Fingerprints are unique from person to person. Deb Nester of Prairie Creations has jewelry-fied the fingerprints, and pet prints, of many loved ones into a charm. The kit, which costs $49.95, includes everything you’ll need to make a silver fingerprint. She carries instructions on her website to help her customers get the best print possible.
The final product leaves everyone with a unique print that they can carry with them on a necklace or bracelet for a long time. It doesn’t matter if it’s a loved pet, friend or family member that you’d like to keep near your heart.
Through an interview, she was kind enough to share her story and tell us what got her started as well as where she’d like to see her business go.
How did you come up with fingerprint pendants? What inspired the first pendant you made?
A similar product was offered to me and my sisters at the time of our Mother’s passing. It was sterling silver, expensive and a reproduction of her fingerprint. It was a cookie cutter type thing, perfect oval…one looked like the next and so, on. I couldn’t afford it at the time, but loved the idea. Since having made jewelry for 20 years, I had all the materials possible to try my own version. I wanted my son’s fingerprint to wear and keep next to my heart everyday and I didn’t want to wait for a tragedy to get it.
What inspired you to turn it into your business, Prairie Creations?
I knew that every Mother would love to have something like this as a keepsake of their children. Even those that call their pets their children!
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