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My name is Vicki and I own Handmade Jewelry By Vicki. For over thirty years I have been a jewelry artist and maker, professionally trained with multiple certifications from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).

My style is a bit different in that I have taken the traditional style strung pearls and beads and updated it by removing the string and replacing it with decorative wire wrapping. It is Classic Elegance With A Twist!

In my jewelry you will only find gemstones and precious metals. There is no crystal, glass, clay, or imitations. While common gemstones are pretty, I love to work with uncommon gemstones, such as chalcedony, mookite, dumortierite, and prehnite. Pearls, coral, and amber (all organic gemstones) are throughout my work as are the four precious stones - diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. Typically I do my work in sterling silver though I occasionally work with gold and platinum. I make pendants, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and ankle bracelets. My current range of prices are: pendants $10 to $49, earrings $10 to $258, bracelets $20 to $203, necklaces $24 to $302, and ankle bracelets $14 to $97. [Only work that incorporates silver were used in these calculations.]

Much of my work is custom, done in collaboration with the customer. Bridal and prom jewelry are, by default, the very nature of what I do.

Custom work is also quite enjoyable for me. I love the collaborative process and truly enjoy when people get their *own* joy when get their new jewelry that they helped design.

A custom order can begin in a number of ways. These are the typical scenarios:
* Something to match this dress/outfit (think wedding or prom)
* Something for a particular month's birthstone
* Something with [this] stone and [that] stone
* Something with [color one] and [color two] and [color three]
* Sometimes though, someone will look at my existing pieces and select [this] stone and [that] stone and [that other] stone, and then this [style of] connector that I made, and [that] clasp and then they, or we, would design a pattern and I would make it. A number of my repeat customers do this and they have a lot of fun with it.






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All the metal in the below jewelry is some form of sterling silver. 'Regular' sterling, Argentium, Bali, Thai, Isreali, and more.



This 7.25 inch bracelet that has eighty larimar beads dangling from it, and each bead was individually selected and wire wrapped to it's position. $108




These filigree heart earrings each have ten carnelian beads on them draped beneath the large open heart. At the bottom of each dangle is an itty bitty fresh white water pearl. $66




This piece was a labor of love. On this 19 inch necklace [plus a 2" extender], the entire length of chain I made one link at a time, in essence making the entire chain by hand. The focal bead is a magnificent lodalite specimen. $116




This 19 inch necklace [plus a 1" extender], has a variety of amethyst bead shapes and freshwater pearls all the way around, from the clasp all the way down to the big amethyst donut. $125




This 20.5 inch necklace has alternating beads of agate, both solid white or giraffe (blue and white). The clasp is a safety clasp, a sphere to match the beads. $109



Each of these Christmas themed earrings has a coral donut hanging at the bottom and a garland of wire wrapped azurite malachite beads and Thai silver cubes above it. These earrings are about 1.25 inches long. $47



This 9.75 inch wire wrapped ankle bracelet has freshwater light lime green button pearls. The Mickey Ears were unintentional and were pointed out to me by a Disney fan at the first show that this was displayed at! $36



These earrings are about 2.5 inches long. The large bead is a silver button pearl, and all the little beads are one millimeter potato pearls. $74



This 18 inch necklace has blue potato pearls with a clear quartz calla lily and a matching blue rice pearl within. $127



The first customer to call this type of earrings called them her "Dancers", and the name stuck. They are a little over an inch long. The blue is lapis lazuli, the white are potato pearls. The two rings are Bali silver. $31



This 7.75 inch bracelet has gneiss nuggets with rubies, and has tiny ruby dangles. Gneiss (pronounced nice) is the natural metamorphic stone that rubies are found in. Technically you could break those nuggets, take those rubies out polish them to become traditional gemstones. $148


Each of these four inch long earrings have one large pearl and a cascade of small, rough, black diamonds. $85


This twenty inch necklace showcases three different shapes of emeralds. $139


Each of these three inch long earrings have a stack of Herkimer Diamonds. These double terminated quartz stones come out of the rock looking exactly like this (except for the hole). $80


This 10 inch ankle bracelet has thirty three freshwater white egg shaped pearls almost completely around its circumference. $81


These 2.5 inch long earrings have a circular cascade of emeralds. The darker silver is Bali silver. $154


This 30 inch long necklace has opal beads and the large focal bead is chrysoprase. $127


Each of these 2 inch long earrings has a large carnelian teardrop with a few fire agates dangling beneath it. The concentric rings atop the carnelian are Turkish silver.


This 7 inch bracelet is ringed with emerald briolettes and freshwater white button pearl dangles. $105


Manayunk Arts Festival, Manayunk, PA


Christkindlmarkt, Bethlehem, PA [their pipe and drape]


2024 Schedule
Feb 25, Relay For Life of Berks Charity Vendor Bingo, Leesport, PA
March 16, Daniel Boone Optimist Club 27th Annual Spring Craft Show, Douglassville, PA
May 18-19, Spring 2024 Spiritual Holistic Expo (MUM show), Allentown, PA
June 29-30, Inner Peace Holistic Expo, Morgantown, PA
Sep 21, 12th Annual Women's Expo Lebanon County, Lebanon, PA
Sep 28, Te-Leventh Anniversary Guts & Glory - Digestive & Wellness Expo, Reading, PA
Oct 12, 8th Annual Women's Expo Lancaster County, Lancaster, PA
Nov 9, 13th Annual Women's Expo Cumberland County, Carlisle, PA
Nov 29-30, 53rd Annual Der Belsnickel, New Hanover UMC - North Campus, Gilbertsville, PA
Dec 4, The Friends of Reading Hospital Holiday Happening, West Reading, PA
Dec 7, Daniel Boone Optimist Club 42nd Annual Holiday Craft Show, Douglassville, PA
Dec 14, Governor Mifflin Football Club Winter Craft & Vendor Show, Shillington, PA
Dec 21-22, Brandywine Holiday Festival of the Arts, Wilmington, DE

2025 Schedule
Mar 29-30, Inner Peace Holistic Expo, Morgantown, PA


This page was last updated September 30, 2024