Word to Your Mother

Crap Necklace from Piano Bench Designs store on Etsy.

Alayna, 35, sells fun, handcrafted sterling silver wire necklaces in her Etsy store Piano Bench Designs. She is self-taught, has been making jewelry for four years, and is a paralegal going to grad school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She makes me feel like a slacker for being able to get so much stuff done, but I do love her word wire necklaces. A necklace that says crap. Shit, I love it. 

Indie Style Finds: How did you get into making jewelry?
Alayna: A friend and co-worker of mine got me started making jewelry. At that time, I was beading, but this quickly turned into an interest in using wire in new ways. 
Indie Style Finds: Your word necklaces are really cool, how did you come up with the idea to make them? 
Alayna: I think the first word necklace was a custom request. Often, the inspiration for these words comes from custom requests, or from my husband, who will ask me, "What about a necklace that says [insert word here]?" 

Etsy store: Piano Bench Designs
Crap Necklace: $35