Talented jewelry designer, Joy Houff of Overjoyed Co. from Salem, Virginia whom you may remember as a popular vendor at last year’s Art Fest will be the guest artisan at Village Social on Saturday, November 8th from 11-3 pm for o a wonderful jewelry pop up shop. Joy will also be leading a hands-on creative workshop on Friday Evening November 7th from 6-8 pm on how to make a chic 3-stack bracelet collection. All tools and supplies and refreshments will be provided. Please join us to make a unique handmade gift of your own for someone special this season or keep it as a treat for yourself!

Joy has always seen the world through texture, color, and full of clever possibility. With a degree in Fashion Merchandising, she built her life around the art of making things beautiful and useful all at once. There isn’t a bead, ribbon, or scrap of fabric that Joy hasn’t made friends with. As the founder of Overjoyed, she transforms freshwater pearls, silver, and beads into life forms that are timeless and personal. When she’s not at her sewing machine or jewelry bench, she’s likely designing custom pillows, doing custom tailoring, or coaxing new blooms from her garden. Joy lives with her husband, where creativity seems to follow her like sunlight—whether through her home, for one of her two daughters, or the next inspired project waiting on her worktable.

Some Examples of Joy’s work shown below...pearls and crystal beads hand-knotted on silk and colorful beaded layering necklaces: