It all started with a title of "Suzy Homemaker"...

In 2006, I was working at a great dental office, and in my spare time, I was always busy doing some sort of craft. If it was portable, I would occasionally bring it to work with me to tinker with on my lunch breaks. This crafty nature eventually led to me getting the title of "Suzy Homemaker" from my co-workers. :)

The week of Valentine's Day comes along, and I think of it as just a normal work week. All of a sudden someone says, "Christy, make us something fun for Valentine's Day tomorrow." Well, at first I thought about making some cute lapel pins for everyone to pin on their scrub tops because I only had one night, and needed to do something fast. With this mission in mind, I headed to Hobby Lobby to see what I can find.

In order to find those little pin backs, I had to make a stop in the jewelry section. Needless to say, the pins were history after I got a good look at rows and rows of beads. I grabbed a couple of packages of earrings, some cute red and pink beads, and then took myself home to see what I could do!

The rest is history! The co-workers loved their earrings, I started getting orders to make jewelry, and then, started participating in occasional shows and festivals. It wasn't until 2012 that I decided to take this show to the web, and open an Etsy store. What an adventure I've had!