My Nana Bell

I was a kindergarden teacher for several years while studying Interior Architecture and Design.
Being a teacher and a student was a great challenge for me since I was also diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Hashimoto disease. I found myself struggling to cope with the work that had to be done and eventually quit my day job.
I kept going to university and even graduated with top grades, but my inner compass was telling me that I was on the wrong path.
Two years ago my Nana, with whom I grew up, passed away. A couple of weeks before her passing she gave me a gift of words. She said that I must live my life to the fullest and go out there and experience things. Those words later became a part of my interior voice which led me to reach for my childhood dream: becoming an artist and making a living out of it.

I chose to name my shop in memory and tribute to my Nana Belle (Bella Rivka) and hope she is watching proudly.

I make wedding hair accessories and decorations with wire, lace, satin, fabric flowers and beads. I also make jewelry and up-cycled hand drawn clothing. The clothes are bought from a local Vizo (Social organization) shop which gives all its profit to women and children in need. This way I give back to society plus it is ecological.

I draw inspiration for my wedding collection from Edwardian Bohemian era. I find these times fascinating with beauty.
My jewelry is mainly inspired by world wide tribes (with my own interpretation) and my clothing are a mix of tribal, ethnic-folk-gypsy inspired.
All of the above inspires me and I add my own splash of fantasy that creates Nana's Bells.
I put a lot of love and devotion into my creations and my shop and the thing that makes me the happiest is to know that somewhere out there, there is a satisfied costumer enjoying what I made.