Your relationship with each person in your life is as individual as they are. Memories from time spent with them may hit at any time. A song, a smell, a saying can pull you back to a time you spent with them, laughing, enjoying life. That’s good. It’s...
What do you do when your mother loves travel and brings you along on many of her trips? You could grow up to become a travel agent like Marianne Windham of Windham Travel & Leisure. Marianne’s mother’s passion definitely influenced her. She says her...
I LOVE creating for happy occasions! As much as creating memorial jewelry means to me, creating for a happy event like a birthday is special. One mom asked me to create something special for her daughter’s birthday. My first reaction was “Of course,...
One of the first custom pieces I made came about because of a request from a grieving mother. Hematite had a special meaning for her and her son and she wanted a rosary style necklace to wear in his memory. When she asked if I could create if for her, I said...
It’s very humbling when a mom who has lost a child contacts me to create something in their memory. Some want a birthstone or favorite color incorporated, but don’t know exactly what they want the finished piece to look like. Others have an object, stone...
One of my favorite things is creating a piece that has a special meaning to someone. Making something special for a birthday, Mother’s Day or a wedding means that the recipient will have something unique, something that is only theirs. But when someone asks me...
