Eve Gay – Stoned Fine Jewelry

Eve Gay is a 26 year old business owner from Jacksonville, Florida. Originally she was intrigued by jewelry from her grandmother’s collection. She ended up going to Pepperdine University to study fashion. However, during her Junior/Senior year there, she decided to pursue jewelry. After her graduation from Pepperdine, she continued her education at the Gemological Institute of America to become a certified gemologist. She, then, found Rocky Joseph, from her hometown, to mentor her in the jewelry industry.

Stoned Fine Jewelry was founded in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Eve was still finishing her time at Pepperdine. Stoned Fine Jewelry offers both pre-made fine jewelry and customizable jewelry. She uses high quality gemstones, and makes sure her sourcing of the gemstones is ethical. She built her entire company herself with industry standards, sourcing, certifications, branding, etc. In 2021, her jewelry was featured in a few newspapers. Her jewelry has also reached many celebrities, one being Kendall Jenner. The most impressive achievement of hers is that she built her whole business from the ground up. She also wanted to make jewelry buying more accessible for people by taking advantage of the online shopping boom of the pandemic, allowing people to shop for luxury jewelry all online.

Eve is an inspiring entrepreneur. She has designed all of her jewelry, made sure it all was high quality, and makes it appeal to unique styles. It is impressive that her whole business was started while she was still in her early 20s. Her hard work of making her business eventually paid off, and it is now a highly trusted fine jewelry company. Her ability to market her business online, and design high quality products helped her to market her business to so many people. She helps show that hard work pays off.