Locket Stories

"He deserves to be remembered."

"He deserves to be remembered."

"It’s pictures of me and my big brother. One of us when we were young and the other from my high school graduation. He passed away in 2016 and I miss him so much. I want to have something to remember him by that I can have close to my heart everyday. He deserves to be remembered."…
The Emerald Calcite Pendants: Inspired by the Black Hills

The Emerald Calcite Pendants: Inspired by the Black Hills

This past summer I travelled to the Black Hills of South Dakota with my family. I had low (or no?) expections of what it would be like. I didn't plan the trip, I was kinda burned out on summer travel, but my kids were excited to see their cousins and I figured, fuck it, let's just go and see what happens. My kids drove out with my parents, brother's fam, and sisters' families. I drove out sep…
Our Shared Humanity and The Little Thread

Our Shared Humanity and The Little Thread

Sometimes when I open your orders and read your stories and your photographs pop up on the computer here in the studio I get the wind knocked out of me. I imagine that this is what happened when this story began unfolding for you, the one you wrote about in your order notes.I imagine that when you started searching for a locket that would come with a photograph inside that you wanted to find one t…
"He made this face every time he saw her."

"He made this face every time he saw her."

"We lost my dad unexpectedly a month ago. I think this locket is the make perfect way to hopefully comfort my mom and have her feel my dad near to her. The picture of him with his computer (when you crop, those are the important parts of the photo), this is the face he would he would see us in the back waiting for him between patients. My mom started working in his office about a decade ago. He ma…