Jewels by Johanna

Unique handmade jewelry, including specialties in game piece jewelry, awareness ribbon jewelry, sport of curling jewelry, and remaking vintage pieces.

Some sort of craft business was always in my future. I am not sure when I first knew it... when my mother taught me flower arranging, tole painting, how to make a pillow for my brother for Christmas, or if it was when Mom took me to craft fairs for inspiration. Whenever it was, I have known for quite some time that no desk job would ever satisfy my creativity, and that even if only as a supplement to a job that pays the bills, I wanted the world to have access to the beautiful things I can make.I started making jewelry when I was 10 years old, stringing plastic beads on strands pulled from a friend's string mobile (with her permission). By the time I reached high school I had started stringing better quality beads on materials actually intended for beading. Once out in the real world wit