A fun fact about me: jewelry was not the first accessory I started designing. Back in 2004 I was fresh out of 8th grade, and I was 100% sure that someday I would be a fashion designer. Of course, my patience did not allow me to wait to learn to sew. I took my graduation money, and headed to Sears for a brand new sewing machine, and I taught myself. I spent a lot of that summer making handbags and totes out of scrap denim and ribbon. They were...umm...fashionable(ish.) After about my Sophomore year of high school I had definitely slowed down with the sewing (and eventually discovered my love of jewelry design,) but I have always hoped to pick...
I hope by now, you had a chance to see the new collection, Delightfully Charming. I also hope that you love it as much as I do, but I dunno...I really love it. Anyways, the release of the Delightfully Charming collection is a bigger deal than you may think. You see, over here at Peerless Charm two major events were going on at once. A new ethically sourced collection was released, and two of our oldest collections were retired (and by oldest I mean from back before I was all aware and what not.) So...we are now 100% ethically sourced!
Let's all take this moment to happy dance!
I am very happy to announce that the newest collection has arrived! When I started designing Classically Charming, I decided it was time to tap into a style similar to the pieces I made when I first opened PeerlessCharm.com. This meant pearls! My intention was to make beautiful jewelry that can be great for dressy occasions, or as anybody's go-to items to dress up a casual look. When I discovered that Swarovski made crystal pearls, I ran with it. The result is a classy collection of pearl and crystal jewelry. I hope you love it!
You may have noticed the page Charming Bloggers, with four (a fifth coming soon!) lovely bloggers, and wondered what that was all about. Well, back in late 2009 I discovered what seemed to be a secret community. Up until that point, the only blogging I was aware of was Xanga. In eighth grade, I was very faithful to letting my friends know what I was doing via Xanga, even if it was watching Lizzie Mcquire all day. That's the only knowledge I had of blogs. So when I came across Fashion Toast and Style Scrapbook, I was all like "so these girls just post pictures of themselves everyday? That's weird. But then I came back the next day, and the next,...
Many people ask me how I came up with the name Peerless Charm for my company. It's actually a funny story. I was embarrassed to tell it at first, but now I embrace it. Here it is... I was fresh out of high school, and into my freshmen year of college when I realized that there was no time like the present to start my handmade accessories business. (Fun Fact: My dream of being a designer actually started when I started making bags in 8th grade.) The first step (in my mind) was coming up with a name for my business. My first decision was Chickles Accessories. Chickles is the nickname my dad gave me, and I decided it was...
