The daughter of artistically talented parents, Jessica Starnes felt a connection to the arts from an early age. After years of trial — and a lot of error — in everything from painting to knitting, she finally discovered a passion and talent for jewelry making about a decade ago. She founded Jstar Jewelry Designs after several friends and coworkers asked to purchase creations right off her neck.

Jessica designs and manufactures every piece of her collection in her Colorado mountainside studio.