Jessica Santander Sparkle Blog

As jewelry lovers, we love to share fun facts when it comes to knowing more about the special sparkle statements we love to shine with in our day-to-day endeavors. Let's start by breaking down in categories of gold with the famous option of golf-plated jewelry.

Where to begin! Our baby business with our handmade gems has reached yet another milestone where we turn 4 this December! Does it feel likes it's been 4 years? Yes and no where the small business journey has had its peaks and moments of pause to reflect upon. I can honestly say that it feels like yesterday when I came home driving from work and the idea to start my own business spoke so strongly to my heart.

After almost 5 years, we've gone back to our home away from home! Where, you may wonder?! The city that never sleeps, the city where dreams are made of, the city that's been a wondrous part of my childhood years, New York City! Let me say that this day-dreamer soul...

This theme of purpose, inspiration, and impact leads us to this month's Modern Day Women Spotlight with the CEO and Co-Founder of Fyli, Jaclynn Brennan.

Cue the Taylor Swift ultimate fall song with august and the aisles inside Michaels being filled with our favorite fall candles and décor, there's something about the beginning of fall and end of summer that's always held a treasured place in my heart. 

One thing that continues to inspire me is the relentless ways today's modern day women are showing up and creating a life of their dreams on their own terms. I remember interviewing several women entrepreneurs for college projects and becoming mesmerized by both their story of success and courage that's...

Connections are everything and in many instances, can be the key to taking our vision to a whole new level. In today's post-job ecosystem, more and more women are changing the rules of the game and extending that helping hand so that we all experience success together and uniquely on...

It's no coincidence that Beyonce launched the very fab song, Who Run The World, Girls! These days, women are doing it all and demanding an entirely new ecosystem where equality is seen, felt, and heard across many facets, as we should! Which leads us to this month's Modern Day Women Spotlight Blog Post Series with Brandi!

As we celebrate Pride Month this June, we wanted to share a little bit more on how we as a brand are pushing for more love for all. Keep reading below for extra enlightening insights.

Our girl gang is so so excited to re-introduce our friends, family, and community to the Modern Day Women Spotlight Series with a purpose to bring you everyday stories of everyday women who are just as passionate as we are with uplifting others through the magic we all uniquely create. 

This month, we are honored to showcase the story of Alexia, a storyteller, HSN Host, and CEO of The Gala Group! Let's get to meet this rockstar modern day lady!

Our brand Founder, Jessica, had the immense pleasure to speak with, Julie, about our passionate mission and the grit and grace embraced to build up her business.

With our demi-fine jewelry designs, there comes the heartfelt imagination, passion, and care into the making and introduction of each and every new collection, so here's a fun fact blog post to bring you into more behind-the-scenes when it comes to the price trend of gold over these past few years. 

As a small business that full of relentless girl power, it's so important to us and myself as the CEO to find the daily chances to reflect and calm the noise of the go-go-go and share the learning moments with our community.

Hello and welcome, darling 2022! What does the number 2022 mean to you? How are you to envision this new year as your greatest self? As I write this blog post, there's a moment of deep breath simply reflecting the gratitude and excitement of walking from an eventful, go-go-go mode of 2021 and into a clean state of this new year.

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday from our handmade jewelry, small business family to our community!!! On this very wintry day of December 1st, our passionate and mission-driven business turns 3 years, young! You bet there's a SUPER MAJOR happy dancing moment happening!! As I share in this grand celebration with you,...

This holiday season carries its own unique magic as it's the time of year where we can all allow ourselves to be extra inspired in being the change we aspire to see today. For our small business, this season marks our 3rd year anniversary and, on top of being wholeheartedly grateful to keep moving forward sharing our passion with our corner of the world, we're just as excited to partake in your gifting moments with the special loved ones in your life.

As we head into our 3rd year in business, much has evolved, primarily with the mindset factor. Just in life, much of growth begins and happens from within, and this past month I'm honored to have spoken with Nisha from Hola Gwapa on the topics of building a handmade business as ours, how mindset plays a pivotal role in connecting self-worth to the numbers of running a business, and much more.

As we step into honoring National Hispanic Heritage month, I'd like to share with you a question that came about earlier this month and has ever since portrayed a clearer picture in my mind with how I'm unapologetically proud I am to live out our lifestyle jewelry brand beaming with our Hispanic and Latino energy! 

 Starting out, I knew to the details what I wanted our jewelry pieces to stand for, the evolving question was, how can I portray, express, and live out this meaning. I knew that and am committed to creating a lifestyle jewelry brand that's not only of beautiful quality, but really touches our customers' hearts and journey. Then one of the most unforeseen events took place.

From the adrenaline rush of setting up our booth to the inspiration shared amidst our fellow emerging aritsts neighbor vendors, below I'm sharing with you the impactful moments that touched our hearts as an emerging small business!