About Jennie & Handheld Hearts

"Jewelry Made the Way It Should Be."
By hand. Small batch. Never mass produced.

We Started Around a Kitchen Table

When Jennie's kids grew up and moved out her house got very quiet.

For twenty years she had been a mother, a wife, a caretaker. Always busy. Always needed. Always putting everyone else first.

Suddenly she had something she hadn't had in years.

Time. Just for herself.

And she had no idea what to do with it.

She Found Her Answer in Jewelry

Not buying it. Making it.

She took classes, made mistakes, started over and fell completely in love with the craft. The focus it required. The patience. The satisfaction of making something beautiful with her own hands.

But the more she made alone the more one thought kept coming back.

Other women need this too.

She Looked Around and Saw the Same Story

Women whose kids had left home. Women who had spent years taking care of everyone else. Women who finally had time for themselves but didn't know where to start.

So Jennie did something simple.

She opened her table.

She started teaching. A few women. Her kitchen. Lots of laughter and a little patience.

Something unexpected happened.

The jewelry gave them a reason to gather. The gathering gave them back to themselves.

The Handheld Hearts

That's what we call ourselves.

Women in our next chapters. Women who chose to learn something new, make something real and find each other along the way.

Every piece in this shop was handmade by one of us.

When you wear it you're wearing the work of a woman who chose herself.

Where We Are Now

Years later we have a Pinterest Award on the wall and jewelry in homes across America.

And now we're getting older.

We've made a decision together — to downsize our atelier, slow down and focus on what matters most to us.

Before we make that move we want these pieces to find the right homes.

Made by hand. By women who poured everything into them. At prices that feel right for this moment.

This is our goodbye to this chapter — and our hello to whatever comes next.

What You're Really Holding

When you open a Jennie & Handheld Hearts box you're not just holding a piece of jewelry.

You're holding the work of a woman who chose herself. Who showed up and learned something new. Who made something beautiful with her own hands and sent it out into the world.

That energy doesn't disappear when the piece leaves our hands.

We believe you can feel it when you wear it.