Our Story

It all started with a lost pair of earrings...

 

A couple of years ago I was gifted the cutest pair of speckled white stud earrings.  I wore them everywhere, especially while I was chasing my then 2 year old and caring for my newborn baby.  They were the perfect accent and made me feel slightly more put together than I actually was while knee deep in toddler and baby life.

 

And then they disappeared.   

 

I have no idea what happened to them.  I searched our house high and low.  I searched our cars.  I searched our diaper bags.  I searched anywhere I could think of, but they were nowhere to be found.

 

In the fall of 2022 I started seeing polymer clay earrings popping up online and thought that perhaps I could make a pair to replace the ones I'd lost.  How hard could it be, right? Haha!  It turns out it's a lot harder than it looks!

 

I never did make an exact replica of those earrings, but I did find something unexpected.  Many afternoons I would put my youngest daughter down for a nap, pull out the clay and my tools, and my older daughter and I would spend a couple of hours creating together.  This creative outlet I'd been looking for turned out to be such a gift for both my daughter and me.  

 

After making way more earrings than I could possibly wear or even give to friends, my husband finally convinced me to start sharing them with the world and start a business.  Thus, Kinship Clay was born!