08/29/2026
The “Homecoming Hoops” 🧡
((and matching dog tag))
If these hoops could talk 🥹 I was beyond honored to be asked by a very near and dear old friend to make her her dream hoops to celebrate achieving a huge life milestone. She put herself through nursing school with the dream of one day having it allow her to move back to our shared home state of California. What an absolute joy to honor this place we both hold so dear, and what an incredible synchronicity that her new home I mailed them to: literally 10 minutes away from the house I grew up in, on the same Santa Cruz Mountains. ⛰️ I am so proud of you Amanda, for chasing and accomplishing your dreams. And thank you for trusting me to bring your California talisman dreams to life 🧡
I will save the silversmith novel I could write about all I poured into making these earrings for a part 2… as I documented a lot of the process of these beauties. But will just leave you with the backstory that Amanda sent me a sketch of her dream hoops, showcasing the desire for both rope and barbed wire, California Poppies, and real life cast Mountain Lion teeth, with the request for them to be open crescent shaped, and despite all the large silver components, light enough for everyday wear. And I believe we made all of those dreams reality. Will have more to show you soon…
An honor 🙏🌲🧡