Sayari Designs | Pietra

Imagine an orphan girl. We'll call her Trinity. After a horrible tragedy in her family, the most prominent family in the community takes her in. The leader of that family, the person she trusts most in this world, later betrays her so deeply that she runs to the hills to hide. She makes her home inside a cave and learns to garden. As she tills the soil, she finds colorful rocks and smuggles them into the city where she sells them to the local Shaman. When she discovers an abandoned ATV in a shallow ravine, she fixes it up and travels farther and farther into the hills to dig even more beautiful treasures. Imagine writing this story and feeling pulled to the hills to find your own treasures. This is I how felt writing the story of Trinity. So I withdrew my savings to buy an ATV, a trailer, and of course a pickup truck to pull it. Along the way I met generous, kind people who showed me where they've found treasures, and I collected more minerals than I knew what to do with. So I bought lapidary wheels and a silversmith's torch, and learned how to use them from YouTube videos. I then took my handmade jewelry to farmer's markets to sell them. My daughter was so inspired by Trinity that she also learned how to make jewelry and joined the adventure. We decided to call our business Sayari (which means Planet in Swahili) Designs by Trinity and opened a store in a wonderful coffee shop called Affogato where amazing people gather to share their stories. We are a mother-daughter team of artists who make hand crafted jewelry from ethically sourced gemstones. Our focus is to enhance the natural beauty of the gemstone and showcase its one-of-a-kind beauty for our customers to enjoy. Each of our items are made from sterling silver or 14K gold filled. We enjoy teaching our customers about the various types of metals we use and the different properties of each gemstone we sell.