Reviews
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olga MAROLLEAU on Nov 15, 2018
4 out of 5 starsTrès joli collier original avec de belles finitions.
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Cassy Gaddis on Aug 13, 2018
5 out of 5 starsCat went and above and beyond for me after I placed this order! Her kindness and personability were an added bonus to such a great product!! Thank you so much!!
About
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Welcome to Uncorked Jewelry ™ the most fantabulously awesome and original handmade cork jewelry on the planet!
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My new cork is grown in managed forests in Portugal where the bark is carefully harvested without harming the tree!
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My used corks are recycled from local bars at the Jersey Shore!
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My studio, Olive Bites, on a very organized day!
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Some pics from a recent show in Phillie!
Olive Bites Studio - because biting's like kissing, except there's a winner
My name is Catherine (Cat) Ivins and I make really cool new stuff out of really cool old stuff.
I live in a little house at the beautiful Jersey shore.
I have one hubby, one daughter and one dog. My design studio is called Olive Bites (after my pup, who doesn't anymore) where I design and create 2 sustainable and recycled jewelry lines called Uncorked Jewelry® and Polarity Lockets®.
My Uncorked jewelry is made with cork bark that is hand-harvested in Portugal (without harming the cork oak trees) and is upcycled in my NJ studio into something handmade and beautiful and totally unique.
I also recycle corks for many bars at the Jersey Shore - luckily for me we have a lot of them! And people from all over the planet send me their corks - luckily for me I have alot of friends who really, really like to drink.
My cork obsession began with a wine cork hubs and I saved from the first night we spent in our new house. Being the crafty goddess I am I pulled out a super thick red magic marker I had used for our packing boxes and wrote NEW HOUSE on it (wasn't I clever?).
This NEW HOUSE cork was soon joined by PORTLAND VACATION and ANNIVERSARY and NEW BABY (well, truthfully the baby came first, but this way makes a better story).
Corks were soon filling every drawer and every closet and every nook and cranny until it was either make something or stop drinking wine (note- we did not stop drinking wine).
I want to deliver a unique view of something we have all seen before and hopefully get everyone thinking about new ways of seeing and using some of the other things in our lives. I hope you enjoy my work as much as I have enjoyed making it!
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Olive Ivins
Owner - Chief Dumpster Diver
I am what happens when a boston terrier falls in love with a beagle - I am the brains behind and the chief inspiration for Olive Bites Studio (no matter what Cat puts in her story).
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Cat Ivins
Owner, Maker, Designer
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I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: