{"id":33706,"date":"2016-08-11T18:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T22:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=33706"},"modified":"2016-08-11T18:48:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T22:48:08","slug":"customer-of-the-day-grace-lavarro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/customer-of-the-day-grace-lavarro\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer of the Day:  Grace Lavarro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of meeting Grace Lavarro at the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/jck-luxury-part-i-im-on-the-lists\/\" target=\"_blank\">JCK LUXURY show in Las Vegas in June<\/a>. We were introduced by our jewelry designer friend <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/i-stand-with-marla-aaron\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marla Aaron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33707\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGQAVtbjZU3\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33707\" class=\"wp-image-33707\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/grace.jpg\" alt=\"grace\" width=\"498\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/grace.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/grace-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Mia Moross, Grace, me, and Marla Aaron.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Grace is the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewelsbygrace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewels by Grace<\/a>, which sells antique diamonds, fine vintage and estate jewels, and contemporary engagement rings. I definitely didn&#8217;t expect her to do any shopping with me, but she had eyes for my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/mourning-at-the-metropolitan-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\">vintage-inspired<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Victoria-Buckle-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria buckle ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so honored that she bought it!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BI737XmgZhk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super stoked to receive my first @wendybrandesjewelry piece! Saw this Victorian-inspired buckle ring at the last @jckevents show, and was instantly smitten by how the buckle opens to reveal a secret message! I&#8217;ll reveal mine on my next post ?. The ring is exquisitely-crafted in NYC, and has such wonderful heft and feel to it. I feel like everyone SHOULD have one (am I right, @marlaaaron?). Wendy, you da bomb ??. Next up: a pink ?!#personalcollection #showmeyourrings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Jewels by Grace | Los Angeles (@jewelsbygrace) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-10T16:51:18+00:00\">Aug 10, 2016 at 9:51am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nThe Victoria ring opens up to reveal a secret inscription (click here to read <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/customer-of-the-day-serena-and-her-daisy-pendant\/\" target=\"_blank\">the story of Lindsay Lohan and the surprising inscription in her Victoria ring<\/a>). Grace thought long and hard about the inscription she wanted, and I love what she came up with: &#8220;To the fullest. Always.&#8221;<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BI83oZTgmlu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Took me weeks to think of something to inscribe inside my new @wendybrandesjewelry buckle ring and then it hit me: why not the mantra I choose to live by, and one I tell my 2 daughters to follow all the time: &#8220;TO THE FULLEST. ALWAYS.&#8221; Live, love, work, dance, play, cry. But always to the fullest. Because half-full is only a life half-lived. #mantra #wordsIliveby #showmeyourrings #lovegold<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A video posted by Jewels by Grace | Los Angeles (@jewelsbygrace) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-11T02:07:57+00:00\">Aug 10, 2016 at 7:07pm PDT<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center>You can read what Grace wrote about that in the Instagram caption above, but I&#8217;m so moved by the concept that I want to repeat it here:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8221; &#8230; why not the mantra I choose to live by, and one I tell my 2 daughters to follow all the time: &#8220;TO THE FULLEST. ALWAYS.&#8221; Live, love, work, dance, play, cry. But always to the fullest. Because half-full is only a life half-lived.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s some of the best advice ever. I can&#8217;t stop thinking about it. Enjoy your ring, Grace, and thanks for your words of wisdom!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of meeting Grace Lavarro at the JCK LUXURY show in Las Vegas in June. We were introduced by our jewelry designer friend Marla Aaron. Grace is the owner of Jewels by Grace, which sells antique diamonds, fine vintage and estate jewels, and contemporary engagement rings. I definitely didn&#8217;t expect her to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/customer-of-the-day-grace-lavarro\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[606,8,719,6],"tags":[796,795,742],"class_list":["post-33706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-customer-of-the-day","category-gorgeous-clients","category-jewelry","category-rings","tag-customized-jewelry","tag-jewels-by-grace","tag-show-me-your-rings","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33714,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33706\/revisions\/33714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}