Skye Productions and Merry Magic Wands, LLC
is a small cottage business (ok, a log cabin really). Nothing
is made in quantity, so it may take up to 4 weeks to get
your product. If it is in stock it can be shipped the next
day. There are always elves waiting in the wings to help.
So… how did making magic wands start? Merry Lester,
the artist who designs for Merry Magic Wands, LLC and Skye
Productions, realized in 1998 that life circumstances had
lead her to be an adult “way too early.” She
felt like she wanted to get in touch with her inner child.
An “ah ha” told her magic wands was the answer. “Really” feeling
like a princess or knight or warrior may help. As she looked
for wands she found them to be few and far between and
very hard to find. What ones were on the market often lacked
imagination, the very fabric magic works through. On day,
for a fun girl’s outing, she and a friend decided
to make wands. First was the trip to the store to buy the
materials, than they started to make them. One day wasn’t
enough to make the first prototype, so they reconvened
a couple of weekends later (in the log cabin) to finish
and think up other designs! Well… for Merry it didn’t
stop there.
As she made more wands there were more and more ideas.
Slowly ideas materialized into form and what was just a
thought became reality. They developed into both simple
and complex designs. Sometimes she would make a wand and
wonder “where did that come from” and would
meet a person the next week that the wand was perfect for.
As the designs became more complex she needed more complex
skills so she took up beading. Some wands were adorned
with beads. Beading classes were followed by metal smithing
classes. Merry continued to find entire new worlds and
mediums for creation. After years being a physical therapist
and a business person, she had finally found a way to create
her ideas in an artistic form. To make a vision become
form.
Beading makes unique gifts for friends, so Merry started
with a few simple earrings followed by necklaces and bracelets.
Someone would like a bracelet she was wearing and she would
take it off and give it to them. The same went with necklaces
and earrings. One day, a friend called her and asked if
she could buy a few magic wands for her friends? The light
went on and after having given away well over 200 wands
and who knows how much jewelry, it seemed like a good idea.
Merry was close to retirement so why not pay for her art
habit by selling some. A consortium of artists gathered
in 2005 for their first art show! WOW, selling metal sculptures,
pottery, magic wands, jewelry and elk antler art. It was
a big success. Now, Merry sells at some shows in Colorado,
but mostly items are sold thorough word of mouth or the
web. It allows Merry to still feel retired but get some
of her designs out the door; the cabin is just too crowded
otherwise. Merry says she has too much fun making wands
and jewelry; and wants you to enjoy them as much as she
has. Thank you for your interest in our site, if you want
more information please feel free to contact us.
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