Kristine was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and began her artistic career at a young age when she discovered a love for making things with her hands to please others. As far back as she can remember she kept her hands busy beginning with making earrings out of shells shaped like the pansie flowers and selling them door to door to help the large family of girls.

After an unsuccessful search one Christmas for a gift for a good friend, she decided that she would create a gift of her own. The small multi colored pearl and brown topaz necklace drew such praise, both from her friend and from her friend’s friends, that Kristine kept making what is now known as her signature pearls as well as incorporating English hallmarked antiques into her other jewelry accessory designs. When her husband became ill several years ago with a lengthy stay in the hospital – She vowed not to leave him there alone and took tools and supplies to his room where she set up making woven cuff peyote bead bracelets for some of the nurses. Another patient in the hospital was a gentleman who had a retail store and whose niece sought to find where these bracelets originated. Soon she began selling them - first to friends and then to local stores. She studied materials in jewelry making and developed her own unique techniques and styles. She has never looked back. Boutiques where she frequently shopped also showed an interest in her pieces and encouraged her to sell to their establishments- subsequently her business grew. Thus began the retail business placing pieces into the ICE Accessories at Fred Segal’s, just one of many boutiques in California and Idaho.

Her theory is that sometimes all it takes to make an outfit or lift your spirits is a simple piece of jewelry.