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BREAST IS BEST JEWELLERY KEEPSAKE
I’m Ashley, 25 year old mama of three who creates bespoke jewellery out of breast milk, hair, placenta, and pet fur.
I launched my own business last year after falling in love with the DNA keepsake craft and couldn’t wait to offer beautiful sentimental jewellery to mothers of human babies and fur babies.Cheap Jewellery Shops
My jewellery is for mums who want to display their babies first curls and keep them close, instead of tucked away in a box at the back of the wardrobe, or for mums to celebrate their feeding achievements either by bottle or breast and regardless of if they managed to feed for a day, a month, a year or beyond.
I am a one woman band who does all the brainstorming, creating, admin, and branding from my own crafting setup at home in Inglewood, Taranaki.
At home with me during the day are my girls, aged four and two, and my newest baby girl who’s just one month old. I love the flexibility that working from home allows so I can still do activities with my kids and be with them every day.
How exactly do you turn breast milk into jewellery?
It’s such an interesting process and the milk goes through so many changes before becoming jewellery.
First I take a small sample of breast milk or milk substitute (like formula) and heat it ‘till warm. I then add a specially formulated preserving powder created specifically for breast milk preservation.Once the powder has been added to the milk it creates a paste which I then spread out onto non stick paper and dehydrate over 24hrs to become a thin, hard, wafer of preserved milk.
When it is fully dried, the milk is ground down to a fine powder by hand and is ready to be cast in a mold with any chosen pigments or flecks.
I source a high quality resin from America which is added to the powdered milky mixture and left to set for a further 24 hrs. Once the milky resin has hardened I can put the final touches on the piece, photograph it, and then package it up ready to go back to its owner in a new transformed state.
I pride myself on great workmanship and love producing a beautiful and meaningful piece of jewellery for someone to treasure. Care instructions are included in each order so that it can be looked after and loved for a long time.
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