Jocelyn Broyles has been making jewelry since she was a young girl, when she would take her mother's and grandmother's worn, cast-off and broken jewelry and making something beautiful out of it once again.

She holds a degree in creative writing from UCLA, and jewelry took a backseat to writing for many years, until it resurfaced after eleven months of traveling with her husband through Central America. An eye-opening experience for Jocelyn, she realized that life was too short, and hers too blessed with opportunity and health, to spend it doing anything but following her first passion.

She returned to the States and studied under various experts in their field; be it beading, gemstones, enameling, or metal smithing. In under a year though, she was back in Central America, forging a new life and her new business from the pacific coast of Costa Rica.

That was eight years ago, and Jocelyn is now working on new projects and returning to her roots. She is again making one-of-a-kind and limited edition jewelry, as well as custom wedding jewelry. She is also venturing into something she's always wanted to do - home and garden furnishings. The last two years spent away from home, traveling and doing tradeshows; working with other incredible designers; manufacturing her designs and seeing them in retailers including Nordstrom, Fred Segal, and Moondance Jewelry Gallery; and having her designs featured on TV, has been a wonderful experience and has taught her invaluable lessons. Now she is ready to enjoy the small things in life. She will be producing a range of designs in all types of metals and a series of pieces using precious and semi-precious stones lauded for their restorative and healing properties.

She continues to live in Costa Rica and design her collections from there -- inspired by the tranquility of the ocean, the green of the tropical mountains and the songs of the howler monkeys and parakeets outside her window.

Jocelyn now has her own blog full of jewelry and non-jewelry things:
http://jocelynbroylesjewelry.blogspot.com/

 And, she also now has a page dedicated to her custom, special occasion and wedding jewelry: http://jocelynbroylesjewelrywedding.blogspot.com

Feel free to contact Jocelyn by email if you have questions regarding the jewelry business, her process, or about Costa Rica and what it's like to live there.