One month after jeweler Mark Loren dropped three messages in a bottle from a helicopter into the Gulf of Mexico, a local fisherman has claimed the first prize. Wesley Skinner, 22, a commercial fisherman and senior at Florida Gulf Coast University, spotted the light green glass bottle floating at sea, about 30 miles offshore northwest [...]
Mark Loren, owner and founder of Mark Loren Designs, has announced a Valentine’s Day promotion that will have Southwest Florida residents looking to the shoreline for their sweetheart’s gift. Earlier today, Loren dropped three “messages in a bottle” from a helicopter along Lee County’s coastline. The bottles, each with the trademark “loren” logo etched [...]
Mark Loren, owner and founder of Mark Loren Designs, has earned the prestigious Editors’ Choice Spectrum Award from the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) for creative design. For the competition, Mark Loren presented custom-designed 14K yellow and white gold earrings featuring polyhedral Agate druzy slices and green tourmalines, pink topaz, amethysts and diamonds. The earrings [...]
To the naked eye, it is impossible to see the difference between an earth-mined diamond and one that is synthetically or laboratory produced. Lab-created diamonds are made in a chamber with carbon gasses that are superheated, creating particles that crystallize into diamonds. The cost of created diamonds is anywhere from 10 to 40 percent lower [...]
Special Father’s Day package offers something unique for him, and for her Mark Loren Designs is offering a unique opportunity to own a piece of history, and to ride away on Mark Loren’s very own motorcycle, a 2005 Road King Harley Davidson. Available now through Father’s Day, the one-of-a-kind pendant frames a 1.42 carat fine, [...]
SWFL Children’s Charities, Inc.’s 2016 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest has raised more than $2.8 million and counting, with 100 percent of the proceeds directly benefitting pediatric health care in Southwest Florida. Made possible by title sponsor Pitbladdo Holdings, LLC, the two-day signature fundraising event featured Chef Vintner Dinners on Feb. 26 and The [...]
A piece of rock legend history is up for bid in Southwest Florida: a signed bass guitar played by Cliff Williams, AC/DC bassist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. The Music Man Stingray Bass signed bass guitar is one of Cliff’s preferred basses, he has used this very instrument (serial number BOO8629) for both [...]
Tickets and sponsorship opportunities for the Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida 2014 Business Hall of Fame, Lee County to be held April 17 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa. Tickets are available at www.jaswfl.org. During the dinner and awards ceremony, Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida will induct laureates Norman Love of Norman [...]
Local businesses, educators and community volunteers are invited to join Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida in honoring laureates Norman Love of Norman Love Confections and Mark Loren of Mark Loren Designs. Love and Loren will be inducted into the 2014 Business of Hall of Fame, Lee County, at a dinner and awards ceremony on April [...]
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida will induct world-renowned chocolatier Norman Love and award-winning jewelry designer Mark Loren into the 2014 Business of Hall of Fame, Lee County, at a dinner and awards ceremony on April 17 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa. The prestigious award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who serve as role [...]
