Meet Joyce

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Almost seventeen years ago, my husband came to me after finishing a guitar lesson and said something that would quietly change the direction of my life.

“I believe you could make beautiful jewelry from my strings.”

At the time, we were also walking through his chronic mental health challenges. Music remained one of the steady places in our life — something faithful when other things felt uncertain. Those strings held more than sound. They held perseverance.

He placed a small pile of worn guitar strings in my hands — strings that had already carried years of music, teaching, and steady dedication. They had done their work.

I began experimenting with them at our kitchen table, not fully knowing what I was building. I simply started shaping and hammering, curious to see what might emerge. What I discovered was that those strings held a beauty and strength all their own. When carefully formed, they became something lasting.

It was a moment of quiet inspiration — something I had never seen before. The idea that worn guitar strings could be transformed into heirloom jewelry felt entirely new, and from that spark, ReThrive was born.

What started with one simple design — the original Guitar Pick Bracelet — slowly grew into a full collection of artisan heirloom jewelry. For nearly seventeen years, I have continued to shape, hammer, and refine each piece by hand.

This work has always been more than metal and wire.

In many ways, it honors the life behind the music — the quiet perseverance, the unseen hours, the faithfulness it takes to keep showing up. And it has mirrored our own journey as well, reminding me that what has endured strain often carries the richest tone.

Every design is crafted slowly and intentionally. Not mass-produced. Not rushed. Just carefully made, one piece at a time.

These strings once created music.

Now they carry meaning.

From his strings to my hands, and now to yours, each piece carries a story worth remembering.