Creative Spirit Set Free

by Carol wofford.
(Halifax, Virginia USA)

I’ve been in the antiques business for 25 years buying and selling vintage and antique, costume and fine jewelry. I’ve loved jewelry since I was a little girl.

Over the years I’ve bought boxes of jewelry from auctions, estate sales, flea markets, pawn shops and individuals, often buying a whole box of “stuff” just to get that one piece I wanted.

Needless to say, lots of it never got sold. A friend and talented designer told me that it’s so much more fun to create jewelry than to just sell it and I should try making funky things with all my left over inventory.

Steampunk looked like it could be a fun way to use up some of my vintage parts and pieces.

After laying out several boxes of old inventory my creative spirit began to flow and I realized my friend was right, it is so much more fun!

Carol Wofford