The Latest
Read AllAbout Misty
What do you get when you combine a lifetime of athletics and coaching with a passion for jewelry? You get me, designer of custom made jewelry.
It all began at age 3 when I discovered a passion for gymnastics and ballet that lasted 16 years. After two knee dislocations and surgery it was time for a change. I began coaching gymnastics while receiving a BFA in fine and professional arts with a concentration in metals at Kent State University. During college an assistant teaching job was offered at a camp in Maine and shortly after I became the director of the department the following year. The summer camp is located in Harrison, Maine and has taken me there for the last 17 summers.
Camp Pinecliffe was established in 1917 for girls 7-15 years old. This is where I have spent many of my summers teaching young girls the basics and fundamentals of jewelry making, sawing, soldering, roll printing, drilling and filing etc. I began teaching in 1995. I now live down by the water in a cabin with my 12 year old great Dane (villain) and cat (phantom) off the back of the studio. There are roughly 220 girls in one summer and they remain at the camp for 7 weeks. There are 7 classes a day along with many other activities but jewelry and water skiing are their favorites.
Over the years the Camp Pinecliffe collection, or "CP," emerged. Not only do I sell the jewelry, there is a section of the campers work throughout the years. For more information about Camp Pinecliffe please visit www.pinecliffe.com
Meanwhile, running turned to 5k, 10k, ½ marathons and marathons. Then the love for triathlons began. Sprint triathlons quickly progressed into Olympic distance, ½ Ironman to full Ironman triathlons. I have now finished 11 Ironman Triathlons. Florida in 2004 and 2007, Brazil in 2006, Arizona in 2008 and Wilmington, NC's first Iron distance triathlon, Beach 2 Battleship, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Cozumel 2009, Louisville, KY and St. George Utah 2010 and South Africa 2011. I have raced in over 70 triathlons since May of 2002 and will continue for the love of the sport.