From my living room carpet to Hollywood's Red Carpet
My jewelry design business began as a hobby in 2007. It was by chance or fate, I'm not sure which, but somehow I stumbled upon a bead kit, or someone gave me one, and I made a cheap beaded necklace with acrylic beads, and immediately wanted to make more. I slowly taught myself about all I could possibly find on the jewelry making subject. I began working with metals in 2011, and things really changed for me once that happened. I won a couple of design contests and decided to submit a piece to Bead Trends magazine. My first try, it was accepted, and from there I had many more designs published, including the cover in December 2012. I applied and was accepted into the Artisan Group, and through my involvement with that organization, I've had a few designs worn on tv shows like The Vampire Diaries and Parenthood, and I've been able to participate in the celebrity gifting suite event at New York Fashion week, as well as gifted jewelry to many major celebrities. I have had jewelry worn on the red carpet in Los Angeles by actress Stephanie Drapeau, and I've had my jewelry photographed on a customer named Altynay Sapargaliyeva, who is a famous pop star from her home country (and happened to be standing with Oscar winner Adrien Brody in the photo.) In 2015, my jewelry was displayed at the GBK Primetime Emmy's Celebrity Gift Lounge, where it was worn by Dascha Polanco of Orange is the New Black, Daniel Franzese from Mean Girls and Looking, Ashley Scott from Jericho and Unreal, and Teyonah Parris from Mad Men. Daniel Franzese also owns one of the pieces he loved it so much, and has worn it a number of times and has been photographed in it, both by himself on his instagram and by photographers on the red carpet.
