Follow Your Dreams. Give Back. Celebrate Life.
A mantra that I, and TO YOU Jewelry lives, breathes, and experiences the essence of happiness from.
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I have always dreamed of...
turning my hobby of fine jewelry design into a business. I studied Architecture, Urban Planning, and Design back in my native country of Brazil and enrolled in a jewelry-making class and MBA Program after moving to Toronto in 2016.Ā
Wearing statement and meaningful jewelry makes me feel more empowered. Through TO YOU Jewelry, I aim to empower women to define their own destiny, curate their passions, and adorn themselves with jewelry that has personal meaning and style.
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Planting The Seeds
Childhood. Family. Womanhood.
From an early age, back in Brazil, I dreamed about designing jewelry and making beautiful and meaningful art pieces. By the time I was reaching my teens, I had eagerly designed a jewelry and clothing collection. It was an outlet to express myself, build my confidence, and offer something to the world.Ā Ā
As one of four daughters, my family is supported by a long lineage of strong, confident women who all loved to dress up and wear jewelry. Weād inspire each other with our unique style; a trait passed down from my grandmothers, mother, to me and my sisters.
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Nurturing the dream
Learning. Travelling. Giving Back.
In SĆ£o Paulo, Brazil, I honed my artistic passion through watercolour painting, graphic design, illustration, indoor historic murals/frescoes restoration, and heritage building gold leaf restoration. My time studying architecture, design, and interning at a graphic design firm and historic restoration company, crafted my love for all these passions.Ā
I followed a calling to travel, exploring the United States, Canada, and Europe ā including Spain, Italy, Ireland, and France. The experience gave me purpose; a strong desire to make the world a better place through the beauty of jewelry design and craftsmanship. I found myself in coffee shops, journaling, and sketching cities, buildings, and nature. And here, my love of coffee, and me time, was born.
Entering my corporate phase in life, I continued pursuing my love of art. I attended jewelry design and goldsmith classes at Atelier Marcia Pompei, in SĆ£o Paulo, after work. It was the best hobby as I could express myself freely by designing and making my own statement pieces of jewelry. I started to design and make jewelry pieces for my family and friends, and the desire to give back through gifting something meaningful, made by me, started to flourish!
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watch it grow
Inspiration. Connection. Empowerment.
One of the proudest moments Iāve had was to create meaningful jewelry designs for the older female generations of my family, through gifting jewelry I could thank them for their inspiration to follow my dreams. This empowerment flowed down to my sisters and I, and now Iām grateful I get to pay this forward to my own daughter and every TO YOU Jewelry customer.Ā
The connections I had with fellow designers while taking jewelry making classes at The Harbourfront Centre in Toronto inspired me once again to not only follow my dream, but to turn it into a reality.Ā Ā
As destiny would have it, my daughter was born in 2019, and I decided I wanted to create a positive impact for my family and the world. TO YOU Jewelry was born during the 2021 Global Pandemic, at a time when many of us reconnected with what truly makes us happy.Ā
By sharing my story and designing each TO YOU Jewelry piece, I hope to inspire and empower women to give back to themselves by following their dreams.
With Love,
Thais