Where It All Started
We’re Mary and Ellen, and if you’ve ever wondered how Arléne began… well, it really started at our mom’s kitchen table. She was always fixing someone’s broken necklace or polishing an old locket, and she’d let us sit beside her with our own little piles of beads. Half the time we made a mess, but she never minded. She’d just smile and say, “Girls, beautiful things take time.”
After she passed, we found her old tools tucked away in a wooden box. Holding them brought back every one of those small memories. That same day, we set up a tiny workbench, just the two of us and started creating again, the way we used to when we were little. It felt like coming home.
