{"id":3340,"date":"2022-10-11T09:06:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2022-10-11T09:06:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:06:06","slug":"wboc-leading-lady-adrienne-peltz-forging-a-unique-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=3340","title":{"rendered":"WBOC Leading Lady – Adrienne Peltz: Forging a unique path"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alyssa Dearborn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When Adrienne Peltz\u2019s husband, Aric, wanted to propose to her, he wanted to give her a special ring. The special ring he had in mind had to be handcrafted by a local jeweler since he did not know how to forge custom jewelry yet. After Aric learned how to forge and design custom jewelry, the couple turned their love story into a business. Today, the couple operates Forge Gone Conclusions to create special fine jewelry from ethically sourced materials ranging from gemstones and sterling silver to porcupine quills.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a husband-wife team.\u201d Peltz said, \u201cHe does the design and manufacturing of the jewelry and I do everything else. So I do the operations management, marketing, legal and finance. And we have a YouTube channel, so I do all the recordings and make all the videos. And I do a lot of customer contact.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Her previous career in project management prepared her for all of the roles that she would take on while running Forge Gone Conclusions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was a project manager for 12 years and it was that experience that helped me start a business and also be able to manage it on a daily basis.\u201d she said when asked about her role at her company. \u201cSo, I use a lot of the skills that I learned \u2013 workflows, just general management skills \u2013 and I apply it to the business. It\u2019s more of the operations management of the business. Whether it\u2019s reaching out to customers before or after we make the piece, or it\u2019s building and crafting a website, or making posts out to social media, or doing the bookkeeping, that\u2019s pretty much a lot of the things I do.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All of the organizational and managerial work is essential to bringing custom products to customers. With great managerial skills, she\u2019s able to help enhance the personal experience of her clients by getting to know the customer and even providing custom video footage of the forging process. Seeing those customers happy with a unique product is, according to Peltz, one of the most rewarding parts of what she does.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the happiness that we deliver to our customers.\u201d she explained. \u201cIt\u2019s really rewarding to take their dreams and bring them to life. Because maybe they had a concept that they had in mind and they really wanted to make it, but they just didn\u2019t know how to. So, coming to us, we\u2019re able to make that a reality.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd then there\u2019s the opposite. We do work with people who have existing jewelry and we transform it into something different. So maybe it\u2019s a pair of earrings or a necklace that their grandmother had but they would never wear because of the style. We will take it and transform it into something they would wear. Just the feeling and expression on their faces when it\u2019s done and how happy they are to receive it, I think that\u2019s very rewarding.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Although every piece created by Forge Gone Conclusions is unique and memorable in its own way, Peltz recalls a special piece that allowed her and Aric to be a part of a couple\u2019s special moment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think the most memorable to me was an engagement ring.\u201d she recalled when asked about the company\u2019s most interesting piece, \u201cAnd I think it was cool because of a couple of things. It really reflected the personality of the person who\u2019s going to get it. She has a May birthday and she likes the color green. We put emeralds onto her engagement ring so that it kind of reflects the birthday and her favorite color. But the cooler part to this is that they did the proposal at the Mets game in Syracuse. So, to be able to go to the game and watch the proposal with one of our rings was really exciting.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As a member of the WBOC, Peltz has been able to connect with other women in business and gain resources to help her business succeed.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been phenomenal.\u201d Peltz said about being a WBOC member, \u201cI\u2019ve met a lot of other women in the community that I never would have met otherwise. I kind of wished that I had met the group or found out about the group earlier in my career because I would have definitely joined it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI like the resources in terms of the collective wisdom of the group. It\u2019s also cool supporting other women. It\u2019s like, this is a collection of women that you might want to turn to first and say, \u2018hey, could you help me?\u2019 or \u2018could I use some of your services?\u2019 or \u2018could we trade or something?\u2019 Because it\u2019s a nice group of just women supporting each other.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested in custom jewelry from Forge Gone Conclusions, visit Adrienne and Aric\u2019s website at <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/fgconclusions.com\/<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Alyssa Dearborn When Adrienne Peltz\u2019s husband, Aric, wanted to propose to her, he wanted to give her a special ring. The special ring he had in mind had to be handcrafted by a local jeweler since he did not know how to forge custom jewelry yet. 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