Hey! We’re excited to introduce Rebecca McNerney and her work. It’s got an awesome hand-sculpted feel to it that’ll be a welcome addition to your wardrobe or a well-loved gift. Check out these earrings - don’t they look like a familiar well-loved pebble?

Also, Rebecca has PET TORTOISES. So we hit it off right away!

Originally from San Francisco, Rebecca McNerney has been living in Phoenix, Arizona, for the past twenty-five years, where she designs and creates jewelry out of her home studio. Although she aspired to be a fashion designer as a child, her career as a jewelry designer began when her golden retriever broke a string of beads she’d inherited from her grandmother. What started out as a repair job turned into a career in jewelry design.

Rebecca’s work has a peaceful, familiar feel to it. “All of my designs are very simple, and focus on the intrinsic beauty of the materials,” Rebecca says. She’s interested in fiber arts and textiles, which you can sometimes see in her work.

Rebecca is an avid reader - she devours two to three books a week in between hiking, walking, and watching films. Rebecca shares her home with her husband, Max the rescue dog, two desert tortoises and a box turtle. Her sons are away at college.

See more of Rebecca’s lovely jewelry at Turtle Love Co.