She's selling these TAHITIAN PEARL STUD EARRINGS for $399, without any guarantee, proof of origin or return policy, and I just found Macy's selling the same studs for $300, Pearl Paraside's selling for $290, Pure Pearls for $299, The Pearl Source for $169 or $199 according to the model, American Pearl for $110, Nordstrom for $79. What makes her pearls so expensive? More expensive than real brands with real stores and everything?
And for real, there are so many online courses on jewelry making, gemstones and fine design. If she really wants to make a name for herself as a jewelry maker, she could at the very least study more and put some credentials on, instead of only saying she made an apprenticeship when she was younger. We're in a pandemic, if you have income and a job and some free time, it's a great time to improve your skills - and as a jewelry maker, that would be some nice thing for her to talk about in videos, on instagram and even to put on her linkedin.
I wouldn't spend all that money on a supposed jewelry maker who only studied a bit a couple years ago and now sells some overpriced dubious quality stuff - there's people on Etsy with way more credentials than her, selling better things with more reasonable prices. If she had working selling fine jewelry, she would already have more credentials than simply that apprenticeship - a friend of mine did this, worked for years as a fine jewelry seller in a reputable store and went on to study jewelry making and gemstones. She now makes jewelry for brides and has a great reputation in town as someone who studied a lot and who makes great quality pieces. She's very clear about the metals and gems she uses, has a return policy and definitely has pieces that are heirloom quality (she recently made some pieces for a young bride that used her pieces on her sweet sixteen birthday).
to Elle for those passionate, tender nights in New Orleans and Nashville. In the end, my disciplined, minimalist approach to life, spurning shallow material pursuits like money and career to devote my life to empowering and lifting up humanity, proved difficult for Elle. But this is completely understandable, as most people cannot handle the demands of such a life, and as rivers may diverge, so we did, naturally and beautifully. As the great John Ruskin once said, “A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself.” I live by this credo on a daily basis, pushing my mind and my body to their limits. While your fallacies ad ignorantiam do provide me a source of mirth, I would venture that your time would be better spent among your community. For example, I recently played tennis with 80 year old men in my community. You might say, "Rick, you're only doing so because you have no friends your own age." But in fact, I did so because as a community leader and ethics professor, I belong to my community, and therefore it is my duty to guide, edify and enlighten all people, regardless of age. And so, I would encourage you all to set aside the petty, frivolous subjects of internet discussion and instead do good, for only then can you find true happiness.
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