Petals & Metals

Hand crafted custom and one-of-a-kind jewelry using sterling silver and 14k gold filled findings, Bali & Thai Hill Tribe silver, precious & semi-precious gemstones, designer lampwork beads, crystals and various other specialty findings. Since 2001.

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Please note that many of my items are made to order and natural variations may occur. Turnaround time from order to shipment can take up to a week.

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Check out my blog at www.petalsandmetals.blogspot.com.

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Ann Westby is a former paralegal who finally got to indulge her creative side after she got married & quit working to have babies. A mother of two small children, ages 4 and 6, she's been making jewelry by hand since 2001. In 2006, she started Petals & Metals.

Ann grew up in the Netherlands and left there at 18 to go to school in Boston, Massachusetts where she got a degree in journalism (with a concentration in advertising), which she never did get around to using. From Boston, Ann moved to Houston, Texas, which was more of a culture shock than the first move. Now she can't imagine living anywhere else. With a huge passion for jewelry, both the making and the wearing of it, Ann is constantly striving to improve and expand her skills. This is what's taken her from beading & wire work, her first love, into metalsmithing and precious metal clay. A couple of metalsmithing and PMC classes are all it took to get Ann completely hooked on metal and fire. Local to Houston and want to take a closer look? You can see Ann's jewelry in person at Oolala in the Heights [833 Studewood, Houston, TX 77007 - (713) 862-9800]; or you can come by her studio at Winter Street Studios, 2101 Winter Street, 23, Houston, TX 77007 during Open Studios on the second Saturday of every month.