Custom Jewelry
Have a design of something in your head?  Want an item that has already sold?  Need something to match a special outfit?  I can work with you to come up with a design that is perfect for you.  Email me with your ideas and a budget estimate and I'll work with you to come up with a design.  I'll email you pictures of options, maybe a sketch or a picture of a similar design, plus a price quote.  Once you have approved the design I'll send you a PayPal invoice.  After payment is received, your order will be added to my queue and shipped ASAP (usually 2-4 weeks).  If you are ordering bridal party jewelry, I recommend placing your order at least 3 months before the wedding.  I do not accept returns on custom orders. 

To get ideas, feel free to take a look at some of my past designs: 
Necklaces    Bracelets    Earrings    Pins, Rings, & Barrettes
The item name is in the web address (URL) when you mouse-over or click on a design.  It helps to include that when making an inquiry about re-creating a particular piece.

Personalized Jewelry for Mothers and Grandmothers
Customized jewelry is a wonderful way to honor your family or surprise a friend.  It can be for Mother's Day, to commemorate the arrival of a new child, or just something that she will cherish that was created just for you. 

Stamped Designs
Customize a ring, pendant, or bracelet with words stamped into copper or sterling silver.  For more information, click here to go to the Stamped Jewelry page. 

Letter Bead Bracelets
I can use multiple strands to accommodate several names, and create a necklace instead of a bracelet if you prefer.  I can also spell out a phrase or even use Greek letters to represent a sorority.  Click here for ideas.

Letters to spell names or phrases
I generally use sterling silver cubes or pewter ovals, although other options are available, such as sterling hearts and gold-tone ovals. 

Your choice of colors for accent beads
I like to use Swarovski crystals because of their high-quality facets and sparkles. They are available in a wide variety of colors, with or without the iridescent aurora borealis (AB) finish. You can pick your favorite colors, a mix of colors, or all sterling beads to go with everything.  Another option is to use crystals in the color of your child's birthstone.  (Click here for birthstone chart)

Your choice of clasp

Ordering
To order a mother's bracelet or necklace, email me with the following information:

• style of letter bead (sterling cube or pewter oval)
• names of the children
• number of strands you'd like the bracelet to be (For bracelets containing 4 or more names, I usually double up with 2 names per strand to keep the bracelet a reasonable width).
• colors of accent beads (or birth months, if applicable)
• your choice of clasp
• length you'd like the bracelet or necklace to be
• recipient's mailing address
• payment method (check or PayPal)

Bracelets with 10 letters or less are $70 for the first strand, $50 for each additional strand.  Necklaces with 10 letters or less are $80 for the first strand, $60 for each additional strand.  Please email me for a price quote for names greater than 10 letters per strand or if you'd like me to spell out a phrase.  Payment is due at the time you place your order.  I'll email you back with payment instructions.  Please do not mail cash or send credit card numbers over email!
 

Other Personalized Jewelry
I do other styles of family jewelry, too.  I can set your child's birthstone into silver (pictured at right), frame a favorite photo in a pendant, or even preserve your child's fingerprint in silver (for local customers). 

Ideas for phrases
Instead of names, why not spell out an inspirational saying or an important date?  (The inside of my wedding band says 2 become 1   4-29-00).

Here are some ideas to get you going. (a special thanks to my friend Jane McFann, the wordsmith who helped with this list!).  Keep in mind that phrases will be in all caps. 

Faith
Love
Sister
Peace
Dream
Believe
Mother
Princess
Be Happy
Friendship
I ♥ my ___  (fill in the blank)
Bunco Babe
Carpe Diem
Live Love Laugh
Faith Hope Love
Follow your bliss (Joseph Campbell)
Make a difference
Dwell in possibility
Let your life speak  (an old Quaker saying)
Be not afraid of life
Follow your dreams
Speak little Do much (Benjamin Franklin)
It is well with my soul (see photo)
Live happily ever after
The world is your stage
Courage Strength Hope
Hope is a waking dream (Aristotle)
To thine own self be true
Leap, and a net will form
Hitch your wagon to a star (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Light tomorrow with today (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
We are the choices we make (Meryl Streep)
Courage is grace under pressure (Ernest Hemingway)
Live well Laugh often Love much
I'll give my jewels for a string of beads (Shakespeare's Richard the Second)
As we grow old the beauty steals inward (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Be the change that you want to see in the world (Mahatma Gandhi)
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul (Emily Dickinson)
'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive (John Sheffield)
Each day comes bearing its own gifts  Untie the ribbons (Ruth Ann Schabacker)
Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go (Louise Driscoll)
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them (Walt Disney)
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return (Moulin Rouge)

Note: Long phrases may need multiple bracelet strands or may be better suited for a necklace in order to accommodate so many letters. 

Birthstone colors (click to for larger view)


 

All Crystal Colors (click to for larger view)