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FiveDecades

FiveDecades

Contestant's Case to Win

This is based on the number of votes received.
My name is Gina and I am the mother of two fantastic young men, Adam (20) & Steven (10). And I am the wife of the most supportive husband (Kent) a girl could ever hope for.

My love for jewelry making led me to open my rosary / Christian store at Etsy. I opened my first jewelry store on Etsy, Chasingbeads.etsy.com in February 2008 and “expanded” to Chasingpartii.etsy.com specializing in promotional items for other shops whether cyber or brick and mortar. Finally in December 2008, I launched FiveDecades.etsy.com and am hoping for success with my new “addiction”. Each rosary I make is handcrafted after painstaking selection of the right “Hail Mary” with the right “Our Father”. I try to make unusual combinations (such as Panda Bear cloisonné “Our Father’s” and with black & white onyx stones) to appeal to collectors as well as Catholics.

I’ve not made my first million… but there’s still time. :-)

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  • Have voted every day and glad to see you are "on fire"....Read more
  • I too have watched Gina make her jewelry and rosaries they are well done and beautiful....Read more
  • Gina is a talented and generous lady who makes breathtaking jewelry. Her work is unsurpassed and everyone...Read more