Simple, Elegant, and Mostly Recycled

My daughters and I create both traditional and non-traditional jewelry. The steampunk pieces made of vintage watch parts and old skeleton keys look very non-traditional. And, of course, there's our more traditional gemstone and precious metal jewelry.

My older daughter has now put together some pieces that kinda fall somewhere in between. Made of newer hardware found in a stash of old sewing machine parts or in a box of small items we picked up at a tag sale, she's created some simple and more modern designs mostly in black.

Somehow when we find ourselves alone with almost any kind of small objects and a little wire or chain, my daughters and I manage to create jewelry.