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Welcome to the Gilt Trips podcast. I'm your host, Kendra Lockhart. As a goldsmith and

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gemologist, I'll be speaking 24 carat on all things jewelry, metals, and gems. Join

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me plus a few friends to demystify both materials and designs as your private jeweler. Let's

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tune in on these topics and get golden. Hello. For those of you who don't already know me,

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I'm Kendra. I've had over 30 years in my profession, going back to an easy A in high school

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jewelry making, and then a first professional commission at age 16. From there, I went on

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to University and took a few more metals courses, which caught the attention of the department's

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head instructor. I was told this could be a future. Nah. Yet after graduating, a co-worker

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asked me to make her wedding rings. I replied, that's not what I studied. But she was convincing,

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So a project got started, only to be canceled after I spent serious money to begin it. Fear

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not, said fate. And in a few weeks, I was seated next to my future business mentor,

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asking me what I do, me responding with the ditch I was in. He gave me his business card

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to meet at his office about this abandoned project I sketched for him on a cocktail napkin.

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And that became the first of many awards and started my business. The road and times have

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had highs and lows, but passion and purpose have always kept me company. So this project

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is to circulate the knowledge, love, achievements, materials, stories, style, and sound advice

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for my three decade odyssey of gems, gold, and beyond. I appreciate your listening and

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sharing this, and welcome to my second act of all that glitters, better known as Gilt

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Trips.

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Thank you for listening and learning with me. I would love you to share this project

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with people finding rare beauty in today's world and throughout our times. Until the

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next episode, keep your own stories sparkling.