There’s a question I’m often asked when a piece sells out:
“Will you be restocking it?”
It’s a beautiful question. It tells me the design resonated, that it meant something. That someone saw themselves in it.
But my answer is rarely simple.
I don’t create in bulk, I never have.
From the very beginning, my work has been guided by intention rather than volume. Each piece begins at my bench, in my studio, shaped slowly by hand. There is a rhythm to that process, a pace that doesn’t lend itself to shelves lined with multiples waiting to ship.
And yet, I understand the feeling of missing out on something that spoke to you.
So just recently, I began doing something differently.
Once every three months, I reopen a small number of made-to-order requests for the designs that sold out the fastest, the pieces that seemed to disappear almost as quickly as they are completed.
Not a full restock.
Not an ongoing availability.
Just a quiet window of opportunity.
For this upcoming release, there will be only 10 spaces per design and only 20 designs opened up.
When those 10 orders are placed, the design closes again.
What I love about this model is the intention it restores, for both of us.
When you place a made-to-order piece, it isn’t pulled from inventory, it isn’t wrapped from a shelf. It begins its life after you’ve chosen it.
Your order becomes the starting point.
I return to the bench, select the metals and stone, cut, set, polish, refine. I hold the design again in my hands and move through the process slowly and deliberately, knowing it already belongs to someone.
There is something deeply meaningful about that.
In a world that encourages speed, next-day delivery, endless stock, constant availability - I’ve chosen to work a little differently.
Made-to-order asks us both to slow down.
It asks you to choose intentionally, knowing there will be a 4–6 week wait while your piece is brought to life.
And it allows me to honour the integrity of the craft, without pressure to mass produce.
Jewellery, to me, has never been about urgency. It’s about connection.
Many of the pieces included in these quarterly releases carry powerful materials, stones like Moldavite, which holds a story of transformation and cosmic origin. Pieces like the Star Seed pendant have sold out within hours in the past, because they struck something deeper.
When a design moves that quickly, I pay attention.
But instead of turning it into a permanent production line, I prefer to treat it like a returning season.
There is something beautiful about knowing it will come again but only briefly.
It creates rhythm, anticipation and intention.
It also keeps my studio aligned with the way I want to work: small batch, handcrafted, personal.
Limiting each design to 10 orders ensures I can give each piece the time and focus it deserves. It protects the quality. It protects the energy. It protects the reason I started creating in the first place.
I believe the pieces we wear should carry meaning.
They mark transitions. They anchor memories and they become part of us.
When something is made specifically for you, rather than mass produced for anyone, that connection begins even before it arrives.
You choose it.
I create it.
It finds its way to you.
That exchange matters to me.
So rather than restocking endlessly, I open these small windows four times a year.
A gentle invitation. If you missed something the first time, this is your second chance.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign, perhaps this is it.
And if you’re someone who appreciates the beauty of a slower process of knowing your piece was made intentionally, not hurried, then the made-to-order release may be exactly how it was meant to find you.
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Ten pieces per design.
Handcrafted over 4–6 weeks.
Created not for the shelf, but for the person who chooses it.
And then, the window closes again.
With love,
Jean