The Hands and Heart Behind Adorn Designs Jewelry

Hi, I’m Barb—the founder, designer, and maker behind Adorn Designs, a Colorado studio devoted to creating meaningful keepsakes that celebrate love, preserve memories, and honor the people and moments we never want to forget.

I began Adorn Designs on Mother’s Day in 2016. In the early years, I explored many styles of jewelry while learning silversmithing, photography, design, and the many skills involved in building a handmade business.

The deeper purpose behind my work became clear when my mother became ill. Wanting to keep part of her close, I pressed her fingerprint into silver metal clay. After she passed, that small charm became a source of comfort—a lasting impression of her touch that I could carry with me.

That experience shaped the future of Adorn Designs and inspired me to help others preserve meaningful connections in tangible form.

Today, I create personalized jewelry, memorial artwork, and remembrance journals featuring the details that make each story unique—fingerprints, handwriting, soundwaves from recorded voices, baby footprints, pet prints, birth month flowers, birthstones, names, dates, and other meaningful symbols.

Some keepsakes celebrate a new beginning, milestone, or family connection. Others honor someone deeply loved and missed. Each one is created to hold a story, offer comfort, or give someone a meaningful way to remember.

Every design is thoughtfully created and prepared in my Colorado studio. I carefully enhance and refine the images and recordings entrusted to me, preserving the natural details that make them personal—the ridges of a fingerprint, the character of a handwritten note, the texture of a pet’s print, or the unique rhythm of a loved one’s voice.

My jewelry combines traditional silversmithing techniques with precision engraving and modern equipment. My memorial artwork transforms cherished photographs and impressions into personalized art, while my remembrance journals provide a private place to hold the words, memories, and feelings that remain.

Many customers find my shop while celebrating a new arrival, honoring a family bond, choosing a deeply personal gift, or navigating the loss of someone they love. I never forget that each image, recording, and story represents a real person, an important moment, and an irreplaceable connection.

I often think of myself as more than a maker. I am a translator—turning love, memory, and meaning into something tangible that can be held, displayed, written in, and carried forward.

Every Adorn Designs keepsake is created to help you:

CELEBRATE ..... the life
HONOR ..... the love
REMEMBER ... the moments

An Invitation

Every piece begins with a story — maybe yours is next.
If you’re looking for something that speaks to you, something made with patience, care, and intention, I would be honored to create it for you.

In the end, it’s not just about jewelry.
It’s about love made visible — and memory that lasts.

— Barb
Founder & Maker, Adorn Designs Jewelry
Handcrafted in Colorado