I truly love to make it all. Most recently I have been working to develop my silversmithing skills and have really enjoyed the challenge. In the coming months years and decades I hope to hone my skills ever more to finally share artisan creations that will totally reinvent the previous ideas held about what jewelry can be and mean for the owner! Talismans of luck, power, love and light.

For much of the inspiration and fuel to create I look to nature and what is right under my feet and above my head. We live in the country and with the company I keep (my three young children) I see green and brown and black dirt mud, frogs, birds and bugs. Lots of bugs!
We spend time in our gardens everyday surrounded by nature. Birch trees, prairie grasses, wildflowers and that beautiful North Dakotan SKY. There is plenty to draw from in terms of beauty.

I work in the basement of our home. It's unfinished and cold but it's a space that I can use without interruption from children or husbands or guests to our home. All that happens there is jewelry making and laundry, a domain all my own. I have been lucky to apprentice with a wonderful jeweler and rock hound from Fargo who has since passed away. I have received some training in Stellenbosch South Africa at the University of Stellenbosch. I have read many books and publications on jewelry design and fabrication. I am always looking for new techniques and ideas.

My hope is that the piece you buy from Prairie Fairy is something that you can wear for many years through the seasons. Thanks very much for taking time to hear what I have to say and for showing interest in this jewelry. Rest assured it is created with love and the most positive of intentions for happiness to the wearer.

If there is anything I can make especially for you please get in touch with me so we can make it happen. xx