Custom Hand Stamped Jewelry Just in Time for the Holidays
Say Anything…Jewelry in Uptown Sioux Falls S till have some special people on your shopping list for the holiday? Try a custom keepsake creation from Say Anything…Jewelry by Stephanie Wilde. Wilde creates all of the personalized, keepsake items by hand, using such materials as sterling silver, copper, brass. Although Wilde has had her business for two years, and opened a retail location at 4th & Main in September, she doesn’t have a background in either jewelry or working with metals. “I was actually working at a local restaurant as a server and broke my foot in 2009,” says Wilde. “I had seen hand stamped jewelry before on the Etsy website and became fascinated by it,
so while I was laid up, I started doing some research. Little did I know then that I would have my own business and storefront just two years later.” Wilde went online looking at examples of stamped jewelry, read up on different metals and techniques for stamping. Then, she ordered some pieces to try. “I don’t consider myself artsy or crafty at all,” she says with a smile, “but I discovered that I kind of had a natural knack for doing this.” For the first two years, Wilde worked from her kitchen counter. She established a website, a site on Etsy.com and a Facebook page to get her business going. Now, her order book is full,
by MAry Michaels | Photos by Chang Photography
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