Blush + Bashful

Today I was talking to my creative and fashionable friend, Jaime. She mentioned that she added some of her new handmade jewelry pieces to her etsy.com store. Knowing that she makes fabulous jewelry, I asked her to send me the link so I could see her latest work. I was immediately excited when I saw it. She uses the store name “Magnolia Street” to house her collections online. I think our connection was meant to be, as blush + bashful got its name from “Steel Magnolias” and uses a magnolia in its logo. See what I mean?!

I asked Jaime to give me a quote about how she got started making jewelry and why she loves it. Here’s what she had to say,

“The first time I realized I could make my own jewelry was when a friend of mine came into work wearing a simple leather cord bracelet with recycled glass beads spaced intermittently and tied to it. I admired it and asked where she had bought it, and she told me, ‘I made it!’ She said she had gone to Caravan Beads on Lincoln and Roscoe and had received help there to make her own bracelet.

“I decided to give it a go and went to the store myself. I was quickly hooked. The walls are filled with gorgeous, shimmering beads, shells, strands, findings…everything you could want to make beautiful pieces all your own.

“Later, I got a basic tool set as a gift and began to make my own creations in earnest. Today, I’ve designed pieces for a friend’s wedding, as a birthday gift for another friend’s mother, and have several commissions for pieces rolling in. I even designed an entire line of pieces for another friend who handed me $200 in a bead shop and told me to ‘go crazy.’ I also make pieces and leave them in random places for friends to find for their birthdays and special events. It tickles me to no end to to hear a high-pitched squeal and an ‘On my goodness!’, and know that they’ve foudn a pretty necklace or bracelet or earrings that I’ve secretly left for them in a little stashed spot.

“My desire is to create unique, clean designs that don’t belong to any one time or place, but that make the wearer feel classic and beautiful. My pieces stand the test of time…and the test of a girlfriend’s eye, who will look at what you’re wearing and immediately want one for herself!”

If you’re interested in contacting Jaime about designing custom bridesmaid jewelry using your wedding colors or a unique and impressive gift for your future mother-in-law, email me meg@blushandbash fulevents.com and I’ll put you in contact with her. She’s great!

Enjoy!
Meg