My friend hosted a beautiful afternoon tea party for my jewelry + beauty counter sale today.

Honestly, I was not feeling too well and was so tired, that I even arrived late to the event. Thanks to my cutest assistant Chloe, set up and clean up was  a breeze. She set up my jewelry table all by herself while I was  enjoying the tea in the dining room.

How did I get so lucky with this beautiful girl…

Thank you Cathy for the delicious food and tea you prepared for us!

Many thanks to friends and guests who came tonight to check out my new collection! Had so much fun & I’m really thankful for my loyal customers/friends. Cheers. 🙂

We set up a little holiday event at Vince on Madison ave, NYC today.

With Ms. Chloe’s help, I set up in no time.

Chloe was my awesome help today!

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be partnering with VINCE this holiday season! With a launch of VINCE BABY line, they asked me to join them for a holiday shopping & gifting event that will take place next weekend!

I’ve been a fan of their casual, sophisticated & luxurious styles for years, and I can’t wait to check out their new BABY line.

I’ll be offering a 10% discount for my custom-made baby pendants & featuring some of my newest collections. Please share this post and stop by to say hello! Rumor tells me that they’ll also have champagne & gourmet nuts.

Plus, my cutest assistant Chloe will be there on Saturday to keep me company. 😉

•No RSVP required.

{ This post brought to you by vince.com & cadencelee.com }

My baby pendants are featured in Glamour magazine!

Chloe and Shane both got to pick out oysters to see what kind of pearls they might get.

For settings, Chloe got a dolphin tail and Shane chose a lizard.

I have very exciting news! A few months ago an editor-in-chief from Vogue UK magazine reached out to me via email. She found my collection worthy to be featured in the fashion bible, Vogue. Ha. Insane. I know.

It was unreal. I am no longer working with a PR  firm so I was surprised that they found me! Towards the end of last year, I was thinking about folding my business as it was too much to handle with two kids and a full-time job. I felt I couldn’t really keep up with my jewelry passion. I haven’t even updated my website for months. I always have new collections  for trunk shows, holiday sample sales and such, but I found it very stressful and time consuming to update my site regularly. Then when I was contacted by the magazine, (and several others which I’ll announce later) I knew I had to make a decision. I thought and thought about it…Although it was very hard for me to let go, I decided to fold most of my jewelry line and focus on 1 product, my baby pendant collection. I figured it’s easier for me to keep up the baby pendant orders then stretching myself thin and making various pieces and collections. This baby collection is what I’m most proud and passionate about. It was inspired by my first baby Chloe and I loved the idea of making new moms feel special with this custom pendant. I do admit that I am a little sad but who knows, maybe I’ll be able to devote myself as a full-time jewelry designer one day. Or not.

At least for now, I’m excited that I’m featured in Vogue. 🙂

Custom pendant order by a client.

A customer emailed me asking me to design a “mom” pendant using  Korean alphabet. I was so proud how beautifully it came out.

I’m having my friends over for a holiday sale tonight.

Candy cane cocktail.

Thank you for a great turnout! It really was an excuse to hang out with friends and drink yummy cocktails. 🙂