Chocolista Deborah recently interviewed Julee of ImJewelee:

When did you start making jewelry?

I started making jewelry at age 12 with a girlfriend and we would twist those little rainbow colored phone wires into friendship bracelets. Then, I actually did not make any jewelry until this year and I am 40ish my sister told me about Scrabble Tile Pendants and here you have it!

As a jewelry maker, do you also wear a lot of jewelry?

As a matter of fact I wear a lot of the jewelry that my sister has made and I do wear a lot of my pendants! I can change them up at any time and even make some to go with a particular color or outfit, now that is fun.
What inspires you to create your jewelry?

Oh my gosh what inspires me here we go....Childrens movies I go to those because of the gorgeous colors, I saw Kung Fu Panda 3 times and it has beautiful colors and scenery as well. I dream color combinations and wake up thinking about images and my little shop of "Art that you wear". I also love to paint and have painted a few Scrabble Tiles and they look really good but I have not posted any lately .... after a child asked me if my cute little owl was a ninja, HA! Also, vintage images and postcards, retro and pop art, 70's 80's and nature and chocolates.

I see your nine-year old daughter has an Etsy shop, too, with fun scarves. A love for crafts runs in the family. What would you say to mother's who hope to interest their little ones in crafts?

Oh I would say to a mother who would like to inspire their little ones to craft is to go to Hobby Lobby or get online and visit some craft sites and get going! You can create almost anything! Homemade clay is always fun to make and play with, at any age! Email me and I will give you a great recipe for some! Here are some more ideas, paper bag puppets with a puppet show, or sock puppets are so much fun...just a little yarn, some markers and google eyes. My daughter is so crafty and knows way more than me. She loves to paint and draw and I have never told her to "stay" in the lines....do your own thing and let them do it the way they want to.
ART is the way you see it, not the way others think it should be!

Name your favorite chocolate bar.

Oh my favorite chocolate bar....hmmm.....only one chocolate bar? I am thinking this is hard because I do have many that I love.... but I will say my most favorite of all time is the Heath bar. It has the best chocolate covering that you can peel off and eat and then crunch into the toffee middle and let it melt in your mouth.

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