Alana Faith Chen black and white hoops this necklace is a gift

this necklace is a gift she will cherish for the rest of her life (along with the macaroni necklace you made her in kindergarten)

This 18" artisan necklace is beaded out of handmade seed beads from Java Island in Africa

and semi-precious gemstones and are handcrafted in Boulder Colorado

Mixed Metal coin-shaped pearl earrings

Alana Faith Chen black and white hoops this necklace is a giftMy studio feels empty without Alana. She smiled from her heart. I knew of her struggles and the abuse she had to endure by people in the Catholic Church and thought since she was smiling that somehow the pain was going away, I know now it wasn't, it was eating her up. The voices in her head that were planted by people who had no idea what love was and even less of an idea of what God was, were dominating her every thought, and eventually won the