More Exciting News!

I've been thinking for a long time about changing my business name. I originally decided on SB Design for 2 reasons:

1. SB are my initials and
2. My dad's company is BSD, so it was kind of a play off that. He's BSD, I'm SBD. I felt like I was following in his footsteps in some small way.

The problem is, SB Design really doesn't say a whole lot about who I am or what I do. It's a name that didn't have a whole lot of identity attached to it. I started making and selling jewelry back in 2007 (Holy cow, has it really been 7 years?!?), before I really knew what I wanted to make. Back then I liked taking classes and making anything and everything I could. I created an etsy shop and started doing art shows out of sheer necessity -- I either had to stop making things or start selling them, since I had way more jewelry creations than I knew what to do with. (sorry for ending with a preposition there, all you grammar czars.) 

Now that I'm older and, I hope, a little wiser, I know what I enjoy making and what I want to create. Eco-friendly jewelry is a passion -- I want to design things using practices and materials that are as environmentally conscious as possible. I love taking things that once had a purpose and changing them into something else entirely. My motto is "Everything has a repurpose." My jewelry reflects that ideal. So I spent a long time thinking about who I am now, what I do, and how that can be communicated in a new name. After days of brainstorming, weighing the pros and cons, and badgering my friends to get their opinions I have finally made a decision. My new business name is:

I will officially be changing to my new name and etsy site in January, so this is just a sneak peak of what's to come. This website will stay the same, but there will be some design and format changes coming. It's time for a refresh and reboot, and I am ready to do things a little differently. So, what do you think?