Living in the Piedmont and/or mountains of North Carolina gives us the privilege of being one to two hours from the mountains or five to six hours from the seacoast, the best of all locations for living, relaxing or vacationing. Examples of the beauty of our surroundings are seen in the pictures on this page. The area has many skilled artisans and a rich heritage and reputation among travelers for the production of skillfully made handcrafted items.
Azaleas in the spring in the Piedmont North Carolina
Gerber daisies at the seashore
Hybrid Rhododendron in the mountains
The major portion of web site development and jewelry production is done by me, Peggy. After my retirement and the necessity to pursue less
rigorous physical activities, I have become enthralled (husband says adicted) with designing and making jewelry as well as learning how to program, design,
and improve the web site to share my creations with the world. Since the business had limited resources, it has been a constant learning process with programming languages, web design, and photography to effectively display the jewelry designs via the internet. As my knowledge and skills in
producing handmade jewelry have grown, I have becomed engrossed in expanding my skills to combining wire wrapping with semiprecious gemstone beads in earrings,
necklaces, bracelets, anklets, watches and pendants.
Handmade handcrafted jewelry production is a fascinating never ending study. The knowledge of gemstones is in itself another area to study. There is something to be learned from each article or book you read. There are a multitude of
websites sharing their knowledge and skillful tricks. I have found that there are gems of knowledge to be found in each jewelry book even though some of the
material may be repetious. My jewelry book library is growing. I frequently get so engrossed in reading, studying, and designing that I don't get
around to my housekeeping responsibilities.
Our other two members, having many and varied interests, are not concentrating on jewelry making exclusively at this time.
Elizabeth, our younger member has designed a web site to review all her present endeavors which can be seen at
http://www.elizabethsstuff.com. Frances is involved and skillful with upholstering furniture using leather and fabulous fabrics.
Jewelry making has become an intriguing, fascinating, consuming passion for me.
Our jewelry designs are original and unique. All our members, perfectionists, strive to make classic handmade beaded gemstone jewelry worthy to keep for an heirloom. Each piece of our jewelry is
meticulously handmade with care and attention given to detail as if we were going to wear and keep it for ourselves. Some designs are reminencent
of past years. We love the challenge of drawing on the years of our experiences to develop new designs and look forward to supplying your unique needs
for handmade gemstone beaded jewelry.
