was a family barn, it was a couple hundred years old and they just took a small chunk of that and we sent it in and they cut the inlay out of that, so it was an actual piece of the family farm that has kind of just lived there and it was falling apart and they were like, what are we going to do with this? And so it was kind of exciting to see that come together.
Speaker 1:I love stuff like that. That's amazing. That is really cool.
Speaker 3:And it just makes it different. Guys can now come in and really take something unique, something that kind of speaks to them, something that they're actually going to wear.
Speaker 1:I know I and us looking through all of the options for him. It was definitely like it took us a little bit because there's so many thoughts and we're like, well, we could do this and this, we could do that and this, or he could do this and that. So it was, I don't know. It was really fun and he definitely, I don't know, he feels more attached to it in that way. So I think they like choices too. Yeah, they do.
Speaker 4:I like choices.
Speaker 3:Well, I think it just makes it a little more personal too because it's not somebody just picking it for you, it's you picking it and making it work, so that way you don't have to stress.
Speaker 1:Right, right. So I know before we have talked about like so what's the trend now with engagements? And, like you know, it used to be you got a ring and you got proposed to with that ring and that was your ring whether you liked it or not, and that is no longer the way we roll. Uh, so talk to us about really option. Yeah, we're we're way too mouthy for that. Yeah, we're not having it anymore.
Speaker 3:With lab rooms coming into play, what we have seen is the ability to go bigger. So in the past you were kind of limited to what there was, based on budget. Now we have the ability to do so much more. Lab rooms have kind of made things a little bit more affordable to do so much more. Lab grounds have kind of made things a little bit more affordable, and so we now see where people can really put more into the design of it, because the cost of the center stone isn't as big Another trend we're seeing. So in the past you would buy sets, you would get the his and hers, the matching band, and it was just kind of what it is now. Couples come in, they kind of pick, they mix metals, they mix different stones, they have different bands, just kind of depending on what their style is at the time.
Speaker 2:Wow. So in one of our I'm sure you probably saw it in one of our, like you know, facebook wedding vendor groups, there was like a big discussion about that. Diamond cells actually have trended down. Are you seeing that so many more people are choosing different types of stones all the way around, other than just diamonds?
Speaker 3:We are. We're seeing a bigger push for color stones. So moss agate has been a big one. Emeralds have been another big one, montana sapphires, but not so much. Diamonds will kind of still hold.
Speaker 2:What we're seeing with diamonds is more of the rough diamonds, the salt and pepper diamonds, the more non-traditional I think it's interesting because I know that, like my daughter, who's 27, like they, you know, they wanted something completely different. And her, she has two other friends that are getting married. Well, one just got married and the other one's getting married next month. None of them use diamonds. I mean, they all have gorgeous rings, but they went a completely different direction, all of them Right. So I was like, oh, that's interesting, you know, for all of them to make that same choice.
Speaker 3:So I was like, oh, that's interesting, you know, for all of them to make that same choice. Yes, and it's so interesting because we're either seeing bigger lab groans or we're even seeing just plain bands, just intricately engraved bands, and things like that. That's interesting.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I could see the bigger lab groan, because I mean, why not If you want?
Speaker 3:you know, know, a big, beautiful ring yeah and you're not going into your wedding. I mean, if you have the money to go natural, I will, you know, always say, just kind of, take a look at all the options, discuss what's going to be best in the long term. If you're wanting to upgrade, natural is always going to be best as far as like upgrades go, then lab grown. But if you're wanting for just that big show stopper to begin with, lab grown is kind of be where you're, you know kind of where you want to sink your money because you're gonna have so much more left over yeah, absolutely yeah.
Speaker 2:There's definitely trends in the jewelry industry, for sure, and we're seeing some of them right now, so I thought I'd let you speak to that.
Speaker 1:Okay, we'll let Meg ask you your questions now no, you're too good, so I did have one more. So you before. We had talked about there's no shame in upgrading your wedding ring, and there's. You know, sometimes people are like no, this is the one that I had when I got married and and so the concept that you have to always have the one that was put on your finger when you were married, like in its exact form. You guys have different ideas for how to keep that, but then if down the road they want to get a bigger diamond or want to change something about it, you can kind of work with people on that.
Speaker 3:Talk about that a little bit Absolutely. So that is one of the things we get, especially with a little bit older crowd. They get a little hesitant and they're like, well, I don't want to change it because it's, you know, taboo or something. I think I always tell customers you know, our lifestyles change everything kind of shifts and rotates. Lifestyles change everything kind of shifts and rotates. So it's it's kind of hard to just say this is the one, because a lot of the time what we see is they get put into the jewelry box.
Speaker 3:I think people think that when you have to change it, it's a it's a big change, but it doesn't necessarily have to be that way. It can be something as simple as going from yellow gold to white gold. If you know, maybe when you got married yellow gold was what was trendy and that was the thing. And now that we've shifted, time has gone, maybe you wear white gold. We can remake the exact same ring in white gold. You don't necessarily have to go bigger or smaller or anything like that. It's more of just maybe adding an additional band. Maybe you've just had the one band on it and the store you got it from went out of business and for the longest time you've wanted to add that other band. We can replicate that and create that other band, and so there's lots of ways of keeping that originality while still making it a little bit more your own.
Speaker 2:Yeah, those are good ideas. Yeah, they are good ideas.
Speaker 1:What a good way to celebrate an anniversary or, you know, do something for yourself after yeah.
Speaker 2:A jewel really is like kind of that long-lasting relationship. Yeah, we are.
Speaker 3:I say we're a very generational kind of business where typically I mean you're going to go where your parents went or your grandparents went and kind of creating that that trust is important for us because we want you to be honest with us. I don't want to make something that you're absolutely going to hate and never going to wear.
Speaker 1:It's also kind of nice to go to the same place I don't know to get all of the. You kind of get a sense of what their style is. So then, if, if someone wants to pop in and purchase something for, like, Valentine's day or a birthday or some sort of anniversary gift, you can steer them in a direction of something that you know fits what they would normally choose for themselves, and help in that way because you have built this relationship with them.
Speaker 3:Yes, and that's one of the things we try to do. We also have a really good like wishlist program where we kind of create these lists of for Valentine's Day. I have a friend we're really close and her husband came in and he's like this is what I want to spend, what do you think she would like? And immediately I was like I have three ideas that I think would be perfect. And so we kind of laid them all out and he was like, okay, we'll go with this one. And it was simple. He didn't have to stress about it. We tried to kind of make it as as painless for him as possible, cause he is a busy. You know, he's a business owner, he's got a lot going on, a lot on his mind. So for us it's kind of that. We want to help take that stress off Nice.
Speaker 2:I like that, Me too. Wishlist. You're going to go start mine right now. I know Dawn and I will have different wishlists, but that's that's the fun, and I always tell people.
Speaker 3:I'm like put all sorts of different from you know something that's $25 to a couple thousand dollars, because it's not just for you and a significant other, for family members. You can tell your mom, you can tell your sister, you tell your best friends that, hey, you know, I've got ideas there and we do get people that come in are like I don't know, if my sister has a wish list, I'd kind of like to buy her something. Usually we're like, yeah, we'll look it up, we'll see kind of what's on there. Nice.
Speaker 1:All right, I don't know that we've missed anything. If we have, going in and talking to you at the store is probably the best way to get more information because I'm sure you could talk about jewelry all day.
Speaker 3:All day and all the different facets of it.
Speaker 1:And watches and cufflinks. So if someone wants to come visit you or get a hold of you to kind of start the process of I don't know talking through one of these ideas that they have, what's the best way for them to do that?
Speaker 3:So you can come into our physical location at 2522 South Campbell Avenue or you can text us or call us, and I mean 90% of the time we're never too far away from a phone and where it's a good way to kind of get a conversation started.
Speaker 1:Awesome. What number do they call? Or text conversation started awesome. What number do they call or text? It is going to be 417-881-0667 perfect gosh, I don't you.
Speaker 4:You really have, like I'm overwhelmed, do what. I learned a lot today.
Speaker 2:I know we need to go see their store? You do. Did I even mention on here that, like when sierra got married, they let her use jewelry?
Speaker 1:well, we kind of talked about the fact that you could rent jewelry for your wedding. Isn't that cool?
Speaker 2:it is super cool, yeah, yeah, it was amazing like we went in there and the pieces look like we. I mean there, we walked in and it looked like it literally went with her dress, like her dress was a.
Speaker 3:V-neck, it was perfection it was perfection.
Speaker 2:It was almost like bring tears to your eyes. It was that good. As soon as we saw it, we were like, oh my gosh, if I could have drawn out what would have been perfect for her dress. It was what was sitting in your store. It was kind of crazy, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, you can be a princess.
Speaker 2:It's that easy, absolutely of whatever version princess is to you. Um, I think that's. I've really enjoyed our time today I think, you did a good job. So, whether whether you are simplistic or big and art deco, like my sister, louisa's got you covered. That's's right, absolutely. I love it. Oh man, thank you so much for talking to us. Thank you guys.
Speaker 1:All right, go hug your doggos, I will Hug them for us too. Have a great day, bye.
Speaker 2:Bye, bye.
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