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…
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…
"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…
"For my sisters and myself. My father passed away on July 6. He was the best dad I could ever ask for. I'm hoping that having a locket with his picture close to our hearts will help heal our broken hearts."…
My name is Allyssa and I own The Locket Sisters. I started it with my eldest sister (I have four siblings) but it's just me (and my co-worker Mandy) now. I was voted Class Clown in HS and studied Spanish and Journalism in college. I studied abroad in Ecuador and then returned a decade later when my husband and I bought one-way tickets to Buenos Aires. I used to work in the non-profit world but lea…
