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Educate Yo'Self! A SIERRA WINTER JEWELRY GLOSSARY One time, my mother (Sierra Winter Jewelry's biggest fan) was helping me at a trunk show. A customer came up to the booth and was eyeing the Buffalo Mound Earrings and my Mom said to me, "Sierra, don't you think you should tell her that those earrings are 24K gold?" I smiled and replied, "No. Because they aren't."        Here are my parents being the big fans they are Whether its a new car, home, fancy cat, or jewelry, it's important to educate yourself on whatever it is you are interested in buying...

Painted Ladies: Meet Taylor Triano Meet Taylor. Taylor is the Owner and Artist behind Commonwild Flag CO., a hand painted custom flag and screen printing company based in Kansas City. I met Taylor last year and every time I see her I think, "Damn. She's so cool".  She's an artist, she wears cool jewelry, and her tattoos are phenomenal. I could go on and on about why Taylor is so cool but I will stop right now for the sake of sounding creepy. I reached out to Taylor and asked if I could photograph her tattoos. We decided to meet in...

Story Time: Breaking Bad There is going to be a new type of blog post here at Sierra Winter Jewelry. I'm calling it, Story Time. These posts will still relate to this jewelry thing... or maybe they wont. I've got some stories from my 92 year old Grandpa Norman to share that do not relate to jewelry at all. Just pure entertainment. Any who, to kick this off, I'm going to tell you about the time I was almost arrested for making meth in my jewelry studio. We also just got done watching Breaking Bad and that's all that has...

What's In A Stone? I have mentioned before that I have been obsessed with rocks since I was a little kid. I would compare my 'rock hound' nerdiness to a child who loves dinosaurs and can recite facts and names of each dino as they are presented. (No offense if your child is like this. I can relate.)  I even had a pet rock named 'Dennis Rockman'. (Any Chicago Bulls fan out there?) This is literally gravel from our dirt roads... just fascinating to young Sierra. My love for rocks and gems has stuck with me since I was a wee babe....

So... We Are Having a Baby ***Heads up: This post is less about jewelry and more about my womb*** WE ARE HAVING A BABY... SOON.  My husband and I found out the week before we launched Sierra Winter Jewelry that we were pregnant and just like that, 2016 would be the year of two babies. The business baby and the human baby. I always knew we would be adding to the Sierra Winter Jewelry team just not that fast! The company flow chart will look something like this.  Is My Baby's First Word Going To Be The 'F' Word?  The day I...