uncorked

wine cork jewelry - the original test tube cork jewelry

Asbury Park, New Jersey | 4484 Sales

5 out of 5 stars (1959)

uncorked

wine cork jewelry - the original test tube cork jewelry

Asbury Park, New Jersey 4484 Sales On Etsy since 2007

5 out of 5 stars (1959)

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uncorked is taking a short break

Note from shop owner I am taking a break to spend the holidays with my family and revamp my offerings for next year. Thank you for a wonderful 2018. We will open with a brand new selection in 2019.

Be Kind Rewined is the most fantabulously awesome and original handmade cork jewelry on the planet by Cat Ivins at Olive Bites Studio.

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Last updated on Dec 14, 2018

I am taking a break to spend the holidays with my family and revamp my offerings for next year. Thank you for a wonderful 2018. We will open with a brand new selection in 2019.

Be Kind Rewined is the most fantabulously awesome and original handmade cork jewelry on the planet by Cat Ivins at Olive Bites Studio.

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  • Welcome to Uncorked Jewelry ™ the most fantabulously awesome and original handmade cork jewelry on the planet!
  • My new cork is grown in managed forests in Portugal where the bark is carefully harvested without harming the tree!
  • My used corks are recycled from local bars at the Jersey Shore!
  • My studio, Olive Bites, on a very organized day!
  • 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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    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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