Five years ago my family was visiting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), as we do each summer, with some of our dear friends. It’s a remote area of land and lakes in the Northwoods of Minnesota, leading into Canada, that’s protected from motorized vehicles, motorized boats, electricity, even your cell phone goes quiet up there. It’s refreshing in the way that sticking your toes in t…
“For me. This was a photo of me traveling back to MN after four years of living down south in Arkansas. I had to pull off the road to make sure I got a photo of me with my home state behind me.”During high school I chose to go to a college that my friends were not going to so I'd be sure to have a new experience. During college I studied abroad in Ecuador, it was cheaper than Spain, and I didn't k…
Finally, one of our most beloved locket designs – The Evelyn – is back. And I want to tell you all about the name behind this locket, and I want to tell you about why it was gone for so long. But what I'm going to tell you about instead is the sound of making your lockets. The hum of shipping labels being printed and lofi jazz on the speakers and the occasional Mmmmmmmmm and Oo…
One of the most popular lockets we offer is The Evelyn in gold and silver. It's named after my Grandma Evelyn, here's a bit about her from the locket pages:"The Evelyn Locket is named after our maternal Grandma. She was a mother of ten kids, raised them all on a farm in the Minnesota River Valley with our Grandpa Norbert. We remember her Sunday pork roasts, the way she rocked in her chai…
"Kate, my sister-in-law, who is turning 40 next month. First is a photo of Kate's mother, who passed away in 2020, with Kate and her brother as kids. The second photo is Kate now with her twin girls."
"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."…