☼ We are a mother/daughter team of jewelry making fashionistas with a bohemian flair! My mom (Sue), makes all of the beautiful, handmade batik creations. No two are alike. A great amount of time goes into the intricate creation process. She has been doing batik for decades and absolutely loves the ancient Indonesian craft, creating unique boho pieces, and making wearable art for our customers. She also designs and makes most of the jewelry in our shop.

I (Sarah) make bohemian stretch bracelets, chokers, and dabble occasionally in necklace design. I manage the shop and do most of the promotion. My true love (aside from my dog Lucy), however, is all things fashion.

Many of our jewelry items, and all of the batik and tie dye creations, are one of a kind. Our main purpose here is to make beautiful, original, unique statement pieces for creative customers to enjoy and wear with pride.

♥ Sue on the batik and jewelry craft ♥
My first batiks were created in a class at the Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Center in 1975 that was a Christmas gift from my husband. I had been making arts and crafts works all of my life, but the serendipity and surprise of this ancient Indonesian craft really inspired my imagination, much like photography and dark room work had. It is exciting, even magical, to see how the dyes have seeped into cracked wax, how the dye colors have combined, and ultimately, to experience delightful surprises when the wax is removed to reveal what has been created through the multiple steps of waxing and dying...it's like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis!

Back in the beginning...when I learned the batik process from my excellent teacher, I quickly produced a wide-variety of batik items, including magical window hangings that glowed like stained glass, large framed abstract and pictorial wall prints, unique and unusual stuffed dolls and clothing. Unfortunately, it was difficult to sell batik, back when the dyes were not as permanent, at a price that would reimburse my time and materials, as well as make a profit. So I took a hiatus from loving and living batik to making a living, then to loving and raising two wonderful daughters. I encouraged my girls' own creative endeavors, which included demonstrating batik and other crafts and arts, while working full time as an office administrator. Later, when I was working as a human resources specialist at a community college adult education program, I began taking various art classes, including beaded and wire-wrapped jewelry. Another love was born! I couldn't stop, and once again produced a large inventory of items, purely for the love of creating beautiful pieces. Although I gave away most of the items I made to friends and family, I often sold things, and was encouraged and assisted by Sarah, my fashion and business savvy younger daughter, to create a batik and jewelry shop on Etsy. Still busy with my job and other commitments, I appreciated and trusted Sarah's design sense and marketing experience to step in to create my SuDan Design, eventually renamed BohoXoXo, shop in this wonderful global marketplace, and to be its sole manager until I retired from my job in April 2013.

Now I am blessed to do what I love full time, creating unique and beautiful things by hand, from my heart to yours. I hope you love what I make as much as I love making it!

If you love or make One of a Kind creations, head on over to our team:
https://www.etsy.com/teams/24198/one-of-a-kind

♥ Find us on:
Instagram: @bohoxoxox
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I was, for several years, a consignor at Boutique 208, a locally handmade arts and crafts cooperative in Pittsburgh, PA that has recently closed it's doors. You can read more of my story at the "Meet Your Makers" blog below:
http://boutique208.blogspot.com/2014/03/meet-your-makers-sue-dunham-danielson.html

I am a also member of the HandMade in USA team of 375 artists and designers on Etsy. Please check out the 4000+ items made by hand in the USA by clicking the link below:
www.etsy.com