Thuesday Focus: my DaWanda favorite jeweler ShellyDaly

ShellyDaly is one of my favorite jewelery maker in DaWanda. That's why I couldn't miss the opportunity to focus on her work when DaWanda announced it's new competition for bloggers: *Post about your favorite product*

I love the way she uses satiny smooth beach stones, gently tumbled by the ocean on Cape Cod's White Crest beach, to make her jewels! An elegant way to wear a beach stone, and an ode to summer at the beach...

• Her bio:

Shelly lives in Baltimore, Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, where she collects beach stones to make her stunning and rare jewelry. In her past life, she was an interior designer. As a self-taught jeweler, she learnt step by step, enjoying to assemble her diverse materials. Now, she continues to learn new skills by reading and taking classes whenever time allows.

Her passion began very early: since she was a little girl, she's collected rocks and has been making things with them ever since along with epic messes, much to her family's dismay. They are fortunate right now to have the mess contained in one small room. It is her favorite place.

• Her work:

Shelly enjoys handcrafting pieces she loves to wear. Simple and singular, each jewel of her "Cap Cod Stone" series offers a unique opportunity. She uses varied materials and includes heavy gauge bronze, sterling silver, steel and burnished brass. Currently in 2009, the merging of the color and the rocks is in process and she is very unclear about where this will all go....

As she's a DaWanda member since June, I warmly welcome her and wish her a good continuation!