Hand Crafted Jewelry

Hand Crafted Jewelry

Handcrafted Bead Jewelry by Linda Joy Leland

Inspired by treasures from the earth, designed to enhance your personal style.

Artist Statement

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
George Bernard Shaw

I believe that part of creating yourself includes your personal style. Mine has changed over the years but it has always included some piece of unique jewelry. Throughout my life I have collected interesting pieces of jewelry from around the world to enhance my personal style.

One day a friend of mine gave me an enormous bag filled with beads made of coral, shells, pearls and semi-precious stones. These beautiful treasures from the earth inspired me and their metaphysical healing and protecting properties have always intrigued me. Drawn in and my creativity sparked, I sought out places to buy more beads, interesting pendants, and unique clasps. Then I started designing and stringing bead jewelry for my family, friends and myself. When I began getting requests for custom orders I was encouraged and my jewelry business was born!

Jewelry can become part of our lives—part of our personal story. It brings me great joy to create jewelry that helps people to express themselves.

LINDA
LELAND

HAND CRAFTED JEWELRY

Linda creates one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art by handpicking unusual pendants and then stringing them with complimentary beads. She strings beads to make jewelry with the emphasis on the metaphysical healing and protective properties as well. Linda also takes custom orders. She has taken some jewelry making classes but is primarily self-taught taking inspiration from the materials she uses and her own collection of jewelry.


In addition to creating jewelry, Linda is a professionally trained and certified Feng Shui and Interior Alignment Practitioner. She has studied color and design and has certificates of graduation from Sheffield School of Interior Design, Western School of Essential Feng Shui--Advanced Training in Essential Feng Shui, Essential Compass Feng Shui, and Denise Linn International Institute of Interior Alignment. Other studies include Eastern philosophy, Chinese face reading, energy healing and nutrition. Linda loves to cook and is an avid gardener. She also has a strong spiritual and meditation practice.


Linda has over 30 years of business experience including owning and operating a "Top 10" rated (Consumer Checkbook) San Francisco Bay Area travel agency which allowed her to travel around the world to explore different cultures and appreciate their traditional art.

Properties of Stones

"Throughout the ages, gemstones and crystals have been regarded as having special properties. Ancient civilizations used them in healing, or as talismans and amulets, kings, queens, emperors, warriors and priests used them for power and protection. . ."

While beauty plays an important part in the appeal of stones, a stone's energy also has an impact on us. To connect with the Earth's energy we can wear jewelry made with gemstones to draw on its powers for healing, protecting and balancing.

The following is a brief list of selected stones and their metaphysical properties. For more information, I highly recommend The Crystal Bible, Judy Hall; Love is in the Earth, Melody.

Agate - General protection and healing, increases self-confidence and energy
Amber - Healing, protection from negativity, calming
Amethyst - Bestows stability, strength, inner peace and tranquility
Anyolite - Increases awareness of ones individuality
Apatite - Suppresses hunger, rids one of guilt and grief, enhances creativity
Aventurine - A good luck stone, stimulates creativity, a great healing stone.
Aquamarine - Sharpens the mind, calms and clarifies emotions
Bloodstone - Calms negative emotions, increases courage
Carnelian - General healing stone, restores natural energy flow of the body
Charoite - Stone of transformation, stimulates inner vision 
Chalcedony - For peace, confidence and minimize over sensitivity
Chrysocolla - Soothes nervous tension
Chrysoprase - Promotes emotional balance, wisdom and peace
Citrine - Helps digestion, balances and dissipates negative energy
Coral - Promotes love and harmony, clears negative energy, provides protection
Fluorite - Enhances spiritual energy work, powerful healer, increases ability to concentrate
Garnet - Balances natural energy, highly protective
Goldston e- Uplifting, reduces tension and stomach problems
Hematite - Great stone for grounding, calms and soothes
Howlite - Reduces stress and anxiety
Jade - Projects universal love, health, wealth, protective and lucky
Jasper - Calms a troubled mind, helps with digestive problems
Kyanite - Aligns all charkas automatically and immediately
Labradorite - Strengthens the will and inner strength
Lapis Lazuli - Emotional healing and stability
Lepidolite - It is used for stress reduction and assists one in openness & honesty
Malachite - Strong stone which helps release negative emotions
Moonstone - Draws love and helps in interpersonal relationships
Onyx - Protective stone, releases old relationships
Pearl - For endurance and emotional stability and to benefit the lungs
Peridot - Balances your emotional mind
Prehnite - Can be used to multiply energy and enhance ones protective fields
Quartz - Great healing stone, aids mediation and visualization
Rhodonite - Self affirmation and self-love
Silver - used with gemstones because the metal is able to both attract and retain, unto itself, the qualities emitted by the stone.
Sodalite - Purifies your aura and protects you from negative energy
Tigers Eye - For good luck and protection, brings insight to one's own faults.
Tourmaline - Calm, protection, focus and balance, promotes self assurance
Turquoise - Healing and protective, attracts friendship, luck and happiness
Unakite - Promotes balance and emotional stability, a grounding stone.

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