The Beginning

I have always loved unique and original jewelry and had always wanted to learn how to make my own pieces. I remember scouring through my mom's beautiful, old, wooden jewelry boxes looking for funky pieces to add to my, always well planned out, ensemble in high school. My favorite piece was a chunky silver necklace made out of a walnut shell and turquoise that my dad bought from an old native woman on a cross country trip many, many moons ago.

I moved to Boulder about a year ago and had seen a posting on Craigslist a couple of times for an apprenticeship with a wonderful jewelry boutique on Pearl Street. There were a several reasons why I never applied to the apprenticeship over that first year mostly revolving around work and time but last April the stars all seemed to align and I got the courage to bring in my resume.

The first time I set foot in Angie Star I knew I really wanted to be a part of this amazing community of talented woman artists. I was greeted warmly by Katherine and did my best to show my enthusiasm for getting the apprenticeship. However, I had very little hope of actually getting the position knowing there was always a huge response to these listings and after a month went by and I hadn't received word I thought I was out of the running.

Just when I had given up all hope I got an email from the lovely Miss Angie herself asking me to come in and meet with Lindsey, one of the store's designers. I started that same week.