CINNAMONSTICKS DESIGNS

Fourteen years ago, when my husband and I had our third child, I decided to leave my job in pediatrics to be home with our children. I enjoyed watching them learn to crawl, to climb, to find new objects to put in their mouths, to walk, to discover the world and themselves. They reminded me how I had been as a child... As soon as I had learned to walk, I pocketed every rock I could find, especially if it shimmered. At five years old, when my parents' friend-a jeweler!-let me try on a 6 carat, pear cut diamond ring, I wanted to use whatever else I could find-bits of wire, cloth, twigs or grass-to turn all those sparkling rocks I'd found into jewelry.