Hi love!
If you're here, you're curious. Who am I buying from, and why? Well, for what it's worth, here's my story.
We’re a husband-and-wife team, along with our son Croix, traveling the country 6-8 months out of the year in our camper, creating jewelry inspired by the places we visit. We’ve lived this way for over a decade, and the inspiration and adventure still hasn’t worn off.
My jewelry journey began years ago under a different name, but somewhere along the way my photography business took center stage and I let the jewelry business go. But in 2019 I began designing and making jewelry again and Wild Roots Creative was born. The wanderlust, the storytelling, the connection to place - it all came full circle. It was as if the universe was telling me that this was the right time to do this.
In the spring and summer months, you’ll find us in the Midwest at our little summer cottage built in the late 1800s. It’s a place filled with incredible history, crooked walls, and a squeaky porch swing that sings in the evenings. Tucked in the woods, it’s alive with wildlife, wind in the trees, and the kind of quiet that fuels creativity. A haven when we aren’t roaming and somehow a destination in its own right.
When fall arrives, we hitch up and head out. Our compass usually points south and west toward wide-open spaces - deserts, forests, and coastlines. We’re often off-grid, running our business from the camper, designing jewelry, packaging orders, and meeting incredible souls along the way.
As you browse my jewelry, you’ll notice many pieces are named after locations. Jewelry was always the souvenir I gravitated toward in my early travels - a wearable memory. Now, when a place moves me, I try to capture its feeling in a piece. Maybe it’s the blue of a stone that mirrors the waters off Big Sur, or warm desert tones that echo the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon. Sometimes I even find those gemstones in local bead shops, and I love the alignment of that.
My hope is that you’ll see a piece and feel a connection. Maybe it reminds you of somewhere you’ve been, or somewhere calling your name. I put all of my heart into every piece I make, with the hope that the story carries through to the one wearing it.
I receive so many messages from women sharing their travel stories, how much they love a piece, or how it makes them feel, and those notes mean more than you know.
Thank you for being here. For reading this. For supporting a small, traveling dream and this little shop in the universe.
xoxo
Ali (and Mike)
photo by Olive Gray Photography