Retailer Spotlight: WildHeart Boutique

An eclectic mix of fabulous fashion inspired by embracing life with an open heart and a fierce soul.

We are excited to welcome WildHeart Boutique, located in St. Augustine, Florida, to the Pick Up Sticks Jewelry family! This beautiful shop offers on-trend, comfy, flattering, quality fashion and accessories for all styles and sizes.

Owners Susan and Tana could not be more energetic and delightful. Both are talented stylists who make each shopping experience for their customers uplifting and fun. Their primary focus is on bringing out each woman’s unique beauty and personal style.

5 Ways to Shop

These innovative gals offer not just one, but five ways to shop!

  1. In Person: Shoppers can browse new merchandise weekly in the boutique’s inspiring and eclectic environment. In addition to everything fashion-related, unique gifts and accessories abound (including plenty of Pick Up Sticks Jewelry art charms!).
  2. Private Shopping: A private shopping experience can be scheduled just for you or for your own group of friends. Just imagine—our own dedicated time to try on and model outfits at your leisure, plus drinks and snacks are included!
  3. Trunk Show: Susan and Tana invite shoppers to host a group in their home or other venue. You supply the place, and they supply the fashion and the fun.
  4. Custom Style Box: The WildHeart Style Box is your own personal stylist-in-a-box. Shop via FaceTime, Zoom, text, or email, choose what’s perfectly you, and your Style Box is shipped direct to your door.
  5. Closet Refresh: Any time is a good time for a closet cleanse. Susan and Tana will review your pieces in person or via video. You’ll learn new ways to style your clothing and build on what you have, making putting the perfect outfit together super easy and incredibly stylish.

Warm and Welcoming

WildHeart Boutique is a unique shopping experience where every person is warmly welcomed. So, if you reside in or around the St. Augustine area or are visiting, be sure to stop in. Even if you aren’t close by, try their video shopping options, and make sure to join the WildHeart Tribe and get a free copy of “Styling the Beautiful Shape of You!” (There’s a download link right on their website homepage.)

You can also catch Susan and Tana in their weekly livestream on Facebook, Mondays at 10 a.m., when they share fabulous new finds and endless ways to put it all together. And…if you need to get your Zen on (and who doesn’t?), Susan, a certified Yoga instructor, offers live and recorded yoga sessions, also on the boutique’s Facebook page.

Talk about one-stop-shopping, connecting with WildHeart will sooth your soul and energize your spirit in more ways than one.

 

Find Them Here:

Physical Address: 137 King Street, Suite 101, St. Augustine, FL
Website: https://www.wildheartboutique.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewildheartboutique

Love Is in the Air

We love holidays. And one that ranks highest on our list of most-loved is Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day isn’t just about spouses, significant others, sweethearts, or lovers, as most people immediately think. Sure there are cupids involved for some, at one time or another perhaps, but first and foremost, this special day is about love. Giving love, sharing love, and feeling love. It’s more than just a holiday, it’s a mindset, and one that should and could last year long.

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Chicklet XO Necklace – Side A

In the spirit of love, and just in time for St. Valentine’s Day, we’re introducing our exclusive XO Necklaces! This “ready to wear” piece features two of our Art Charm Initials—an “X” and an “O”—as well as a 20” ball chain necklace. Just open your package, don your purchase, and you are ready to spread love. This hugs-and-kisses concept is available in four styles: Candy Initials, Chicklet Initials, Dot Initials, and Monogram Initials.

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Chicklet XO Necklace – Side B

We love our Art Charm Initials so much (and we know you do, too), we thought, let’s use them for more than a first-name initial or spelling words (of course they are awesome for that as well). We’re giving them center stage for sharing the most beautiful thing of all: LOVE.

And guess what? Because all of our Art Charms are reversible, with unique images on each side, depending on which way you arrange your “X’s” and “O’s,” you can have multiple looks with one necklace. How cool is that?

So, express your creativity and spread the love this Valentine’s Day season to not only friends and family, but also to the world at large, which is what love is all about.

View our XO Necklaces here.

View our entire Valentine’s Holiday Collection here.

Building a Better [Easter] Basket

Easter baskets aren’t just for kids, you know. Grownups can enjoy a visit from old Peter Cottontail as well. “What!?” you say. “The last thing I need to do is sabotage my good eating habits and weight loss goals by munching down on marshmallow chicks and chocolate bunnies.” “Rest easy,” we reply. “This Easter basket is Pick Up Sticks Jewelry style.”

Easter Baskets for Grownups!

Easter Baskets for Grownups are a growing trend and a fun DIY gift for a friend, mom, sis, a grownup daughter…anyone who has said goodbye to jellybeans and trips to the local mall to sit on Peter Rabbit’s giant furry lap.

Ideas in Bloom

When creating an Easter basket for a grownup, first pick a theme, next personalize the basket with useful relevant items, and finally match your theme to Pick Up Sticks Jewelry charms! For our example, we will explore creating an Easter basket for an avid gardener, or anyone in your life who has a green thumb, and then we’ll follow up with a few additional theme ideas with matching jewelry charms.

Easter Basket for Grownups Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Style

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Women’s History Month: Beatrix Potter, Timeless Storyteller

In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating beloved English author Beatrix Potter.

Born Helen Beatrix Potter in 1866, in London, England, Beatrix Potter is best known as one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time, having penned The Tale of Peter Rabbit and more than 20 other books for young readers.

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Women’s History Month: Queen of the Deep, Sylvia Earle

In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Sylvia Earle.

Sylvia Earle was born in Gibbstown, New Jersey, in 1935. From the time she was a small child, Sylvia had an innate fascination with creatures and plants that lived in the wild.

Drawn to the Sea

When Sylvia was 13, the family moved to Clearwater, Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. Soon, she was learning all she could about the wildlife of the Gulf and its coast. Her parents could not afford to send her to college, but she was an exceptional student and won scholarships to Florida State University and went on to achieve a doctorate degree from Duke University. Earle’s postgraduate work was a mixture of groundbreaking research and oceanographic exploration.

Into the Deep

Today Earle is internationally recognized as one of our nation’s leading marine biologists and one of the world’s top advocates for safeguarding the seas. Determined to inform the world of her discoveries and the importance of ocean conservation, she has authored more than 190 publications on marine science and technology and lectured in more than 80 countries. She has led over 100 expeditions worldwide, involving in excess of 7,000 hours underwater in connection with her research. In 1970, she led the first team of women aquanauts on a two-week exploration of the ocean floor.

Her more than 100 national and international honors include the prestigious United Nations Environment Award, the Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Award, and the Director’s Award of the National Resources Council. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998, and served as chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NNOAA), where she stayed until 1992. She was the first woman to hold that position.

Charming Sylvia

Pick Up Sticks charms that exemplify her enthusiasm and dedication to bettering the planet include “The Sea Calls,” “Courage,” and “Hope.” The first charm clearly addresses Sylvia’s passion for the sea and its vital importance for mankind. “Courage” speaks of her fearlessness in forging new frontiers, while “Hope” embodies her wishes for a safe and healthy environment. Says Earle: “I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.”



Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvia-Earle
https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/sylvia-a-earle/

Women’s History Month: Clara Barton, Angel of the Battlefield

In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Clara Barton.

Finding Her Calling

Educator, nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton on December 25, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. Barton spent much of her life in the service of others and created an organization that still helps people in need today–the American Red Cross. She had a crucial and long-lasting impact on care-giving and disaster relief both in America and throughout the world.
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Women’s History Month, Ruth Colvin, Literacy Pioneer

In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Ruth Colvin.

Ruth Johnson Colvin is a literacy pioneer. A native of Chicago, Illinois, she moved to Syracuse in 1940. In 1961, after learning that more than 11,000 people in the Syracuse community were “functionally illiterate,” Colvin took a proactive approach, and in 1962, founded Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc.
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Women’s History Month: Maya Angelou, She Inspires

In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating American poet, author, and humanitarian, Maya Angelou.

Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou was born in St. Louis, on April 4, 1928. Known as “Maya,” Angelou was an American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet, and civil rights activist best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African-American woman.
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Women’s History Month: Eleanor Roosevelt, Redefining Roles

In celebration of Women’s History Month Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring a prominent woman and highlighting the impact she had on the world. And, to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Eleanor Roosevelt who became First Lady of the United States on March 4, 1933.

Born to Serve

Born in 1884 in New York City, Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of the First Lady through her active participation in American politics. The niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, and the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she advocated for human and women’s rights, held press conferences, toured the nation repeatedly, and voiced her opinions through newspaper columns and radio broadcasts.
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Women’s History Month: Martha Graham, Transforming Dance

March is Women’s History Month. In celebration, Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Company is featuring prominent women throughout the month and highlighting the impact they had on the world. And to add a little more fun to the history lesson, we are selecting jewelry charms that embody each woman’s unique personality and accomplishments. Today we are celebrating Martha Graham, the Mother of Modern Dance.

Intrigued with Movement and Emotion

Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1894, Martha Graham’s influence on dance is monumental, oftentimes compared to the impact that Picasso had on painting. Her father, George Graham, was an early practitioner of psychiatry. His focus was on nervous disorders and diagnosis through attention to physical movements. This acknowledgement of the body’s ability to express inner senses through movement was a strong influence on Martha’s creative work and her desire to dance.
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