Hi!

My name is Patricia and I'm a self taught artist working out of my home studio in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I've always loved painting, drawing and making things since I can remember. I kept pursuing the arts all through grade school, high school and at 18 I started my own online business. That was 18 years ago and I have built 5 successful online businesses since then.

18 years ago, I decided to focus on natural remedies and jewelry making and haven't looked back! My first shop on Etsy was the very first year (and month!) it was in beta testing, back in June 2005. What a lovely and interesting ride its been to be sure. I'm ever so grateful and thankful for every purchase, the online community and support of other artisans and crafters.

I love working with rare, unusual and hard to find gemstones and because of that, I tend to make a lot of one of kind or very small runs of jewelry. I work with 14k gold filled, sterling silver, solid antiqued brass & copper. I design, make, photograph and package every single item in my shop.

When I'm not working on my jewelry you can find me hanging out in my backyard, hiking with my husband and 2 lovely pups or spending time with my family. I live for the outdoors- the forest and mountains are a balm for my soul. I'm also an avid reader (obsessed more like ☺️) and love to collect antique linens and vintage books. You will notice I tend to use my antique books and postcards in my pictures. I like to mix my love of vintage and modern in my designs.

I am also deeply passionate about donating to charities close to my heart and donate monthly, oftentimes weekly. Some of my current charities I donate a portion of sales are:

The Humane Society: http://www.humanesociety.org

Food For the Poor: http://www.foodforthepoor.org

The Tacoma Rescue mission for the Homeless: https://www.trm.org

ACLU- American civil liberties union
https://www.aclu.org/

Covenant House for homeless kids and teens: https://www.covenanthouse.org

Bread of life mission for the homeless: http://www.breadoflifemission.org

PAVE- Works with disabled families and children :http://wapave.org

Thank you for reading! Let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoy looking through my shop :)

Please follow me on my Instagram and Twitter pages as I update those daily.

Instagram: http://instagram.com/crowandiris

xoxo
Patricia