Dakota Designs || Custom Jewelry & Fine Leather Gifts ethically sourced + sustainable + recycled + handmade in Missouri

My name is Summer McDowell, I'm a metalsmith and a jewelry designer in rural Missouri, USA. I've been designing and making jewelry full-time on Etsy since 2012. Dakota Designs is my line of personalized gifts and handmade jewelry that I make here in the midwest. I use only sustainable products, recycled silver and gold, Missouri ethically sourced leather, American or ethically mined gemstones, and recycled packaging.
I fell in love with working with making and designing jewelry in 1st grade when I saved up and spent all of my allowance on a little jewelry making kit. I was seriously hooked and I've been sawing on metal, designing with beads, stamping, and playing with tools since that day.
Designing and creating one of a kind gifts with meaning to others brings me joy. I put my heart into each piece, I say a prayer for each recipient of the memorial pieces I make. I love making something that brings a little smile, chuckle, tear, joy, or comfort to the person wearing it, it's my passion. I love the feedback you all give me!
I love working with my hands and playing with fire and metal. Hand-stamping has become an extension of my own handwriting. My designs have been featured in Seventeen Magazine and worn on TV three times!!
A few of my favorite things are… spending time with my kids, my dogs, cooking from scratch, red wine, sunshine, nature, farms, hardware stores, reading, road trips, sunsets, and making jewelry.
Thank you for all of your support in buying handmade in the USA! A portion of my sales goes to support an anti-trafficking organization rescuing, supporting, providing shelter and aftercare for victims of human trafficking, Operation Underground Railroad O.U.R. Rescue. The founder, Tim Ballard, (former CIA and DHS) is working hard rescuing children that are being sex trafficked all over the world.
Please know that your support of my handmade jewelry is helping make a difference in the world right now! You are helping to stop human trafficking and helping survivors find hope and empowerment in their new lives, thank you for your help & support in making a change in the world.

Blessings,
Summer


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