Savannah, GA (PRWEB) April 27, 2012
Barbara Lampugnale came up with an innovative twist on nail polish. That idea gave her an opportunity to appear on the wildly popular show, The Shark Tank. To commemorate her experience, Barbara wanted to make a special necklace. Her searches for custom jewelry led her to Metalpressions.com, a small jewelry business that has developed an exclusive online jewelry design tool.
When Barbara approached us, we had no idea she had just finished taping her appearance on The Shark Tank. She called us up and we talked for a while. We really connected with each other because we are both entrepreneurs at heart, recalled Andreas and Elisha Argentinis, co-founders and owners of Savannah, Georgia-based Metal Pressions.
Barbara had all these great ideas for a custom charm necklace with sayings that helped keep her motivated on her journey. As we talked, I mocked up her ideas with our online jewelry design software. She pulled the design up on her screen and did some tweaking herself. I think she was ecstatic that she could have a preview in minutes, stated Andreas.
“After years of hard work and sacrifice, I wanted to commemorate my journey and appearance on The Shark Tank by creating a charm necklace with my favorite inspirational words and sayings. I found Metalpressions.com and was so thrilled that I could easily use their online jewelry design software. This enabled me to create and design my own charms and see what my necklace would look like before I made my purchase. When my necklace arrived, it was exactly how I envisioned it. I was so impressed and filled with emotion. It was hands down the best jewelry shopping experience I have ever had. Elisha and Andreas were such a pleasure to work with. I think if they went into the Shark Tank they might just start a feeding frenzy!” said Barbara Lampugnale, The Shark Tank participant whose episode airs Friday April 27th.
Elisha and Andreas experience with Metal Pressions is the quintessential small business success story. Prior to establishing Metal Pressions, both Elisha and Andreas had successful careers in the corporate world – - Elisha in pharmaceutical research and Andreas in internet marketing and manufacturing – - yet neither felt fulfilled by their work.
In 2004, Elisha and Andreas relocated from Fairfield, Connecticut to Savannah, Georgia. At the time, Andreas was in operations management in the manufacturing sector and Elisha had taken a break from the corporate treadmill to start a family. A biology major with a creative flair, Elisha had been making and selling custom crafts and jewelry items for several years. Her hobby provided a creative out
