Building awareness and communities to support and find treatments for Rare Diseases and Genetic Conditions
Rachel Baron, a jewelry artist and teacher from Lancaster High School, NY engaged her students in a community service project creating bracelets to support families affected by rare disease. Together, Rachel and her students donated over 50 bracelets to the 7000 Bracelets for Hope program. [...]
Many of Kari Asbury’s jewelry, available through Etsy, feature artisan beads and pendants, like several of the bracelets she donated to the 7000 Bracelets of Hope program. Although she has always considered herself a creative person, it was only about 13 years ago when she discovered her [...]
Alyson Garvey is a jewelry designer/social worker who has been making jewelry since 2001. Maggie’s Corner, her shop on Etsy, offers economical, handmade jewelry including earrings, bracelets, necklaces and anklets. All of these pieces are made with base metals, brass or copper. Her other techniques include etching, PMC (precious [...]
Beth Petricoin, of Create My World Designs, is not only an artist; she is also a craftsman, student, teacher, dreamer, wife and homemaker. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art, she has been creating jewelry for the past decade. But she does not limit herself to [...]
Jewelry designer Amy Freeland, of GreenBead Designs, works in the legal field by day, and plays with copper, beads and enamel by night. She buys beads, works with beads and blogs about beads. This lady is all about beads! Amy’s shop on Etsy has recently [...]
Jewelry designer Cindy Matthews of Arrowdale Art Studio is no novice when it comes to crafts. From sewing to embroidery, collaging, decoupage, painting, and most recently, polymer clay, she has tried her hand at it all. But when she learned she had adiposis dolorosa, or Dercum’s disease, [...]
Jewelry designer, Emma Thomas, of Fredbean’s Nook was born and raised in Devon, England. She currently resides on the picturesque Aquidneck Island, RI with her beautiful family. Emma has run a marathon, swam with sharks, lived on a tropical island, and even eaten ridiculous amounts [...]
