Anne Emory Lockert always enjoyed arts and creating from a young age- from dance to art work and jewelry making with her mom. She studied interior design and finished in art history at Lamar Dodd Art School of the University of Georgia.

After college, Anne Emory returned to Birmingham to explore architecture. She worked for Henry Sprott Long for five years, then used her vision to create and ability to draft working for Jordan Alexander Jewelry. She also worked alongside and became friends with Joel Cheatwood who later became the founder and president of Gems and Tonic as well as the co-founder and partner in The Gems Project, a luxury brand development agency representing, high-end, independent jewelry designers.