CED Blog

Triangles in Jewelry

September 26, 2014

Have you noticed triangles trending in jewelry? I’ve been seeing them everywhere! While CED doesn’t jump from trend to trend just produce whatever is popular on a particular day, triangles are a design concept I can get behind.

Jane: Carrying on Family Traditions

September 17, 2014

I made a commitment to my family, and to carrying on family traditions. My father’s parents were married for 70 years. They grew up in a small town in upstate Pennsylvania, and when my grandfather went off to medical school at the University of Michigan, his parents forbade him to marry until he finished school.

Robyn and Quito, a Commitment of Best Friends

September 17, 2014

My commitment was to my best friend, eating partner, hiking buddy, and wife and life companion, Robyn.

Lisa: Self, Family, Career

September 17, 2014

The rings represent my commitment to myself, to my immediate and extended family, and to my career. They remind me that my own well-being and good health are essential to a thriving and fulfilling family life and career, and they are a symbol of my commitment to the personal growth of everyone I love and hold dear.

Pantone Fall 2014 Color Forecast

September 17, 2014

Fall officially starts on Monday! I’m ready to see this heat go and I’m ready to see the fall colors come into play. I feel that the Pantone Fall 2014 colors are everything the perfect, modern, fall color palette should be: rich, not too bright, not too boring and most importantly, warm!

Carl and Melynda: Commitment to Each Other and Family

September 17, 2014

We committed to each other and to being a family.Our lives at this point involved quite a few changes: finishing college, starting careers, building a living environment. Many of these big questions were starting to settle and we began looking out over a vast sea of possibility. I don’t think we knew exactly where we were going, but we knew who we absolutely couldn’t go there without. I think commitment is a continuum more than an event.

Gina: Rebirth

September 17, 2014

Healing and a new beginning.

Enormous stress and a broken marriage.

Purity of lines. Strong, yet soft. It reflected Claudia’s superb aesthetic and also reminded me of the Art Deco Modernists that I love so much. Confident. Bold. Feminine.

Krista and Jay’s Commitment to a Lifelong Journey

September 17, 2014

We made a commitment to a lifelong journey together as husband and wife. Our wedding was not to mark the start of a relationship but to recognize a bond that already existed.

A ship, a cloud, and an iceberg dressed as a cloud

September 10, 2014

The Fondation Louis Vuitton’s new Frank Gehry building is opening up next month in Paris. The astounding, modern, work of art will be a permanent home for the Foundation, as well as a center for contemporary arts and culture. Gehry himself described the building,