Vanessa and I have been blog/internet friends for a little while now and finally met in person this past Friday at the First Friday at the Flat Iron building in Wicker Park. I checked out her beautiful jewelry and we got to chat for a bit. If you're ever in the area make sure to stop in, she's in studio #215. I'm so very jealous of her space and hope to have a live/work space of my own someday as well!