Featured Artist – UnkamenGifts

The Helmrich Family is a creative bunch! They have taken the Buy Handmade Pledge, and love to make ALL their gifts for each other.

LEAH, now 16, began making jewelry in 2005 after a fellow RV’ing friend showed her a few of the basics. She took right to it and loved making jewelry for herself, and friends. Shortly after, she started selling it locally. She now also makes FlowerChildren and Fuzbudjits but is pretty busy with her studies so her shop, favmoongirl.etsy.com is reserved for special requests and special purchases.

About the same time, her brother BYRON, now age 12, started collecting interesting rocks and polishing them with his dad’s help. He found that he enjoyed selling them as gratitude rocks, because the root of true happiness is being grateful for everything that you have.

About 3 years ago, RALPH made a necklace for their mom, Karen and got such a charge out of seeing her wear it that he decided to learn more and make more! He specializes in chainmaille and Leah is starting to work with it too! Ralph is a semi-retied engineer who occasionally enjoys consulting and troubleshooting aerosol manufacturers.

KAREN enjoys it all! In previous lives she was a RN, Registered Yoga Instructor and Certified Personal Trainer. She does most of the photography, “test drives” the jewelry and occasionally helps with ideas for the marvelous creations.

We call both Livingston, Texas and Rolla, Missouri home, and enjoy traveling throughout the United States-46 states, so far!

The kids are and always have been homeschooled and love their homelife and travels.

Traveling along are 2 Goldfish ( Jake and Goldie Hawn), 2 Dogs ( Ivy, a Doxie and Hookah, a Basset) and 1 Nutty Cat (Triangle).

We are proud members of Schooling At Home Etsyians, Etsy Texas Crafters and Etsy’s Chainmailler’s Team.

You can visit the Chainmailler’s Blog at: http://chainmaillersguild.blogspot.com

You can visit the Schooling At Home Etsyians’ Blog at:
http://sheetsyteam.blogspot.com

Most of our pieces are made entirely by us, but we love to work with other Etsyians and friends and will make note in our pieces if others helped with any of the components. We also love to recycle old jewelry, buttons AND packaging!!
Learn more about The Helmrich Family……
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Visit UnkamenGifts on Etsy.

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