Preserving beautiful, tiny, natural treasures so you can bring nature's magic with you wherever you go!
After moving from an urban area to the suburbs and then to the forest, FoundKept began as a newfound love for the color of fall leaves, an appreciation for the wildflowers that last only a day, and the delicate detail that nature's tiniest leaves have to offer. Armed with a small box labelled with a sharpie as "BOX OF TREASURES" and a pair of tweezers, daily nature walks would involve collecting beautiful, tiny, intricate pieces of leaves and flowers. It was exhilarating to find these small gifts, and although initially there was no plan for them but to admire them, preserving them was the only option.
At the same time, I was experimenting with resin-pour art but it wasn't striking that artistic chord in me that I had hoped it would. I loved working with resin, but the medium wasn't quite right. Eventually, I put two-and-two together when I pressed flowers from one of my best friend's wedding bouquet and gifted it back to her in the form of a necklace. Suddenly, all of the pieces were coming together, and it sparked a flurry of new items that would build the foundation for FoundKept Jewelry.
And that brings us to today - where the beautiful Etsy shoppers that land on this little slice of the internet can gather up some of that magical nature for him or herself. When you consider that the flowers in your earrings or necklace only bloomed once, and would never have been seen by another's eyes if it weren't for being preserved, or that the chlorophyll in a leaf would have faded and turned back to soil, rather than being a treasured piece of nature that your purchase helped to spotlight - well, goodness, it would seem we should all be carrying around our own box to collect the world's treasures (or at least the ones that can fit in a box)!
*Found/Kept specializes in real-botanical jewelry and hopes to create a world where tiny things are noticed, preserved, and treasured.
