ArtsyMadwoman

I’m never good at talking about myself but I’ll give it my best go :)

So my name is Heather and I’m the founder, creator and soul artist behind ArtsyMadwoman Jewelry! I started my shop at a time where I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. It was honestly a kind of dark time in my life, I struggled with depression and anxiety that I allowed to isolate me from my friends.

ArtsyMadwoman wasn’t always a jewelry shop and it wasn’t always called ArtsyMadwoman either. I believe my shop started as TwoHappyHippies! My boyfriend and I made hemp jewelry and that’s where I first fell in love with making jewelry! I had a natural knack for it and I felt like I discovered a hidden talent I had. We did that for a little while but sales were very slow because there are just so many amazing hemp jewelry artists and I felt like I wasn’t standing out enough.

So one day I watched a youtube video of a wire wrapping tutorial! This changed the game for me completely. I immediately bought some wire and grabbed my gemstones. I remember not having a pair of jewelry pliers so I used a huge pair of pliers and wire cutters that my Grandpa had in his tools. ( I still have the wire cutters and I use them once in a while xD ) My first wire wrapped crystal pendant came out AMAZING. At least that’s what I thought at the time, little did I know what I’d be making later ;)

At this time, I changed my Etsy Shop from TwoHappyHippies to ArtsyMadwoman! This is also when I created my Instagram account! Everything pretty much changed for me during this time. I found an incredible community of artists on Instagram and Etsy. I met other creators and made friends with customers who visited my shop regularly. For the first time in a long time, I didn’t feel alone anymore. I felt like I had friends who had similar interests as me and people who liked my work enough to buy it. That always touched me, that people thought my jewelry was worth their hard earned money and it still does.

From there, I suppose I just climbed up the ladder and kept teaching myself new techniques! One of my favorite things is finding a new style of weave and giving it my best go because it almost always doesn’t turn out the way it’s “supposed” to and I end up putting my own spin on it. I’m completely self taught, that is, I watch youtube tutorials and try it out xD

I’ve had people contact me to create something for their significant other. I’ve made jewelry for people to wear on their wedding day. I’ve made jewelry to raise money for charity. My friends and family are always asking me to make jewelry for them or their friends. I create to share and spread the love and I don’t think I’ll ever let this go. I love doing this and I want to one day own my own little shop to sell my jewelry and have others people art as well! If you take anything from this, I hope it’s that I’m ALL about sharing, spreading good vibes, boosting other artists up as well as myself.

If you got this far, I just want to say thank you so much for reading. If you have ever bought from me, I just want to say thank you SOOO much. If you follow me here or on Instagram and you like my photos or you comment, you guys are amazing and I just want to say thank you so much.

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