An Interview and Giveaway from AlexKeller!

About Alex Keller

Alex Keller is an artist living and creating in Tucson, Arizona.

Her passion is beauty. It encompasses fashion, art and design. In her corner of the world, she has channeled it into making jewelry. Her line, Jewelry Recycled, was inspired at the jewelry counter of a resale shop. It includes antique, vintage and resale jewelry that she has reconstructed into fresh and {new} pieces.



Her addiction is thrifting and antiquing. Vintage by Alex Keller started as a place to sell vintage jewelry. It has grown into a curation of housewares and décor that Alex would want for herself. These items stay with her for a time, are rediscovered, and make their way to new homes.


1. What inspires you to come up with new designs?

sometimes it's something i saw someone wearing or something in a magazine. i have 2 big binders of tear sheets. sometimes it's from the chains, pearls and baubles themselves.



2. How long have you been creating?

ever since i was a child. i was always coloring, making clothes for my Barbies ... then i picked up jewelry in college - first as friendship bracelets, then working on a bead loom. when i lived in Chicago, i started making jewelry and had my work in a few boutiques. i started Jewelry Recycled just last year.



3. Where do you do your work? Do you have a dedicated area of your home, or?

i have a small work table in our home office, but i also take over our dining room table. my husband never gets to play on the pool table underneath!



4. Tell us about a goal you have for your business

to continue making and creating each day. i'd like to have 2 collections - fall/winter and spring/summer.



5. What is your favorite album?

all time favorite is probably something 80s - like Madonna's Like a Virgin



6. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

active in my son's school, working with wholesalers to sell my jewelry line and selling vintage - maybe having a booth in an antique mall



7. What is your favorite thing to do on a weekend?

catch up on everything! house cleaning, blog reading, & all the little stuff.



8. Tell us about a new skill you'd like to learn

i'd love to take a metal smithing class!

Look What You Can Win!



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- Check out Alex's shop and post your favorite item
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Good Luck!