Behind the Scenes

When I say CMD jewelry is handmade, I mean that quite literally. Every piece passes through real hands using real tools, from cutting and soldering to filing, polishing, stone setting and all the tiny adjustments most people will never see. I’m taking you behind the scenes of our Upstate New York studio to show what handcrafted [...]

Every woman-owned business starts somewhere, and ours began with four little girls who had no idea they’d someday build, design, make, photograph, market and ship jewelry together across three states. For International Women’s Day, we’re looking back at the girls we were, the women we’ve become [...]

When you make jewelry by hand, there’s always something left behind: a narrow strip of gold, an offcut of silver, or a tiny remnant with more potential than you might think. At CMD, we save, sort and recycle our precious metal scraps, but sometimes a leftover piece inspires something completely [...]

A finished piece of CMD jewelry rarely begins as anything more than an idea and a rough sketch. From there, we make it, wear it, adjust it and often make it all over again. Here's a look inside the collaborative process that turns one of my scribbled ideas into jewelry you can actually wear. There's something incredibly satisfying [...]

What began as a way to keep connecting with customers when our San Francisco shop closed in 2020 ended up changing CMD for good. Virtual appointments showed me that meaningful jewelry conversations don’t depend on geography, and six years later they’ve become an especially important part [...]