Another favorite of mine is Amy Peters / www.amypetersstudio.com
Amy Peters became a jewelry designer at the the age of 8. An after-school program in jewelry enameling sparked a lifetime love of jewelry making. After that program she went on to bead-working, pearl knotting, casting and fabricating jewelry. She worked at an after-school job knotting pearls during high school and worked in a bead shop through college. Peters' attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, but Jewelry design wasn't offered as a major. So after taking every class offered at the school, she packed her bags and she transferred to San Francisco State. She was able to create her own major and received her BA in Metal Arts and Jewelry Design from San Francisco State in 1989. After college she continued to perfect her craft but treated it more as a hobby than a career. Over the years she worked working various jobs to earn a living. Everything from Retail sales and a Kidney Transplant coordinator at Stanford Hospital's blood center. She credits her many business skills to everything she learned at these jobs. "Every learning experience is worthwhile," Peters often says.
She finally decided she wanted a change of scenery and moved back to California's central coast. She took a job at a local gallery, Hands Gallery where she finally got the courage to take the leap to professional artist. A prominent artist urged her "if you haven't used your art to make a living within 5 years of graduating art school, you probably never will" It had been 4 1/2 years, so she lept. After renting a 9-foot by 15-foot victorian carriage shed with a dirt floor and no running water, she filled out her business papers and Amy Peters' Studio was born in 1995.
It is important for Peters' that her jewelry be affordable and accessible to everyone. "I want the designs to be inspirational and to be keepsakes and talismans for everyday life" states Peters. "I especially love the time in a girl's life when she is just finding her voice, My hope is that my designs can help them along their voyage" |
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My favorites are the stacking rings. Choose words like “ accept, change, grow, trust” or “ask, seek, define, receive” or my fave, “sing, dance, dream, fly”.
I also love the chunky charm necklaces – these are wonderful gifts of inspiration to give or to wear as a reminder to live your best life!
Check out this next website too / www.kathrynriechert.etsy.com
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My inspiration comes from the world that surrounds us. I search for the beauty within and seek to translate what I find into the permanence of metal and stone. I strive to make people aware of the wonder that exists around them by capturing its essence in different forms.
Kathryn makes some beautiful posey rings. Posey rings date back for centuries and were first given as engagement rings inscribed with sentiments of love. Through time the word "posey" began to refer to a ring with writing on it.
Check out her posey rings, bracelets and necklaces at her etsy shop online!
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Happy Shopping -- and make it an inspiration to yourself and others! |
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about jalyn webb
Jalyn has been an advocate for curvy women since she began being curvy -- which we think was around age 6! She spent a fantastic year as a marketing and tour director for the Just My Size west coast tour where she met thousands of curvy women who inspire her still. She currently is the District Manager for Brighton Collectibles in Colorado, and she also sings with the acapella group "Simplicated" (formerly eLeMeNO-P) and as a guest singer with the classic rock and blues band, Blues Planet.
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