Jewelry Care and Materials

Jewelry Care Instructions:

Each of our items are handcrafted with care in our California studio.  To ensure proper care of your new jewelry design, please remove jewelry before:

• Showering
• Sunbathing
• Swimming
• Working out
• Applying lotions, fragrances, or makeup 

Sterling Silver Plated Finish:

Sterling silver plate over pewter/brass/bronze with an antique finish.  Just like sterling silver, this finish will tarnish when exposed to air over a period of time. 

• Clean with a soft cotton cloth
• Do not use silver cleaners or treated polishing cloths, this will damage the finish
• Store in a non-tarnish bag 

Sterling Silver .925:

Many of our sterling silver items have oxidized detail.  This allows the small details of the design to stand out.  For this reason, you cannot submerse your sterling pieces in a liquid cleaner, as it will remove the oxidization in the design. 

• Clean with a polishing cloth made for sterling silver
• Store in a non-tarnish bag

Gemstone Beads:

Use a smooth non treated cloth to gently wipe the beads.  Do not submerse the item in jewelry cleaner or water, as this will damage your design.  

Production Materials:

A variety of materials are used in our handcrafted jewelry designs.  

• Metal Findings:  Pewter, brass, bronze
• Plated Finishes:  The highest quality finishes are used in our plating process.  Most finishes are nickel free.
• Chains: Brass, steel have been plated. Stainless steel
• Beads: Gemstone or Czech glass
• Genuine new and up-cycled leather
• Antique Stones/Beads:  These items can me more than 50 years old. Many with vintage cuts to them.  Please expect inclusions in them, as they are not perfect do to their age.  This does not take away from the beauty of the design.
• Rhinestones/Beads/Stones:  A variety of items are used to achieve the unique design.  These may include, glass, vintage, Swarovski® crystal or German/Czech made items.