Jewels by Johanna Information

Some sort of craft business was always in my future. I am not sure when I first knew it... when my mother taught me flower arranging, tole painting, how to make a pillow for my brother for Christmas, or if it was when Mom took me to craft fairs for inspiration. Whenever it was, I have known for quite some time that no desk job would ever satisfy my creativity, and that even if only as a supplement to a job that pays the bills, I wanted the world to have access to the beautiful things I can make. I started making jewelry when I was 10 years old, stringing plastic beads on strands pulled from a friend's string mobile (with her permission). By the time I reached high school I had started stringing better quality beads on materials actually intended for beading. Once out in the real world with a real job, I discovered the joy of working with and wearing genuine Swarovski crystals and pure gemstones. Now I would like you to enjoy that as well. I apprenticed with a metalsmith, a fantastic experience that came to an abrupt end with her untimely death, but I worked with her long enough to know that I could not be happy sitting behind a desk at a 9 to 5 job, and having jewelry only be a part time vocation. I am now a work at home Mom, trying to keep up with a one year old and making jewelry every chance I get. Please enjoy my unique, handcrafted jewelry!