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Meet Marilyn Schlossbach, serial entrepreneur, restaurateur and longtime Asbury Park local who seems to have her hands in a little bit of everything. We photographed Marilyn for the Hand Project in 2022 and talked community, creativity, personal style and why CMD’s mix of feminine and masculine [...]

Meet Tina Kerekes, one of the unforgettable Asbury Park locals featured in CMD's Hand Project. From her incredible personal style to her love for the artists, architecture and creative energy of Asbury, Tina brought exactly the kind of individuality this project was created to celebrate. When I asked [...]

Meet Kitty Minervini and Mat Hale, two Asbury Park locals who became some of my first friends in town. From a chance reunion on the beach to becoming neighbors, these two helped make Asbury feel like home and were an obvious choice when I dreamed up the Hand Project. I’m so grateful for our friendship [...]

Meet Alex Hudson, one of my dearest friends and one of the personalities behind CMD's Hand Project. From Burning Man to Brooklyn to Asbury Park, Alex brings his own unmistakable style to everything, including the cuffs, rings and earrings he calls his “body armor.” Alex loved switching out his single [...]

Meet Blaise Anthony Lucarelli, one of the magnetic Asbury Park personalities featured in CMD's Hand Project. A performer with unforgettable style and an infectious spirit, Blaise talked with me about identity, self-expression, community and why CMD jewelry feels both futuristic and timeless. [...]

Savannah Rose Cheavers joined me in Asbury Park as one of the models for my Hand Project, a photo series celebrating the different people, personalities and stories that make jewelry come alive. A New Jersey native with a love of fashion, independent artists and creative expression, Savannah brought [...]

Roshane Karunaratne, aka The General, joined me in Asbury Park as one of the models for The Hand Project. A musician who plays piano, guitar, bass and drums, Ro brought plenty of personality, color and creative energy to the shoot. What I loved most was seeing how naturally our square rings and mixed [...]

Jen is a curly hair guru in training, restaurant connoisseur, cat lover, and Jersey Girl to the core. She was raised in Howell, NJ and currently lives in Long Branch, just up the coast from Asbury. Jen had a change of heart about her career path after losing her father a few years ago. Following her heart and passion for ...]

The CMD Hand Project began with a simple idea: photograph real people from the Asbury Park community wearing our jewelry completely their own way. Nine people, twelve new designs and nine very different sets of hands later, the project became something bigger than a collection. Years later, here's what [...]

Ring sizing gets a little more interesting when you're building a stack. The width of your rings, how many you're wearing together and even which finger you're stacking can change the way everything fits. Our Ring Sizing Kit lets you try different sizes at home before ordering, especially helpful for wider [...]

Are lab grown diamonds real diamonds? Yes, but there's more to the story. We use lab grown diamonds in many CMD designs because they give us another beautiful, durable option when we're designing around your style, your project and your budget. Here's what they are, how they're made [...]

Some rings were simply made to play together. The Eclipse Ring Set brings three interlocking rings into one fluid, movable stack that can shift throughout the day, mix metals beautifully and become part of a larger stack all your own. That little bit of movement is part of what I love about it. Depending on how [...]

Pull-through earrings are beautifully simple once you know the trick. The key is opening them in the right direction so you don't distort their shape over time. Watch Colleen demonstrate how to put on, wear and care for your pull-through earrings. The most important thing to remember is don't pull the [...]

Asbury Park has always felt like a natural home for CMD. It's creative, unconventional and full of people who aren't particularly interested in looking exactly like everyone else. In celebration of Pride, I'm looking at why individuality and inclusivity have always been part of this brand, and how our Bond Street Shop [...]

Design Lab started as an experiment. I wanted more room to play with ideas, test combinations and make things without knowing from the beginning exactly where they would end up. The idea actually goes all the way back to my Industrial Design days at Virginia Tech, where iteration after iteration taught me [...]