It’s taken sixteen months, but we may have just made something so stunning, so heart-meltingly meaningful, it’s going to devastate people. Specifically, our friends and family.
Those closest to you - the ones you truly care for - well, this could ruin them.
Hopefully.
How can we convey our most significant emotions, in the most meaningful and powerful ways possible? How do we let those in our lives know and feel how much they truly mean?
Those two questions were the conceptual seeds now growing wildly. And those two questions remain at the heart of our creativity. Our belief is that if the feeling is worth expressing, it's worth expressing wholeheartedly.
Ode & Stone, at its core, is a love story. Created and crafted with one sole purpose in mind - connection.
This isn’t simply a gift you give someone, but an experience you share with them. Each poem, necklace, and gemstone carefully curated and chosen specifically to complement one another. We poured an incredible amount of love and energy into every component of Ode & Stone.
Our poems - The point is the message, and I wanted to write them in a way that was powerful, yet light enough to be received. Each one, printed on photo quality, fade-resistant cardstock and individually signed. The poems are designed to be removed from its display within the packaging and made to fit 5" x 7" picture frame perfectly.
Our packaging - This is, quite possibly, the most beautiful package and presentation I’ve ever seen. It’s exactly how we envisioned it and required nearly a year to design and develop. There’s gold foil debossed lettering, a luxurious velvety feel to the touch, part jewelry box, part hollowed out hardcover book with magnetic a closure, sustainably made and intended to be repurposed, kept as a keepsake for storage, or simply as decoration.
Our gemstones - each stone researched and studied extensively, before selecting the precise one whose qualities are most aligned with the message intended. The gemstones accompanying each poem and necklace will hopefully serve as a reminder to the message itself, whenever worn. And because no two stones are exactly alike, each necklace is truly one-of-a-kind.
Our necklace - designed with subtle elegance, understated and versatile. Made in either sterling silver or 14k Gold Vermeil over silver. Resulting in something vastly more durable and wearable than the typical standard brass-based jewelry.
Ultimately, our objective is simple - make everyone we love cry. Only, you know, in the good ways.
We're a company born from love, fostered, fed, and led with love, whose main aim is to spread love.
Whether as a gift for yourself, or others, our real desire is that each order be received in the ways most necessary. In ways reaching deep into the parts of our hearts needing only a touch of compassion. In ways which bond us together a bit stronger than we were before.
Lastly, turning this outlandish idea of ours into something that has a steady heartbeat and breath, feels like its own sort of reward. There was a lot of joy in the journey. However, what truly makes this chapter something priceless is that we did all of it together, as husband and wife. And now, as mom and dad. Hopefully some of our own light shines through, too.
Thank you for supporting our art, our small business, and please know how insanely grateful we are that our paths somehow crossed, just right, with yours.
