About Me
Beaver Street Goods - Jewelry by Kelsie Gruver
I asked my friends to describe me in the three words and these were some of what they said; feisty, blunt, straightforward, caring, helpful, generous, funny, hilarious, colorful, intelligent and lastly, "If fuck was an adjective I would use that."
I grew up with a magpie complex, rifling thru my grandma’s jewelry boxes and collecting rocks.
And while I’ve always been obsessed with jewelry and gems and rocks, it was only a few short years ago that it occurred to me that I could make jewelry! I began scouring the internet for anything and everything I could find on jewelry making. I watched thousands of hours of YouTube videos, followed makers on Instagram and screenshotted their bookshelves. Finally, I signed up for jewelry/metalsmithing classes at the state university in town! Our first class we sawed a squiggly line thru a 2” x 2” piece of copper. I think I snapped a dozen saw blades and I almost cried I was so happy! I honed my skills with the help of my professor for two semesters and at home in my studio that my amazing husband and craigslist help furnish.
In 2022 I spent a week Tennessee at an AMAZING jewelry school, learning new stone setting skills. I plan to learn lapidary, and cut all my own stones in house! After all, covering myself in gemstones and rocks is what brought me here.
I’m married to a wonderful man who supports all my hair-brained ideas and schemes. He’s retired from the US Air Force after 20 years of service (lucky bastard). We’ve been together since 2007, we have no kids, two cats and a dog and we very much enjoy our weekends sleeping in and drinking beer 🍻 We like to kayak around lakes, shoot guns, and eat our way around OKC!
Gayla
I wanted to get something special for my daughter as a wedding gift. I reached out to Beaver Street Goods for ideas. Kelsie met with us, showed my daughter ideas and let her pick out two stones for a ring. We left the rest to the expert. I have to say when my daughter opened that ring, i was blown away along with everyone else. She wanted a statement piece, and she got it. She loves it! I wanted something special that would bring back memories of one of the best days of her life and remind her how much she is loved. I got exactly that! Thank you, Beaver Street!!
Taylor
My mother contacted Beaver Street Goods to create a ring as a wedding gift. Kelsie suggested we meet to discuss. Best idea! Kelsie is great – it’s obvious she knows her craft. She had me thinking out of the box which was needed as I wanted a statement piece. Kelsie went above and beyond by wrapping it so my mom didn’t even know how it turned out (I thought that was awesome). Even though we were involved in the decision of stones and style, we were shocked when I opened the special gift at my shower. I could never have imagined how awesome this piece would turn out. My mom wanted something special to share just between mom and daughter. A piece that I can wear for years to come and remember how special this experience has been. Little did we now that Kelsie at Beaver Street would become part of the experience and memories, not to mention I now have a new friend. Thank you!
Kendra
The ring I have from you is one of my most perfectly crafted pieces. So quality I am amazed every time I wear it.