What? It doesn’t have to be about jewelry?? It’s been a tough but miraculous way! Here is the miracle I promised yesterday. Scene 1: Seeing a picture of mine that was posted for a brief minute before being taken down off Facebook, a friend from high school; Lisset, called me and asked what I was doing with my beautifully balanced jewelry company and if I would like to be branded, she could help me! Just that weekend I had been told that I needed to be branded in order to have a kiosk at Downtown Disney. I couldn’t believe it… … … She had called me right when I needed Her talent and expertise! I said “yes- help me”. First...
Surprise Party. It’s been a tough but miraculous way! Going into downtown LA jewelry mart is an experience of a lifetime. I seriously thought the US National Debt could be eliminated by the amount of gold, silver, platinum and diamonds I saw on one street! I bought supplies with $300 and made about 100 necklaces of different designs. In 2006-2007 the real estate bubble popped, and street fairs were being overrun by jewelry makers trying to supplement their income. I called everywhere, from Santa Barbara down to San Clemente and the answer was NO to me because I made jewelry. But wait… there was one reluctant market manager who was willing to see me and my jewelry, Randi in San...
I was thankful that my Papa at 93 years of age got to meet and hold my daughter Kara before he went to be with the Lord in 2017. Shortly after he passed, I wrote as my business mantra the declaration of purpose. “For those who have gone before me, for those who are with me, for those who come after me … To God Be the Glory! This is my legacy.” At the kiosk in Fashion Island, Pattie Daly bought my jewelry and heard my story. When I called her, we hit it off immediately and she invited my mom and me on the Pattie Daly Caruso show, which was a highlight of my time with these two amazing...
• Things you don’t know about my Inspiration. It’s been a tough but miraculous way! When my mom was still battling stage 4 cancer in 2000, I was engaged to be married, which people in my life were excited for on account that it was a joyful occasion that my mom could live to see. But three weeks before, he called off the wedding. I was devastated and the failure I felt was crushing and blinding. • I left my teaching job, family, friends and church in Rancho Cucamonga, CA and went to my friend Edith’s parents in Springfield Missouri. In short… I got a little lost and ran away. Not knowing how to handle this level of rejection…. I...
