The first day of February is this week and Valentine's Day is on my mind. I'm not so much thinking about where to go eat with my wonderful husband or how much I love those candy hearts with cute messages on them - I really just have the people I love most on my heart.

I don't usually make New Year's resolutions because they are mostly the same: lose ten pounds, love more, fret less - you know the kind. I usually make a little headway with the heartfelt ones, but the ten pounds seems to be there year after year.

Last week I had an experience that felt like it altered my game in the jewelry business. Rachel Strugatz and Women's Wear Daily unveiled my new collection, The Sliced Collection. I have been feverishly working for about six months on this concept of slicing pearls

Dear readers, as I begin this holiday message to you, I am most thankful that I will not be taking anything to the extended Italian family Thanksgiving dinner that requires a previous trip through my oven.

So, Miranda Lambert is a tomboy who likes her stray dogs, her 1955 red pickup truck and her diamonds...not necessarily in that order, if you saw her Wednesday night at the Country Music Awards wearing Jordan Alexander diamond slice earrings!

This week, I've been in New York meeting with editors to debut the Jordan Alexander Spring 2012 collection. It is so exciting to present my work to editors at some of the most influential publications in the fashion industry.

My good friend Jennifer came over the other day to see some of the Jordan Alexander collection. As she was trying on pieces and we were talking about some new designs I am developing, I found myself amused at the path my collection has taken over the past several months.