Jackalope Jewels LLC® - who are these people?

I am Ann Chavez. I and my husband, Louis Chavez, are the folks who make the jewelry for Jackalope Jewels®. Louis and I are "self-taught" jewelry-makers--i.e. we have observed, researched, asked questions, experimented--and spent a lot of time, money, and material through trial-and-error in our quest to discover the best way to make the kind of jewelry we love. I have been making jewelry of one kind or another for over 30 years.

I imagine the necklaces and do most of their construction; Louis constructs the .999 fine-silver frames that are used on some of the jackalart© pendants, and after he and I have gone on rock-collecting expeditions, he washes, cuts, shapes, tumbles, polishes, and drills the rocks for use in the jewelry. (Louis' help is also invaluable at shows: he does most of the driving; he sets up and takes down the canopy; he trucks the tables, props, and jewelry to-and-from the canopy prior to set-up and after take-down; he performs most of the charge-card processing tasks; he feeds me throughout the day; and he "minds the store" when I need a break).

Jackalope Jewels LLC® is my full-time job (2-18 hours a day, 7 days a week), and Louis devotes a large portion of his otherwise spare time to the business, as well.

For ongoing information about us and the lives and minds that inform the jewelry, check out our blog at http://blog.jackalopejewels.com . For an exhaustive personal look at who we are, see about the makers.2.

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