My grandma is the type of person who only wears the finest jewelry and is quite picky about her preferences (as she should be). She has an eye for the most elegant and beautiful pieces. She prefers simplicity above everything. Recently, she asked me to cut her a white cabochon. Well, I do not own very many white rocks. However, not that long ago I went with my dad and my brother to Wisconsin and bought lots of new rocks! One of these rocks was a very unique piece of Imperial Jasper. This piece of Imperial Jasper was a grey/beige color and depicted an image of a bird. When she asked me for this cab, I knew immediately I had to cut her a cabochon out of this gorgeous rock!
I got to work immediately and captured an image of a bird sitting on a branch in light grey and beige tones. I knew she would love it! While working on this cabochon, she asked me about jewelers that she could send this cab to have made into a pendant. We looked at so many different jewelers, but none of them caught her eye.
Once I finished her stone, I had the idea that we (my mom, brother, and I) should send it to a jeweler as a birthday present as her birthday was in just two weeks. On our website, we have a list of jewelers that do custom work. I love all of them, but I wanted to find someone who could design something that would be of my grandma’s taste. Little Wing Jewelry caught my eye. Their website featured all different designs, from intricate pieces to abstract, elegant, and simple pieces. All of them were gorgeous! My mom and I agreed that we had to reach out to see if she could make us a custom piece with the cabochon I cut.
I reached out and met the shop owner, Jeanette. Jeanette was wonderful to communicate with and made the process of picking out the design of the pendant very easy. She sent multiple pictures of different samples and I loved all of them. However, there was one in particular that stood out above the rest. It was simple, showcased the stone nicely, and had beautiful silver accents to nicely compliment the stone. I mailed the cabochon to Jeanette and while she was working on the piece, she kept me updated and ensured that she was creating the pendant exactly as we had wanted. I was so appreciative of her excellent communication during the process.
The piece was finished very quickly and the finished project blew me away! I knew the pendant was going to be high quality and a gorgeous piece, but I was not expecting it to go above and beyond all of my expectations!
Here is an image of the necklace:
To keep my grandma from getting suspicious of not getting her stone sooner, I told her that I was having trouble cabbing it due to the material being inconsistent and full of scratches. She did not suspect a thing.
When the necklace arrived, we gave her her gift and she was so surprised! She could not believe her eyes when she saw it. She absolutely loved it! Since then she has talked about potentially ordering more from Little Wing Jewelry and has looked at her shop multiple times with me.
I highly recommend checking out Jeanette’s shop. She has something for everyone and her craftsmanship is outstanding. Her work is something to be admired and not only that, but she has excellent communication and professionalism.
You can check out more of her work here: https://littlewingjewelry.com/
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