Aries, Leo, Sagittarius — fire signs don't want you to hold back, and neither do the stones I chose for them. Here's the research behind the power colors, elemental stones,...
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn — earth signs don't want flash, they want substance. Here's the research behind the power colors, elemental stones, and gemstones I chose for each sign, and why...
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces — water signs feel everything deeply, and the beads I chose for them had to match that. Here's the research behind the power colors, elemental stones, and...
I don't usually research before I design. But the zodiac demanded it. Here's how I built the framework for the Air Signs collection — and what I chose for Aquarius.
Your wrist is an autobiography. Not the edited version you'd put on a resume — the real one, written in beads and wire and the things you couldn't bring yourself...
Every maker has a bead they bought on instinct and haven't figured out yet. Mine is a bowl of polished serpentine — stunning, stubborn, and still waiting for the right...
The hardest part of making jewelry for a shop isn't the wire or the beads. It's learning to hold your own preferences loosely enough to make room for someone else's.
Some beads are pretty. These beads have been somewhere. A look at the chevrons, Peruvian pottery, Tibetan agate, and mala beads in my latest haul — and the history, culture,...
I've seen the prices. I understand the appeal. When you're a very small business watching every dollar, a strand of beads for $1.50 is not easy to scroll past. What...
The amethyst made it home. Now came the harder question: what did it want to be? Follow the design process — the failed first attempt, the unexpected find in the...
