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VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!

Every year for the past, well, 100 or so, I've been going to Las Vegas for the jewelry shows.  Rather than gauge my life by my birthday or the number of nieces and nephews I've been blessed with or the guys I've dated, I gauge my life by my annual pilgrimage to Sin City.  The economy goes up, it goes down, the players move from company to company, my wardrobe improves or gets worse, I work for someone else, I work for myself, we represent different clients, we have different tasks we have to fulfill....change is inevitable, but no matter what goes on in the rest of the world, some things about Vegas never change, including the pre-show stress! 

Ah, yes, the pre-show stress is as reliable as the hopped-up, diamond charged energy one feels when entering the JCK Show, it's as reliable as the smell of cigarette smoke and Wayne Newton's calogne in the air, it's as reliable as the intense desire to miss morning meetings because last night's "meeting" went a bit long (on the dance floor that is!), it's as reliable as a steady diet of passed hors d'ouevres and late-night spinach dip from the Grand Lux, it's as reliable as the house always winning.  It manifests itself in the way of snappish attitudes, short tempers, frantic jewelers calling requesting a last minute press release, clients giving no direction and expecting you to read their minds (fair enough!) and, of course, lots of "I have nothing to weaaaaaar!"

So what do we have on-deck for our Las Vegas adventure this year?  Well, we're giving guided press tours at the JCK Show to help media navigate their way through that wonderfully overwhelming place, we're working with the fabulous designer Lori Bonn promoting her collection (and we can't wait to see any new goodies she'll be bringing with her!), we're helping with the launch of a new, gorgeous collection of watches, we'll be tweeting away from the show floor, we're pulling jewelry for several upcoming celebrity appearances and shows, and of course, we've got lots of dinners, cocktail parties, and festivies planned that will help us spend some time with our many friends and colleagues and hopefully figure out ways that we can all work together. 

So, can I get a VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!!!

Blog Entry Mania

There is so much going on here at Lup H.Q. but for some reason (maybe it's the excess candy I can't stop ingesting?  Thanks again, Ms. Woo!), I can't settle my brain down long enough to wrap my head around writing a proper blog entry.  So here goes my random assemblage of unformed blog entries:

We LOVED this piece by our most beloved Talya Cousins in today's "Spotlight" section of W.com!  It features several LupRocks.com designers and looks simply gorgeous! 

We got a sneak peak at the latest version of the redesign of LupRocks.com and we're absolutely busting with excitement!  The ever-talented team over at Ceci New York is working on it and we just know everyone will be thrilled with the new look (don't worry, the functionality will remain as smooth as ever!).

We had a great conversation with the folks over at Shopflick.com; we're always on the look-out for ways to provide added value to our designers! 

We got some great R.S.V.P.s to the Nolcha fashion event this Thursday and we're so excited for Bettylou Jewels to benefit from all of that media exposure! 

We started talking about our annual pilgrimege to Las Vegas....yep, it's that time of year again!

Typical conversation around Lup H.Q.:

Jessica-- "We are NOT using the glamour shots!"
Michelle-- "Why not?  Everybody loves the glamour shots!"
Jessica-- "You want to use the glamour shots?  Okay, fine, we can use the glamour shots." 

Hopefully something more succinct coming at you tomorrow (but I can't promise, Alex sent us SO MUCH CANDY!). 

 

LupRocks Fantasy Headlines

Today on the street I was handed a copy of the fake New York Times containing fantasy stories of what life might be like on July 4, 2009, and a clever take on the iconic tag line that reads, "All the News We Hope to Print."  The internet is abuzz with the possible source of this newspaper, and it has many New Yorkers contemplating a very different kind of future, with titles announcing the end of the war in Iraq, and "Nationalized Oil to Fund Climate Change Efforts." 

We here at Lup H.Q. came up with a few headlines of our own that seem far more plausible than Bush being indicted on charges of high treason and facing the death penalty.  Herein are some titles from "Future Luprocks.com:"

Celebrity Product Placement of Fine Jewelry and Accessories through LupRocks.com Results in Spike in Sales for U.S. Retailers

Film Production Quadruples in 2009--LupRocks.com Product Placement Service Sited as Cause of Budget Savings and Production Boom

LupRocks.com Media Sweep "Ellie" Awards

LupRocks.com Costumers Take Home Emmys

Personal "Jeweler to the Stars" Sites LupRocks.com as Gateway to Success

Got any of your own dream headlines??  Submit a comment! 

Update!  Gawker.com gives us the scoop on who was behind this brilliant prank!