Darcy Tardie lives in New Haven Vermont and has lived most of her life in Vermont. About four years ago Darcy was inspired to utilize the creativity within her and decided to embark on creating jewelry. This jewelry business was created in addition to her full-time job, working in healthcare for 25 years. While working in healthcare is something that she loves and finds rewarding, it was creativity that she craved. Darcy began working with copper wire 4 years ago and slowly introduced other types of wire to work with. Self-taught and determined to create pieces that would be appealing, she continued to learn how to bend, wrap and create with different types of wire. Then came the introduction of stones, shells and crystals. This added an element of the earth to her jewelry which enticed her to continue to challenge herself and learn more about the meanings of crystals and stones and how to incorporate them into her jewelry. To really know the artist, you should know that she is at home within the forest, by the river, under the stars and loves the sun. Darcy has two amazing children, two cats, family, friends, patients and a love of people that is nonjudgmental, helpful and kind. Darcy created a piece called Choose Love which encompasses her love of others and how we should all appreciate one another regardless of any of our differences. Here is the description of the Choose Love necklace: Choose to hold others’ hearts within yours……Race, religion, sexual orientation and abilities are what makes our world beautiful and different. Each pendant is handmade specifically to be different from the others, just as we are as humans. The pendant is held onto the chain with a circle to represent the world that we all live in together. Two hearts, one within the other, represent those who hold other’s hearts within their own.