Handcrafted artisan jewelry by Teresa Perkins. Unique, wearable designs enhancing your own individual beauty
The annual Christmas on MacArthur event is this Saturday December 14, 2024 from 10 to 2. Such a wonderful family event with talented vendors and crafts for the kiddos! By Faith Jewelry will be there with bells on, looking forward to filling all your shopping needs!
Christmas blessings to you and your family from By Faith Jewelry!
Has it actually been a year since the Holiday Market at The Farmstand~Bumpass, VA? I suppose it has! Time flies when you’re having so much fun! But, after an adventurous year of having our home open for Virginia’s Historic Garden Week Tour, I have recovered and am back to the business of By Faith Jewelry.
I will be at their 2nd annual Holiday Market this Saturday, November 16, 2024 from 9:30 am to 3:00m pm. There will be food sampling inside the store and vendors set up outside. Lunch will be available from Braise and Smoke, come hungry!
I have lots of beautiful necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and aromatherapy jewelry for your gift giving needs as well as your own personal adornment!! 😉 Looking forward to seeing you there! (I will be accepting special orders if you know that you need a special something for that special someone…how special!)
P.S. if you miss me at The Farmstand~Bumpass, I will be at Christmas on MacArthur on Saturday December 14, 2024 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. On the 4000 block of MacArthur Avenue in Richmond, VA. Tell your friends! It’s a fun event for family, lots of children’s activities, music and artisans!
May God bless you this holiday season. <><
A Wine Festival, A Holiday Market, and A Christmas Extravaganza: Three shows in three months at three locales! Come out and shop all our unique and special jewelry. Each necklace, bracelet, and pair of earrings is handcrafted with gemstones, pearls, precious metals, and love!
By Faith Jewelry is perfect for your holiday shopping…moms, grandmothers, aunts, girlfriends, wives, teachers, YOU! We have something for everyone, and we can create special orders if you can’t find that ideal piece.
A Taste of New Kent is being held on October 14, 2023, from 11 AM to 5 PM. Local wineries offering tastings, music, and By Faith Jewelry will be there, too!
The Farmstand Holiday Market on November 18, 2023, from 10 AM to 3 PM. 15767 Jefferson Hwy, Bumpass, VA 23024. Lots of artisian crafts, gifts, and local meat and vegetables! One stop shop!!
Christmas on MacArthur is from 10 am till 2 pm on Saturday, December 10. This annual holiday celebration benefits Toys-for-Tots, and new unwrapped toys can be dropped off that day. This is a full family-fun day featuring kid-friendly activities, music, and vendors selling handmade arts and crafts!
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And don’t forget that you can always find By Faith Jewelry at Jolene Family Winery in New Kent, VA, and at The Farmstand in Bumpass, VA.
I hope you will stop in and say hello at one, two, or all three!
Blessings from By Faith Jewelry. 🩵 2 Corinthians 5:7
By Faith Jewelry had an interesting year in 2022. New styles of jewelry, new clients, new locations and some ups and some downs with craft shows. OH, I almost forgot…and a new truck!! As always, I am so grateful for all the lovely people who support my creative efforts and who enjoy wearing By Faith Jewelry. Those amazing returning clients and the new and interesting people and businesses I have had the opportunity to connect with over the past year bless me beyond measure. Thank you so much. I look forward to what 2023 will bring! I am praying for more blessings and what God has in store for my little business.
The news:
By Faith Jewelry is now in 4 retail locations! The Farmstand in Bumpass, VA, Williamsburg Bazaar Too in Williamsburg, VA, Jolene Family Winery in Quinton, VA, and The Bookstore at Calvary Chapel in Mechanicsville, VA. Stepping out was the goal. And I would call it a successful start! The small businesses that I am partnering with have been so supportive and gracious and I thank them heartily.
Here’s that NEW Truck!
It’s such a great convenience when I pack up and unload for a show, saving me an hour every show. Every minute counts on those hectic show days. I am feeling so up-to date since I now have a QR code to get you to my Instagram easily!
Last, but certainly not least…NEW JEWELRY
I am always creating new and unique By Faith Jewelry pieces to compliment your own inimitable beauty. I say that God creates the gemstones and I get to play with them! This year I extended my collection called ‘The One’. It is a collection of necklaces that feature a single gemstone or pearl on a silk cord with a sterling silver clasp. This perfect one goes with everything: jeans, workout gear, an evening out or a day at work.
I have also added Morse Code Bracelets to the mix. I have a selection of words available and can do custom words as well. These have been so well received and I am looking forward to adding more in the future. These bracelets are fun, affordable and can have your own secret word! (custom bracelets: only short words & do I need to say it? no vulgarity)
For those coffee lovers in search of a caffeine jolt, By Faith Jewelry has sterling silver caffeine charms dangling from your favorite beverages interpreted in gemstones!
And of course, those pearls, gemstones and charms that make By Faith Jewelry necklaces, earrings and bracelets your favorite jewelry to wear!
So that’s the update, news and highlights of what’s up with By Faith Jewelry. May God bless you in this new year. And if you get a chance, please give me a shoutout on Instagram, Facebook or the old fashioned email!
Thank you!
If you know me, you know that my name is Teresa, and I am the artist behind By Faith Jewelry and that I am so very blessed and privileged to create beautiful jewelry with the myriad of gems, pearls, rocks and precious metals that God has put on this planet.
What you may not know is that I have always been a maker. From my earliest memories I was crafting bread dough sculptures, plastic beaded necklaces, noodle art, collages, wall hangings, pin cushions, stuffed animals, clothes, shoes, hats, gifts and, well you get the idea! I never met a craft that I didn’t want to try to put my own spin on!
I came across this old photo the other day and realized that I am still that girl! The geeky girl you see is in her Happy Place on Christmas morning…hair still in curlers, her new stewardess hat and wings on, next to the spray painted, noodle covered Christmas tree, drawing on her new tracing light box.
The second picture is today, all grown up, still in my Happy Place, still creating, perhaps a bit less geeky?
Anyway, I thank God for then and now. And I look forward to the future He has for me and for By Faith Jewelry!
The annual Powhatan Festival of the Grape is this Saturday October 2nd!! By Faith Jewelry will be there with our beautiful selection of wire wrapped gemstone necklaces, earrings, aromatherapy jewelry and our newest addtion: morse code affirmation bracelets! Please join us for a fun filled day, and stop in to say hi. (and shop, shop, shop 😉)
On October 16, 2021 the annual A Taste of New Kent is happening once again.
By Faith Jewelry is so excited to participate in the festivities! Please stop by and say hi!
Tickets are available at:
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I have so much to be grateful for! YOU, my clients and supporters of my handcrafted creations, are a blessing to this endeavor called By Faith Jewelry! Thank you for reaching out to me and purchasing gifts for your loved ones (and yourself!). YOU made this one of the most amazing years that By Faith Jewelry has ever had.
I enjoy making jewelry so much. It gives me the opportunity to express my creative side in a very special way, with tiny gemstones, pearls, wires and leathers. Every piece is designed with an eye toward simple beauty, artistic whimsy or pure elegance. And although I have said it many times, I think I should again say that God is the ultimate creator and He makes all these beautiful stones and pearls and I just get to play with them! Several years ago I was given a verse during a quiet time at a conference. It was the verse from Exodus 31 above. This verse has sustained me through the busy times and through the quiet times. I am learning to enjoy all the different seasons, busy and quiet.
With the unanticipated course that 2020 has taken, I am also learning to enjoy unexpected delightful surprises! The Sip & Shop event at Stony Point Fashion Park was an unexpected surprise at the end of a cancelled year. A very unexpected call from a client who wanted to give my jewelry as gifts was so delightful! I have also been privileged to discover new clients and kindred spirits who appreciate handcrafted jewelry! And those returning clients who have supported me for the past 11 years are always dear to my heart. Thank you all for wearing my little gemstone creations of love! The unexpected gift of time gave me the opportunity to explore something fancifully new with the magical bubble blowing wands that I have had so much fun making! And one more surprise: I pray before every sale and show that I would be allowed to share the love of Jesus with everyone I meet and unexpectedly, this year, I think this sharing happened more times that I would have thought possible! Praise God!
See you on Instagram and Facebook next year ~ please share & like & tag #byfaithjewelry ~ Merry Christmas with love from By Faith Jewelry and may God bless you and yours!
I’ve been busy at my workbench the past couple of weeks. Of course you’ve seen my new Magical Bubble Wands. But don’t think that I have strayed far from my roots! Jewelry will always be my main thing. Here’s a few new creations:
And…I hope to have some news very soon about a ‘live and in person’ Holiday Market! Praying it will happen. I will keep you posted. 🦋
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