Sometimes Pesce makes every element of her jewelry desig
Pesce had worked,
married, become a devoted mom and eventually felt the pangs of being on her own
again. Yet, she declares, "I'm living the life I hoped I'd be living at this
stage in my life. I'm thankful."
She started her own jewelry design business, called simply Cheryl Pesce.
"I make something new and different and wonderful every single day, and I'm making a living at it," says Pesce, 53. "I work from home — that's an integral part of my life.
"I rise very early every morning, walk three miles, work on the jewelry, and I'm out calling on my stores by 10 a.m. most days. … When I get an idea in the middle of the night, I can go into my design studio and get right to work on it."
Her unique designs using metals, gems, leather and natural stone are available locally at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; National Ornamental Metal Museum; Lansky 126; diane's Art, Gift, Home; La Maison Fine Antiques; Oak Hall; Southern Couture; Lavish; as well as in Nashville at York & Friends Fine Art and in Greenville, S.C., at Sassy on Augusta.
"There is always a copper bowl of black-eyed peas on my display and work tables. It is an homage to my grandmothers, who always wore copper bracelets and believed black-eyed peas were a symbol of good luck."
Sometimes Pesce makes every element of her jewelry design; other times,Check out our Military goggles and protective eyewear. she re-purposes items. For example, she incorporates hand-made chain maille links and unique toggles for a metal bracelet that she antiqued to a bronze tone.
For one necklace, she hangs an African medallion of the Dogon people of Mali on a string of African "white hearts," trade beads with a white center.
"I have created an entire Tribal Collection built around ancient materials like amber, bone, coral and shell," she says.
Her "Worry Catcher" contains a stone cabochon swaddled in basket-woven wire of several colors. "I always feel better after I make one, so I started calling it my Worry Catcher. The wearer can touch the necklace whenever they feel worried and know their worries are woven into the Worry Catcher and can't get out ... so there's really no need to worry.
"I love working with natural stones and metal."
One leather-strap bracelet is accented with three slices of colored sea glass attached by silver wire that's bent to mimic ocean waves.
A necklace pairs a string of small turquoise stones with a link chain purchased at an estate jewelry liquidation sale.
Yet another necklace is an original, heavy link design that can be customized to length and even made as a bracelet.Want to learn how to make fabric flowers or looking for some crafty inspiration?
"I make only one or two of the same thing. I have no help. I work very hard,Search our Eyeglasses frame catalog for designer frames." says Pesce. "I've always made things. My older sister said, 'When you were 4 years old you were pinning things on people, making jewelry.'"
However, it seemed an unlikely prospect that she would turn to jewelry for a living.
"I did the whole corporate thing — medical and equipment sales representative. Then I married. It was beautiful. Married a doctor and had a baby. But she was born when I was only 6? months pregnant, and she was very sick. Stayed in the hospital three months.
"Literally, they said, 'Take her home, call your funeral director, there's nothing more we can do.' When we got through that, doctors said she would be blind,Shop for bobblehead head dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build. mentally challenged.
"I have a degree in special education, and I dedicated my life completely to my daughter and home. And today, my daughter — her name is Avery Cunningham — she's nearly 20, beautiful,Find a wide range of stainless steel necklace Jewellery to buy online precocious, and on full scholarship to DePauw University. She's a grown woman and independent. She's a published author of a children's book, 'My Cat Had Kittens.'
She started her own jewelry design business, called simply Cheryl Pesce.
"I make something new and different and wonderful every single day, and I'm making a living at it," says Pesce, 53. "I work from home — that's an integral part of my life.
"I rise very early every morning, walk three miles, work on the jewelry, and I'm out calling on my stores by 10 a.m. most days. … When I get an idea in the middle of the night, I can go into my design studio and get right to work on it."
Her unique designs using metals, gems, leather and natural stone are available locally at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; National Ornamental Metal Museum; Lansky 126; diane's Art, Gift, Home; La Maison Fine Antiques; Oak Hall; Southern Couture; Lavish; as well as in Nashville at York & Friends Fine Art and in Greenville, S.C., at Sassy on Augusta.
"There is always a copper bowl of black-eyed peas on my display and work tables. It is an homage to my grandmothers, who always wore copper bracelets and believed black-eyed peas were a symbol of good luck."
Sometimes Pesce makes every element of her jewelry design; other times,Check out our Military goggles and protective eyewear. she re-purposes items. For example, she incorporates hand-made chain maille links and unique toggles for a metal bracelet that she antiqued to a bronze tone.
For one necklace, she hangs an African medallion of the Dogon people of Mali on a string of African "white hearts," trade beads with a white center.
"I have created an entire Tribal Collection built around ancient materials like amber, bone, coral and shell," she says.
Her "Worry Catcher" contains a stone cabochon swaddled in basket-woven wire of several colors. "I always feel better after I make one, so I started calling it my Worry Catcher. The wearer can touch the necklace whenever they feel worried and know their worries are woven into the Worry Catcher and can't get out ... so there's really no need to worry.
"I love working with natural stones and metal."
One leather-strap bracelet is accented with three slices of colored sea glass attached by silver wire that's bent to mimic ocean waves.
A necklace pairs a string of small turquoise stones with a link chain purchased at an estate jewelry liquidation sale.
Yet another necklace is an original, heavy link design that can be customized to length and even made as a bracelet.Want to learn how to make fabric flowers or looking for some crafty inspiration?
"I make only one or two of the same thing. I have no help. I work very hard,Search our Eyeglasses frame catalog for designer frames." says Pesce. "I've always made things. My older sister said, 'When you were 4 years old you were pinning things on people, making jewelry.'"
However, it seemed an unlikely prospect that she would turn to jewelry for a living.
"I did the whole corporate thing — medical and equipment sales representative. Then I married. It was beautiful. Married a doctor and had a baby. But she was born when I was only 6? months pregnant, and she was very sick. Stayed in the hospital three months.
"Literally, they said, 'Take her home, call your funeral director, there's nothing more we can do.' When we got through that, doctors said she would be blind,Shop for bobblehead head dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build. mentally challenged.
"I have a degree in special education, and I dedicated my life completely to my daughter and home. And today, my daughter — her name is Avery Cunningham — she's nearly 20, beautiful,Find a wide range of stainless steel necklace Jewellery to buy online precocious, and on full scholarship to DePauw University. She's a grown woman and independent. She's a published author of a children's book, 'My Cat Had Kittens.'
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