About the Designer

After years of infertility, my husband and I turned to adoption as a means of building our family. Once we submitted the paperwork to adopt, we sat back and began the wait. There were times when I worried that the wait would drag on forever.

It was during this time that I made the first Hope bracelet. I wanted a visible reminder that our baby was coming. I visited our local craft store and selected several types of beads that I liked, and that I thought might make a nice bracelet. I found some beautiful glass heart beads, and I also found some Miracle beads. They were just the right color to complement the glass beads, and I thought that the name of the beads was interesting. I did not realize until I opened the package of beads that they seemed to glow in certain light. I tried using the heart beads, but no matter how I strung them, I was not happy with how they looked. I put them aside and made the Sarah bracelet.

Shortly after we got that special phone call that our son was on the way, I sat down with the glass heart beads again. I was able to make a bracelet I was pleased with, and I eventually named it the Hope Realized bracelet.

Our son was born soon after that, and I am now finally a mother. Three years later, we discovered that I was pregnant. After so many years of infertility, it was quite the surprise. We now have two beautiful boys.

In November 2008, I was excited to discover that I was pregnant again. Unfortunately, I lost that little one to a very early miscarriage just a few days later.

You can see my own mother's bracelet, if you'd like. It's the Answered Prayer bracelet.

The jewelry here at Hope of My Heart Designs is made in honor of those women who are still waiting and those who are mourning little ones that have gone on to Heaven. It is my desire that the jewelry here will be as encouraging to them as they were to me.