About
At Sacred Cake, every piece tells a story. A little sparkle to help tell the tale.
It began with a small box of jewelry given to me by my grandmother when I was 7. I was smitten by the vintage iridescent rhinestone necklaces and brooches to use for dress up, but I didn’t have a “public” use for them until the 80’s. I used them profusely to complete the perfect outfit. I was sure that I would become the next fashion model! Well my dear, flash forward five children, two husbands, and no modeling career later, I am now 51 and I have been an entrepreneur since 2007.
When I was 40 and my children were older, I finally had the time to explore my calling. I became inspired to put my assemblage artwork on Etsy, which was well received and loved. I always added something sparkling to my dark and shabby creations. The message being that even in the darkest moments, the light will come. This is something I believe in, because I have lived it. I have seen the darkness, and I have witnessed the light come, always.
I also wanted more meaning in my own adornment. Just because the 80’s ended didn’t mean I could not wear great grandmother’s brooches anymore. I had to reimagine what jewelry could be. The draw to make things from pieces and parts and remnants from the past...bringing them together to create something new and meaningful, became my obsession. I wanted people to be able to wear and enjoy the artwork I created. Over the years, I have made beautiful jewelry for my customers from their grandmothers’ brooches, or even an old photograph encased in resin. I have made bridal jewelry as well from the same meaningful things, entrusted to me across the miles.
I feel like jewelry is an extension of who we are, and sometimes it should tell a story of us, and perhaps an interesting story of where the pieces used for the recreating came from; married to one another to form a new bond of love, with my hands....And if that’s not the corniest thing I have ever said....But it’s true. I am an officiant of love that you can wear...So that you can remember that in the darkest moments, the light will come.
Hang in there. It will.
When I was 40 and my children were older, I finally had the time to explore my calling. I became inspired to put my assemblage artwork on Etsy, which was well received and loved. I always added something sparkling to my dark and shabby creations. The message being that even in the darkest moments, the light will come. This is something I believe in, because I have lived it. I have seen the darkness, and I have witnessed the light come, always.
I also wanted more meaning in my own adornment. Just because the 80’s ended didn’t mean I could not wear great grandmother’s brooches anymore. I had to reimagine what jewelry could be. The draw to make things from pieces and parts and remnants from the past...bringing them together to create something new and meaningful, became my obsession. I wanted people to be able to wear and enjoy the artwork I created. Over the years, I have made beautiful jewelry for my customers from their grandmothers’ brooches, or even an old photograph encased in resin. I have made bridal jewelry as well from the same meaningful things, entrusted to me across the miles.
I feel like jewelry is an extension of who we are, and sometimes it should tell a story of us, and perhaps an interesting story of where the pieces used for the recreating came from; married to one another to form a new bond of love, with my hands....And if that’s not the corniest thing I have ever said....But it’s true. I am an officiant of love that you can wear...So that you can remember that in the darkest moments, the light will come.
Hang in there. It will.