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Jane Wullbrandt’s small town, sample lady skills have helped advance her career as a big time jewelry designer. Growing up in Hampton, Iowa, Jane’s favorite job was at her dad’s grocery store where she spent her Saturdays sharing sausage samples with customers. Today, the Atlanta-based designer still says the best thing about her much more creative career is meeting people.
“I love being a part of other people’s lives,” she says. “Jewelry is such a personal thing, and it’s so gratifying that people find something meaningful in my designs. I’m such a people person that I love to hear about the milestones they’re celebrating with my jewelry.” in solitude. “But actually it turned out perfect for me,” she says.
“Doing trunk shows is like being the sample lady. I get great feedback from customers that I then work into my jewelry lines.”
Jane has been designing custom pieces for 30 years, much of that time being spent as a sales associate in jewelry stores in Dallas
and Atlanta. While at the first Tiffany and Co. store in Texas, she was charged with selling the Angela Cummings collection.
“She really made jewelry with character that all mixed and matched and told stories. It had so much character that I actually missed it when I was on vacation. I couldn’t wait to get back. That’s how you get collectors – a woman buys a pendent but she can’t just run around with holes in her ears – and I learned that from her collection.”