Handcrafted Artisan: May 2018

Hi friends! How are you? How is your spring going? We just finished up our homeschooling year and in a month our kids that go to school will be home and the summer will begin. I am looking forward to warmer weather and all the fun summer brings. What are you looking forward to this spring and summer?

It is time for another Meet the Maker! If you would like the opportunity to be interviewed or have your products reviewed please send me an email. This weeks meet the Maker will be a blog take over. Now without further ado lets meet Kelly-Ann.

Hi, I am Kelly-Ann and I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts.
I’ve lived in Georgia for almost 17 years now.
I’ve been crafting for almost 5 years.
I was drawn to jewelry making out of boredom. One day I decided I needed something to do, in my search I came across a free jewelry making class at Michael’s. Leaving that first class, I knew I was hooked.

The name of my shop name is my actually my full name, Kelly-Ann Satra. I chose to use my name because I’m true to myself, I love and enjoy the simple, little things in life. I felt confident that I could and would create great work. I also knew that whatever I created would be a reflection of who I am. I wanted my name to stand behind my work.

I started selling on online in 2015 and I recently launched my own website kellyannsatra.com back in October.
The reason I started selling online was after my husband asked me “so what are you going to do with all this? “

All my jewelry pieces are made by myself…I roll solo.
I would have to say my copper earrings are my favorite pieces, I have kept a few pieces for myself. They’re my favorites because they’re not perfect, they’re all different in some way. Yet they’re beautiful.

I would encourage anyone who wants to enter the handmade business to have passion, courage, and patience. Passion because you have to love what you do, 24/7. Courage. Because you will have to be bold and let yourself shine. You must be able to sell yourself, your product, believe in yourself and your product. Patience. Because success doesn’t happen overnight. Everything takes time. Things have a way of falling into place.