A Touching Custom Order

This has been my second summer selling Scarlett Garnet in the St. Louis Farmer's Markets. Being bright-eyed, bushy tailed, and completely set up by 8am on a Saturday is no easy task. However, the people I meet at the markets make it all worth while. Farmer's Market shoppers care about quality over quantity and enjoy meeting the farmer/goat-herder/artist behind their purchase. I had the lucky occasion to meet Gerard and Christy, a couple whose affection for each other was tangible. After their first visit to my booth, Gerard emailed me to request a custom piece for Christy, a sterling Trinacria, the symbol of Sicily. They had just returned from the island and Gerard wanted to surprise her with the special gift. I had the piece ready last Saturday at the Tower Grove, wrapped for the mid-market surprise. If I didn't recognize Gerard from our first meeting, I would have known him unmistakably by his eager grin as he entered my booth. I snuck him the package and he presented it to her right there. Jaw-dropping happiness took over her face! She couldn't stop hugging and starring at him incredulously for his thoughtfulness. They walked away and continued through the market, arm in arm, the picture of a happy couple young at heart. It is rare that we get to witness the initial reaction to one of our custom orders, so this was truly a special moment for Scarlett Garnet!

I regret that I did not get a picture of the necklace or the couple in their happy moment, but sometimes stories are meant to be shared and stored only up here (taps noggin with forefinger, tink tink).

SG all over the STL press!

Revamped Jewelry! Clip on earrings into unique pendants

Debra Bass, fashion editor of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, is writing a series on "Cheap Tricks"- ways to be fashionable and not break the bank. She enlisted me to teach a group of young women how to turn their old jewelry into something new to wear. Catch the story at STLToday.com

Great Day St. Louis (morning local talk show) also had to get in on the action. I showed some before and after examples of revamped vintage jewelry, and even reworked some of the host, Virginia Kerr's jewelry live on the show! Watch the segment at GreatDayStLouis.com.
These funky earrings, hand sawed from retired license plate metal, were the "Green Picks" of local farmer and friend, Molly Rockamann of EarthDance Farms, in the July issue of St. Louis' At Home Magazine! Find out more about Molly's work with EarthDance at EarthDanceFarms.org.