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Sustainable. We often see this word used to describe jewelry and other consumer goods, and we ask ourselves just what the word means. Is...

Is there really such a thing as too much chocolate?  You might think it’s a strange answer coming from me, but I say yes there is.  I...

30 – 80% off on select items.  Need we say more?

Question for you – what do a pair of bright yellow and black bumble bee cufflinks, a pirate key chain and a hand blown glass paperweight...

Trunk Show: Thursday, June 18 – Saturday, June 20 Suzy Landa is a stone junkie.  Those aren’t my words, those are hers.  She says that...

At the risk of sounding a bit like a broken record, I find it amazing that another year has flown by and that Max’s is another year...

There are a number of things that happen every year.  It snows (well, ok, only if you live in certain places), you have to file a tax...

Do you know what’s fun? Here at Max’s, it’s welcoming one of our designers to the store for the very first time. On May 1-2, we’re...

Jewelry by Alex Sepkus, is it jewelry as art, or art as jewelry? That’s a question we often ask ourselves when we’re choosing designers...

“When I find a colour darker than black, I’ll wear it. But until then, I’m wearing black,” legendary designer Coco Chanel once said. At...

What do you think – can we officially call it spring yet? Even though Mother Nature surprised us this morning with a bit of snow (ok, it...

Transformation…defined as change, metamorphosis, alteration. As we turned the calendar earlier this week to the hopeful month of March...

Welcome to our blog for 2015! We’re delighted to have you join the conversation about all things jewelry. We’re often told that coming to...

Ok, so I know that there are skeptics out there who believe that Valentine’s Day is a holiday that’s been made up and hyped by the retail...

Is that a question or am I about to tell you? How about a bit of both? I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t start things off by...

I met John, who works for Paul Morelli, at one of the very first trade shows I ever attended. I was about 3 months away from opening the...

When I first met Ray Griffiths, he explained the crown work motif found on all of his jewelry by way of telling me he had been a repairer...

Today is Max’s 8th birthday! The most common response I’ve heard as I mentioned to people that our birthday was coming up at the end of...

This winter has been sooooo cold, sooooo snowy and soooo long, and we are anxiously anticipating lots of blooming flowers next week...

Spring cleaning isn’t just for the garage, and “something old, something new” doesn’t apply only to brides. I have a feeling that many...