I have enjoyed painting for many years, as well as collecting & reselling beautiful vintage jewelry. I had acquired quite a large amount of broken pieces of vintage jewelry and sometimes repairing wasn't an option, but alas reworking into new was exciting. So, about 2 years ago, that is just what I did..began reworking vintage pieces/bits with new and now I am Distinctively Downtown...fresh new jewelry that is always one of a kind!