Jewelry Stories
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Jewelry Stories from An Unexpected Arrangement
Thank you so much for joining me for today’s Jewelry Stories! I have read my fair share of Love Inspired books this year, and some of them have had the sweetest ideas for jewelry! An Unexpected Arrangement was released earlier this year, though I only had the chance to read it a couple of weeks ago. In a word – delightful! 🙂 And I’m oh-so-anxious to read the book before it and the one that comes after it in a couple of months. There was one little excerpt that mentioned jewelry, and I have been itching to create this style of earrings for my shop for a loooong time now.…
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Jewelry Stories from The Lady in Residence
Thank you so much for joining me for today’s Jewelry Stories from The Lady in Residence! I have been a fan of Allison Pittman’s books ever since reading her Sister Wives series (and yes, they’re much better than the tv show that shares the same name). I have yet to find an author that writes quite like she does. Her stories are unique and fresh with deep characters and interesting plots. I was so excited to see that she was going to be a contributing author for a new series by Barbour about historical landmarks. The Lady in Residence was set in the historic Menger Hotel, and featured a heroine…
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Jewelry Stories from Ashes of Glass
Hi there! So glad you could join me today for a new edition of Jewelry Stories! Today, I’m doing my second feature of an indie book, and it also happens to be a fairytale retelling. 🙂 I’ve always had an affinity for all things princesses and fairytales, so it’s no surprise that I gravitated toward this Cinderella story called Ashes of Glass. To be honest, I didn’t really enjoy the beginning of this story, but I really wanted to stick it out because I knew it would turn itself around. Turns out I was right, and this sweet Cinderella and Prince Charming tale was just the thing my romantic heart…
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Jewelry Stories from When Twilight Breaks
I have been so anxious for this week’s Jewelry Stories post as it features one of my favorite reads so far this year – When Twilight Breaks by Sarah Sundin. If you have not already read this book, I highly encourage you to move it to the top of your TBR stack! You will not be able to concentrate on anything else until you read it to the very end! World War II fiction is not a genre I typically gravitate toward. However, I’m finding myself reading it more and more – and loving it! I was so surprised to find several different themes in this book that were perfect…
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Jewelry Stories from the Amish Journeys Series
Welcome to the latest edition of Jewelry Stories! I’m so happy you’re here today, and thrilled to share this series with you and what I was inspired to create after reading each book in the Amish Journeys Series by Beth Wiseman. Today’s post is going to be a little lighter than usual as I had TWO Jewelry Stories posts last week – and I won’t lie, that was hard work! If no one ever told you that running a blog was hard, much less having a side business with it, they weren’t being honest with you. It’s almost like a second full-time job! Anyway…I digress. As you can see from…
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Jewelry Stories from Finders Keepers
I am thrilled to be here with you twice in one week for another edition of Jewelry Stories! Today, we have a very special guest – Sarah Monzon, the author of Finders Keepers! I found this gem of a book by chance through my Kindle Unlimited subscription, and I loved it! Not only is it a split time novel (my fave!), but the romance and chemistry between Trent and Sarah is electric. I can highly recommend it! There were a couple of jewelry references in Finders Keepers, and one in particular that I really wanted more details on. Sarah not only answered some of my questions about it, but sent…
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Jewelry Stories from Maire
Thank you so much for joining me for the latest edition of Jewelry Stories! I hope you are enjoying these fun posts each week as we peek a little further into the pages of my latest reads to find some jewelry treasures. I read Maire a few months back, and while it started off as a slow read, it didn’t take long before I was hooked into this story! It’s an older novel in the Christian historical fiction genre by an established author, Linda Windsor. When I read it, I wasn’t capturing a lot of quotes to share what specifically inspired me as I am now. I was mostly looking for…
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Jewelry Stories from The Reluctant Bridegroom
Thank you so much for joining me for the latest edition of Jewelry Stories! I hope you are enjoying as we peek a little further into the pages of my latest reads to find some jewelry treasures. For this post, I’m featuring a book I found by happenstance at my local library – The Reluctant Bridegroom by Shannon Farrington. I’ve always enjoyed the books that were a part of the Love Inspired Historical line, and sadly, they have discontinued it. There’s still plenty of them out there that I haven’t read – oh, to have more hours in the day (I know you know how I feel). 🙂 I have…
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Jewelry Stories from the Canadian West Series
I simply adore Janette Oke’s books! They bring back such fond memories of my teenage years as I used to pore over my library’s shelves for anything new from her that I had not yet read. I couldn’t believe that this series was never there! (You can feel free to join me in the shock.) After all, the original series was written in the 80s, and they had everything else written around that same time. But I digress… This series has enjoyed a resurgence lately thanks to the Hallmark TV series When Calls the Heart. I admit that I am a diehard fan, and while the show is very different…
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Jewelry Stories with Laura Frantz
I am over-the-moon excited today to begin a brand new feature – Jewelry Stories! If you’ve hung out here for any length of time, you know that I love creating jewelry inspired by some of my latest Christian fiction reads. I love it even more when the books I’m reading feature jewelry. While reading Tidewater Bride by Laura Frantz recently, I discovered several mentions of jewelry that I knew I had to recreate in my own way (more on that later). I also reached out to Laura with some specific questions about the James Towne settlement and how they used shells to make jewelry. She was so gracious to answer…
