When I was engaged to Mr. Spiffing (A.K.A. Nick), I had the ultimate DIY wedding planned, and that eventually came to include the bridesmaids gifts, as the bracelets I had wanted to get for them were over $150 a piece, which, as much as I wished I could do, was absolutely unfeasible. Being the crafty girl I’ve always been, my next thought was “I could make that!” So I went down to the bead store and got to work! (I’ll happily admit now that the bracelets I made for my bridesmaids 3 years ago were utter rubbish, but they wouldn’t agree!) 

After making the bridesmaids bracelets, I then used all the leftover beads to make myself a badge holder for work, a 45″ long, lovingly hand wire wrapped rosary chain in a myriad of colors. It matched everything, and garnered compliments every single day. I liked it so much I began to wear it as a necklace, and thus the Buxom necklace was born!

By now I was on a roll, I made my own bridal jewelry, a gorgeous necklace and matching earrings (see above), and then earrings for all of the bridesmaids, bracelets for all of the moms, and cuff links for all the groomsmen and ushers. It was a never ending litany of handmade jewelry, and I loved it.

Everywhere I went after the wedding, I would get compliments on my jewelry. Ladies started asking me for business cards, and I felt like a moron for not having any, or even a website. I was feeling that post-nuptial depression, quite bereft of anything to plan, so I was poised and ready to start my business. I ordered tons and tons of beads and got to work.

Three years later, Spiffing Jewelry has grown into a full-time job and flourishing business, selling worldwide on Etsy, my own website, at craft shows and intimate home parties. I’m loving every minute of it, and I know that you will love my jewelry too!

A little about me... oops, I mean us!

I’m a perpetually happy 20-something, and I show that in multiple ways; smiling-always, having something nice to say to anyone I might happen to meet, and wearing my personality on my sleeve, not only in the clothes that I wear, but in how I accessorize. I love bright colors, can you tell? I quit my day job in November 2011 to run Spiffing Jewelry full time, and though I work longer and harder than I ever did working for someone else, it's the most rewarding and fulfilling thing ever!

Mr. Spiffing and I have been happily married for a little over four years, though we've been together since high school. I adore keeping him happy with my cooking, pub-hopping, baseball games and going to the movies. When there's time, I run a supper club which turns our apartment into a cramped little bistro for all our friends and family, and offers me an opportunity to pretend I’m a gourmet chef. 

Nick runs his own Etsy shop, TheStrikingViking selling his photography, hand drawn greeting cards and left-handed movie scenes (which are hilarious, since he's right-handed!) He's a man's-man who loves baseball, bacon, bourbon and various other b-word and non-b-word things.  He's a big Disney freak, comic book nerd, and movie buff, like myself. Nick quit his day job to join me full time in September 2011, he handles all of the finishing work, polishing, oxidizing, brushing and forming metal (right up his power-tool alley!).

My best friend since junior high, Tara, quit her job in October 2011 to work with us full time! She's currently toiling away packaging all of our orders, but she's also making all of our beaded jewelry, chains and when we have extra time, designing one of a kind beaded beauties!