The Sheffield School is proud to announce the launch of our 4th Course today. Say hello to Jewelry Design: Beading & Wire Working.
We are excited to bring you this new course, which we have been working on for the last year. It’s a great course that was put together with the help of some of [...]

Making art is one of those jobs that for the most part goes unseen—we see the results in museums and galleries, but it’s rare that we get to actually see the artist at work, never mind to be able to ask questions about everything from process to production.
But the Museum of Art and Design has [...]

In her earliest childhood days, Nina Nguyen was fascinated by her uncle’s goldsmithing work in his casting foundry in Vietnam. Today, she designs her own jewlery line in Florida, using semiprevcious stones, and creates elegant, artistic pieces, like that shown here. The pieces are then produced by skilled artisans in the Nina Nguyen Design Women’s [...]

Last week our office was lucky enough to have a visit from jewelry, make-up, and henna artist Tiffany Thomas. Not only is she a delight to have around, she thrilled all of us by offering up her steady hand and well-honed skills to create personal, one-of-a-kind temporary tattoos.

Henna is a plant which has been cultivated [...]

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Best Events Expo at the Sheraton Hotel in Midtown. The conference program was comprised of a series of professional presentations and an open floor of event vendors - overall the event was smaller and more low-key than the comparable BizBash Expo in October, but in my opinion [...]

Ever since I’ve read Susan Orlean’s Orchid Thief, I’ve been intrigued, almost obsessed, by that exotic plant, the orchid. The Victorians even have a name for this unique obsession: Orchidelirium.
Susan Orlean follows the lives of orchid hunters who go to great lengths to add to their orchid collection, including that of the infamous orchid thief, [...]

The Sheffield School has been educating students in Interior Design now for 25 years.  More recently, we’ve added our Feng Shui Course and our Wedding and Event Planning Course.  And this march, we are officially kicking off the 25th Anniversary Celebration with a brand new edition of Designer Monthly.
In this month’s list of articles, we’ve [...]

Jennifer and I had a great time last week checking out Brooklyn Based’s Wedding Crashers Bridal Event in Brooklyn. The event took place at The Bell House, a very hip music and event venue located in a very hip part of Brooklyn near the Gowanus Canal.
This bridal event was a unique experience and - as [...]

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday season and a happy new year! The beginning of January is always an exciting time with thoughts, plans and goals for the New Year beginning to take shape. In particular, this is a key time for the wedding industry. Believe it or not, a huge number of proposals [...]

At a recent bridal event, a colleague and I were drawn to a large bar offering electric blue cocktails. The cocktails were not nearly as interesting as the bar, however, which had been carved from a solid block of ice. Beautifully detailed with a linear pattern and hollowed-out sections that perfectly accommodated the bottles, the [...]