5 Inspiring Jewelry Pieces from This Year's Winter Antiques Show

Cartier Carved Bead Brooch, 1940, from A La Vieille Russie

I've noticed how jewelry has successfully invaded the world of interior design, and I say that in a good way. Interior design is at the nexus of fashion, and jewelry appeals to the design savvy as an extension of where we live and how we decorate. Go to any interiors show, and you'll find jewelry to be a big part of the exhibition space. "Handmade" is one of the hot buzz words in design, and jewelry has always been about hand crafting beautiful wearable art objects. Here are some of my favorites from January's Winter Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory in NYC. In this best-dealers-only curated show, I found some of the world's finest jewelry on display. Click on each photo for more information.

Antique gold bangle snake bracelet, 1880, from Kentshire

Gold pendant necklace, 1969, by Lucio del Pezzo from Didier Ltd.

Double ball beaded earrings in lavender and tanzanite by Axel Russmeyer from Kentshire
Gold necklace, 1969, by Arnaldo Pomodoro from Didier Ltd.

If you're interested in learning more about wedding planning and decor, we encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Nettie Kent Video Interview: Following Jewelry Design Dreams

Many of our Sheffield School students in Jewelry Design are pursuing their creative dreams while working fulltime. Imagine my delight when I came across the following video interview of New Yorker Nettie Kent, who talks about how she pursued her goal of designing her own jewelry while working three other jobs - and her delight when she was able to leave all three! Nettie shows off her work space, which I also thought tied in perfectly with a new article we just posted in Designer Monthly on setting up your work space to maximize creativity; read Carve Your Niche: Create a Creative Work Space for Jewelry Design.

Interested in learning more about jewelry design? Explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Here's How to Be An Event Planner

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There's nothing more fun than attending a successful event, and nothing more disastrous than being trapped in a going-nowhere-fast event. If your event doesn't have its main objectives clearly spelled out, it's doomed - but there are so many other moving pieces to coordinate beyond the initial planning stages. Event planning is an exciting business; the stakes are always high - and it may be your dream profession.
 

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If you're well organized, enjoy working with people, love to collect the best vendors in your community in order to help others pull off the perfect event, and were born loaded with patience and perseverance and a strong eye for detail, this may be the profession for you. In today's featured video, join Liron David, an event planning with Eventique, a New York City event planning company, as he takes you through a typical event, describes how he became an event planning, and shares what it takes to be a success in this important field.
 

Event Planning Bonus

Click here to read A Week in the Life of a Wedding and Event Planner (and mother).

 

As lead curriculum developer, I attend as many events as possible to learn more about what makes for successful event planning. If you're interested in learning more about the exciting world of event and wedding planning, then we encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

• Request a free Sheffield School catalog describing our distance education courses.
• Subscribe to the Sheffield Designer newsletter.

5 Tips and 5 Rooms - How to Accessorize a Space

New York is considered an interior design world capital, and we're fortunate to know some of the finest design firms in the City. We talked with Benjamin Bradley and David Thiergartner of Bradley Thiergartner Interiors, and asked them if they could share some of their top tips for accessorizing a room with our readers.

Room 1: Riverside Drive Living Room - accessories harmonize with important art deco furnishings

1. Be detailed from the start of any project. Rooms, even small rooms, require certain elements and almost always more moving pieces than are fully understood by the client. This adds up in both time and cost. Each element or labor or material on its own may not seem financially significant but as the tally ticks, clients can become nervous at the bottom line cost. When accessorizing comes at the end of a room project - after key furnishings have been selected and the architectural bones have been worked on - some clients have decorating fatigue and may not want to go the distance to accessorize. Cut fatigue off right at the start of any project by giving a very complete and detailed design presentation upfront. Show how the room will look with accessories as well as the basic elements.
 

Room 2: Soho Entry - the power of a few well-placed accessories2. Show incremental results. When a client can “see” their home coming together, they get excited. It is our job to keep the excitement going. Keeping the job at a certain pace also helps. Once a client is engaged, they oftentimes become used to the outlay of cash but are also seeing results at the same time. We all want something for our money! Go room by room and show what a completely accessorized space looks like, and keep going with that momentum throughout the rest of the job.

Room 3: Hampton Showhouse Bedroom - an oversized end table helps to pile on the accessories

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