My name is Nelia and I am the face behind Nelia's Keepsakes.
I have always had a passion for art and design and graduated with a bachelors degree in fine art in 2015. I went on to work in a jewelry studio where I continued to learn the skills needed to make jewelry from start to finish.
In 2019 I gave birth to my first child. I had always planned to breastfeed, but after a traumatic birth things did not go as planned. We had to work tirelessly in order to meet (and exceed!) my breastfeeding goals. I wanted a way to reward myself for all the hard work I had put in to nourishing my daughter. That's when I discovered breastmilk jewelry! I realized I could combine my passion for breastfeeding and skills as a trained jeweler to create the most meaningful and unique jewelry. In 2020 I launched Nelia's Keepsakes (then called Aspen Stars) and never looked back. I have worked with hundreds of people around the world preserving breastmilk, ashes, flowers, baby hair, pet fur, sand and soil, and more!