Ampersand Designs is owned and operated by Laura and Michelle, two crazy roommates who have been best friends for 10 years. Laura is originally from Liverpool, England (her English accent is flawless!) and works in advertising. Michelle is from California (her fake English accent is flawless!) and works as an interior designer. Influenced by music of all types, a strong addiction to Rolling Stone and Vogue, watching their favorite movies too many times, and getting frustrated with never finding
This past week we've had an influx of sales and we had no idea why until our customers started stating that they'd read about us in MyBusiness Mag. Well, you can too if you just go here: Ampersand Designs featured in "MyBusiness Mag".Michelle and I are hard at work on our new collections on opposite sides of the country. The funny thing is that neither of us are going to get to see each other's jewelry until a couple of days before we launch it on our site (November 1st, mark your calendars!... Read Full Story
A little over a month ago I made a decision to move to Atlanta as I had been having a hard time in California finding a job. It was a painful decision seeing as Michelle and I had lived together for four and a half years and the one question everyone asked was, "What are you guys going to do about Ampersand?!" Well, have no fear, this business is alive and kicking. We're looking at it as a coastal expansion, getting the Ampersand name out there for both the East and West coasts and continuin... Read Full Story
Curiouser & Curiouser Couture Bracelet - Custom Order for $55.00We are big advocates of the custom order. The reason we started this company in the first place was to provide jewelry that was affordable and that would make the wearer feel special because they were wearing a handmade, one of a kind piece. So we get really excited when someone contacts us for a custom piece. In this case, one of our followers convo'd us and requested a piece made just for her based on her favorite charms throu... Read Full Story
The Thriving Ink/Ampersand Designs Trunk Show took place on Monday, July 27th and we sold a few pieces including a couple of exclusive pieces that won't be available in our store until October. With the fabulous support of our friends and Thriving Ink (located 55 W. Angela Street, Pleasanton, CA) we are hoping to do another trunk show in the future.We'll actually be returning to Thriving Ink on Tuesday night for our photoshoot with San Francisco photographer, Eric Millette. This will appear ... Read Full Story
Last night was the Orange County Magazine's "OC Look Event" and Ampersand Designs was prominently featured in every gift bag that our fabulous business partner, Gifted, Inc., organized for us. Hopefully we'll get lots of business from it!!!
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National Examiner is doing a giveaway of Ampersand Designs' Dove Earrings to 3 lucky readers! The issue should go on sale this weekend and has Kate Jackson on the cover.
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EXCELLENT day. We just received an email from Stanton James, a Beverly Hills boutique that was just featured in People and In-Touch and Ampersand Designs is all set to become a part of their family!!! We're both a bit in shock to be honest and this is an amazing opportunity for us. Click on the image above to be re-directed to their website (and excuse us while we jump for joy around our apartment) :)
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Little Cupcake Earrings - $15.00We've just released our Fall Collection and are extremely proud to announce the "Angelic Violence" and "Curiouser and Curiouser" lines now available at www.ampersanddesigns.com - our newly rehauled website.Alice's Tea Party Couture Bracelet - $45.00The "Curiouser and Curiouser" line incorporates all aspects from "Alice in Wonderland" in jewelry ranging from simple earrings (all $15) to couture bracelets (ranging in price from $35-45) and necklaces (ranging in ... Read Full Story
I was digging through our files and came across a set of pictures from our first foray into creating our charms. Oh it seems so long ago...
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