To be a successful business owner you have to love what you do. With that said, it is a passion of mine to design jewelry that enhances the beauty of women. My name is Ms. Maria and I am a 27-year-old mother with an 8-year-old son. It all started in 2006 while being a stay-at-home mom & I would attend MOPS (Mother’s of Preschooler’s). MOPS is a group where moms would get together for food, inspirational stories & fellowship. At the end of every session there was a craft. On one particular day the craft was to make jewelry. There wasn’t enough time left in the group for me to make what I wanted so I decided to take what I was making home along with the left over materials which were a variety of beads. From there I let my hands do the magic. The pieces that I started out designing were strictly for my personal collection, but as I would wear the jewelry out while doing my running around I started to get a lot of inquiries. The compliments motivated me to pursue this as a business so that I may reach financial freedom as well as make time for me & my son. From then on I started my own home-based business; My Precious Designs©.
Precious Memory Lane© - Contrary to disbelief, I started Precious Memory Lane© Personalized Keepsakes & etc before My Precious Designs© jewelry. I've always liked working with computer graphics & every now & then when special ocassions came around I would design my own cards, flyers, business cards, plaques, etc. As time went on I started to add that personalized touch with people's pictures & names on what I would design. In attending a babyshower back in 2004 I decided to make the mom-to-be some personalized candy bar wrappers & they were a smash! I got business from that babyshower & it took off from there. When I graduated from high school I wanted something that would capture my special moment so I created a personalized magazine cover & newsletter for myself. I ended up creating an entire portfolio of my designs & looked forward from there.