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Claire Smith runs her handmade jewelry business , Cloudy Lemonade Jewellery , from her home in Moffat , Scotland . All of her pieces are handcrafted painstakingly from recycled silver jewelry . “ It ’ s hand-carved , hand sanded , hand polished . When I say handmade , I mean it .” Claire is very proud of her work and some of the proceeds go to support MQ , a mental health charity .
CLAIRE SMITH CLOUDY LEMONADE — featured seller
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Claire Smith runs her handmade jewelry business , Cloudy Lemonade Jewellery , from her home in Moffat , Scotland . All of her pieces are handcrafted painstakingly from recycled silver jewelry . “ It ’ s hand-carved , hand sanded , hand polished . When I say handmade , I mean it .” Claire is very proud of her work and some of the proceeds go to support MQ , a mental health charity .

“ MY PIECES ARE DESIGNED TO SPREAD HAPPINESS , POSITIVITY , AND EMPOWERMENT WITH £ 1 FROM EVERY SALE DONATED .”

Interview by Jackie Rupp with Cloudy Lemonade Jewellery

The Winding Path

to Success

THE START OF SOMETHING GREAT It took a bit of a rough start for Claire to get to where she is now with her business . Originally trained as a copywriter , after she gave birth to her first child she didn ’ t want to return to that line of work . “ The numbers didn ’ t stack up and long term , my husband and I knew that we weren ’ t going to stay in the area we lived in forever .”
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