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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Jet of the Day - Fully Hooked

In my past life, I was an English regency aristocrat, a figure straight from Jane Austen's novels.. I wore corsets, lace and frills, and adorned myself with pearls and flowers. I was a romantic through and through, your classic damsel...

Francine Bracelet
Dierdre Necklace in Pink
Florence Necklace
In this life, I'm your working mother and weekend explorer. Influenced multi-culturally, via our life in the military. You will see this influence in my Fully Hooked  Etsy shop.


Isabella Necklace   
Zafina Necklace
Spring Abound Earrings

What's in a name?  Fully Hooked
About three years ago, we had just moved to a new base and I was in desperate need of new Mommy-friends. I was lucky enough to live next to a young mother who also loved to crochet. I learned to crochet when I was 7, but it wasn't until my second, and youngest child was born that I picked it up again with all the enthusiasm I can muster. 
 
I have boxes and boxes of yarn and supplies! Anyway, I was very excited to have a neighbor that I can share my Friday nights with. Then a couple of months later, a new family moved in down the street and I invited the wife to join us on Friday Night/Crochet Night, but she brought her beads and jewelry findings instead because all her yarn were still boxed. This was it, I was hooked on jewelry-making from then on! By the following week, I had all the starter supplies any aspiring jewelry designer needed, and have been hoarding beads since. I learned what I know on my own, and through fantastic mentors here on Etsy and the JETS.
I live and love passionately, and once I'm hooked, I'm FULLY HOOKED.

It's been a journey of artistic expression and self-discovery and Fully Hooked  provides me the balance and peace that I need. It's my therapy after a long week of work, kids and deployed husband.
Eventually I'd like to reintroduce my crocheted items, but crochet is something I reserve for those times it's impractical to pack my beads and tools along.

Thank you for reading!
Milleth

 

12 comments

  1. What a great post and beautiful jewelry. I just love your past life, maybe we were best friends, LOL.

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  2. Hey Milleth, I love the rich variety of your beautiful jewelry, and what fun to read your story and learn how your shop got named!

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  3. I love the romantic nature of the jewelry found in this shop. Gorgeous, soft, fabulous!

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  4. I love this shop and the romance that pours from it's depths. Beautiful jewelry!

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  5. So nice to learn a bit more about you and what inspires your beautiful jewelry pieces!

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  6. thanks Milleth for sharing a bit of your story with us- your jewelry is beautiful!

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  7. Milleth,
    You are so talented! I love your jewelry and I hope you share your crochet with us one of these days.

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  8. Beautiful jewelry so romantic, love your past life, I always wanted to be part of that era!!!

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  9. Your jewellery is gorgeous, Milleth, so romantic and very "English"!

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  10. Fantastic feature! Your jewelry is so Beautiful. I loved reading & learning more about you.

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  11. gorgeous jewelry--always fun to learn first hand from the artist behind the creations!!

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