A bit of History...

It all started with one little girl... 

It all started with a visit last summer from an old friend and her family.  Her daughter picked out a reddish stone from our yard and brought it up to the picnic table, so proud for finding it.  It was different from all the others, it was special to her.  She left it on the table, but forgot it when they left.  I kept the stone to give to her, but upon their next visit I had misplaced it. The little girl had started making friendship bracelets in her spare time, and was making one for me during this visit.  I thought it would be nice to make her a necklace with the rock she had picked out, and we could exchange gifts next time they came to visit (unfortunately they do not live close by).  It was that necklace that inspired me to get back into creating jewelry, something I had not done since I was 16 years old.