Welcome to Ocean Isle Jewelry on Etsy!

I started my journey in jewelry design as a collector of vintage pieces. I was drawn to those great pieces of the 50's with colorful rhinestones. I, of course, could never wear any of them--way too gaudy--but they were so pretty! On the other hand, I thought, those plain metal designs were b-o-r-i-n-g. Who would want to wear plain ol' metal jewelry?! It wasn't "pretty" at all! I just got rid of the metal pieces, never adding them to my collection.

Quite honestly, I still feel that many of those… Continue