In this video, Jessica from Whitney Howard Designs tells Mel of NTPagesTV about their lead-free recycled pewter products, including blessing rings and keys, as well as reclaimed leather mouse pads, organic hemp products and acai berry seed bracelets.
The following is the written transcription of the interview:
Natural Therapy Pages: I'm Mel from NTPagesTV, and I'm here with Jessica from Whitney Howard Designs. How are things, Jessica?
Jessica Sheslow: Hi. Good, thank you. How are you?
NTP: Very well, thank you. How's the show going for you?
JS: It's great! Yeah, it's really interesting. It's our first show, but it's fantastic. We'll definitely be coming back.
NTP: Good to hear. So, you've got some beautiful jewellery on display. Tell me about it.
JS: Well, there are two lines. But our mainstay is the pewter, and it's all lead-free recycled pewter. So, everything you see – the blessing rings, the hearts, and the keys, which are very popular, to our new products. They're little compacts.
NTP: Oh, they're gorgeous. So, they come in a little pouch.
JS: In a little pouch. We also have some thermals, and basically all the products are organic, recycled. Our mouse pads are made from reclaimed leather.
NTP: Oh, lovely.
JS: Our hemp products, which are down the front there, it's all called organic string. It's actually hemp and it's all naturally dyed. Our Seeds of Life bracelets are acai berry seeds, and they're naturally dyed with a little world globe bead. There's pretty much something for every occasion, from the birth of a new baby to weddings to someone who's going through a hard time. You want to give them something to bring them strength and prosperity. We've got healing, new beginnings, travel, everything under the sun.
NTP: So, perfect gifts to people, yeah?
JS: They make fantastic gifts, but they're also nice to have on you. So, we call these story necklaces. So, the idea is that you create your own story. Whatever, you know, you're feeling you need at that time. Put it together and you can have it with you always.
NTP: So, lovely philosophy. Obviously, all natural products. You know, earthy. How else would you describe them?
JS: You know, I think a lot of people are a bit tentative about it because they think it might be a bit too new agey. But it's actually not.
NTP: It's kinda funky as well, you know?
JS: Exactly! It's very trendy at the moment, the keys. And I have to say that Whitney Howard Designs were the first ones to do the keys before Tiffany's.
NTP: And they're based in New York, is that right?
JS: They're based in Los Angeles. So everything is, all the materials are sourced, designed and created in Los Angeles. Nothing's made in China, nothing is mass-produced. Everything is done on a small scale. It's a family-owned business.
NTP: So, what's your website that we can go to, Jessica?
JS: It's www.whitneyhowarddesigns.com.
NTP: Beautiful. And they have stocker's details and all the information on that, yeah?
JS: Yup.
NTP: Perfect! Well, good luck for the show. It was lovely to chat with you.
JS: Thank you so much. Thank you. You too.
Originally published on Jun 14, 2011
