A couple years ago an order came through from a woman named Lisa who was generously gifting her brother The Henry Locket with a photograph of the two of them and their sister, Ellen. In her order, Lisa wrote a moving note to us about the photograph and why she was getting this for her brother, I'll let you read it in her words:"We recently lost our sister to suicide. I still have no words, wh…
The MOST common question we get is if we can put your photos into your lockets, rather than into our locket designs. Generally someone has a locket they've received from a grandparent, or a parent, or as a gift, or they nabbed it when it caught their eye at a vintage shop or antique store or better yet - a garage sale! A steal!Generally, our answer is, "No, we don't put photos in other people's lo…
Have I ever told you about the moment The Locket Sisters was born? Or perhaps conceived is a better word? I think of it often this time of year because it's related to this season we're in, and entering, of “back to school” and the milestones and separations and new beginnings held within. Let me share it with you now. Almost exactly five years ago my then-three-year-old daughter, Penny, star…
"My husband tragically lost his mother in the Champlain Towers last summer. The picture I chose is of my husband as a teen with his mom. She loved to walk and in more recent years had trained for and hiked El Camino de Santiago in Spain. In her honor, my husband takes many walks with a weighted backpack. It has helped him process and grieve his loss. I want to gift him this lapel so he can ca…
Last week my family and I, along with some of our dearest friends, camped in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) for four nights. It's wild there. All gear, everything, must be paddled in by canoe, and carried on portages that connect the vast land of lakes. You can't reserve a campsite, and there are only a few on each lake. It offers an opportunity to sync with nature in a way t…
We've done a few TV appearances locally here in Minneapolis, but this May 2022 we were able to open our studio up to Kelli Hanson, a reporter from Twin Cities Live and Minnesota Live shows for her "Good Company" segment. What a good reason to buy a new terracotta-colored couch! And office chairs! And replant the plants in here!We talk a lot about our studio, or "the studio" as we dub it as th…