MILK VELVET PEARLS

MILK VELVET PEARLS Classic pearls reimagined as modern symbols of faith. Handcrafted by Sarah Faulkner, Safety Harbor FL

www.milkvelvetpearls.com It was a family saved.

JEWELRY INSPIRED BY GRACE
My Story

In the spring of 2014, I had a personal epiphany that the "pearl" was a metaphor for my life. To me, the pearl represented the immeasurable beauty born from grace. It was the joy of a healed heart filled with new hope. It was the strength of a renewed body, given a clean bill of health. The pearl: a symbol of victory and a gentle reminder to hold on. It said: in

all things, at all times ~ be faithful. Then, it was my great-grandmother’s heirloom pearls (that I keep safely locked away) that inspired me to create a new line of pearl jewelry for everyday inspiration. Drawing from my engineering background & my entrepreneurial spirit, I opened my shop on Etsy on Mother’s Day of 2014. Since then, the response has been overwhelming. Through online sales and by word of mouth, MILK VELVET PEARLS has now shipped to customers across the country and around the world. I have been featured in The Scout Guide, British Glamour Magazine, Know Women, Trouve Magazine, and Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine. Milk Velvet Pearls has been styled by influencers and bloggers from Cologne, Germany, New York City and Los Angeles, CA. All of my designs are meticulously handcrafted for comfort and created to compliment each other. Their natural characteristics look good on all skin tones. Each piece lovely on its own, and lovelier as part of a collection, layered year after year. Sarah Faulkner


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I love creating custom bridal jewelry, and this request was especially sweet. Years ago, my customer had a bracelet shor...
06/03/2026

I love creating custom bridal jewelry, and this request was especially sweet.

Years ago, my customer had a bracelet shortened. She kept the two leftover pearls — tucked away, saved for something. She wasn't sure what yet. She just knew they were worth keeping.

Then her son got engaged.

She came to me with those two pearls and a vision: turn them into earrings for her future daughter-in-law to wear on her wedding day.

Her pearls. Her love for this young woman. Her idea entirely. I just had the privilege of bringing it to life. ✨(Thank you Tina!)

When the bride opened the gift, she said the earrings were "exactly her." They became a gift and a memory forever.

This is what custom bridal work can be — not just making jewelry, but a mother-in-law seeing her future daughter-in-law so clearly that she chose pearls she had kept for years to say welcome to the family.

Pearls are perfectly suited for moments like this.

The only gem born of a living creature, shaped slowly, under pressure, over time. There is nothing more appropriate for life's most precious moments.

Nothing more fitting for a woman stepping into a new chapter than pearls.

If you have pearls waiting to become something — a grandmother's strand, a gift you never wear, two loose pearls in a drawer — let's talk. I would love to help you create something that is exactly her.

Custom and commissioned work is open. Email me at [email protected] to start the conversation.

This memory surfaced this weekend and I can’t stop thinking about the power & beauty of it. Six years since my second br...
06/01/2026

This memory surfaced this weekend and I can’t stop thinking about the power & beauty of it.

Six years since my second brain aneurysm surgery.

The seven days leading up to it had been terrifying. The first aneurysm had been repaired, then grew back bigger. The artery leading up to it had kinked.

This 2nd surgery would be more complicated: a pipeline stent threaded through a fragile, unstable aneurysm. And I had to be on blood thinners for all seven of those days leading up to it.

Seven days of knowing it could rupture again at any moment.

I was terrified of the pain.
Terrified of having a stroke.
Terrified that my life was about to be over. I even said some goodbyes just in case.

I remember the fear. I remember making peace. I read His word, held onto His promises, and reminded myself of all that He had already brought me through. I made the decision to stop tormenting myself with fear and put myself in His hands. As Corrie Ten Boom wrote, “The safest place for us is in the middle of God’s will.”

It’s true.

I woke up from surgery with no head pain, and I hadn’t had a stroke!! My neurosurgeon even told my husband the surgery was easier than he expected.

I WAS GOING TO GET TO LIVE. 💯💃🎉🙌🏻

I stayed awake all night praising Jesus like a little kid at Christmas. And I walked out the next morning.

Six years later, I still cannot stop.

If you are in a waiting room of any kind right now: trust God’s promises. Make peace with His will. He is STILL in the business of doing the impossible.

“Your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed.” Mark 5:34

Save this if you need it. Share it with someone who does.

With lots of love,


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I said a word on a podcast yesterday that I haven't been able to stop thinking about.Marinading.I was describing who I w...
05/29/2026

I said a word on a podcast yesterday that I haven't been able to stop thinking about.

Marinading.

I was describing who I was before my life changed — and that was the word that came out of my mouth.

I was marinading in pain.

I was a Christian woman. I built a business around the message of beauty born from struggle. I carried scripture in my heart. I showed up. I kept going.

But underneath all of that, I was soaking. Steeping. Letting the acid and oil of hard things seep into the meat of me, altering every part of who I was.

That is what a marinade does. It doesn't just coat the surface. It changes what is inside.

I was stuffing down my feelings, afraid to admit how I really felt. Day after day, circling dutifully with quiet contempt, resentment, and disappointment. I was so focused on the struggle part of beauty born from struggle that I had forgotten beauty was the point.

I thought I was holding it together.
I was actually dissolving in it.

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"The kingdom of God is within you." — Luke 17:21

That verse is where everything shifted for me.

God is not waiting for you to get your life together before He moves in. He is already inside the very thing you are standing in. He is the pearl inside you. He is the miracle you keep rushing past on your way to somewhere else.

🦪 I am the oyster, God is the pearl within.

He is not the reward at the end of the pain. He is the source of love, comfort, power, and grace in it.

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Today, I know to let others be themselves.

I am no longer trying to manage what I cannot control. I am no longer soaking in what was never mine to begin with. No more striving. No more pleading. No more trying to earn what was already given.

My fear of failure and loneliness is gone.

I know that I am a beloved child of God.
He loves me.
It’s a done deal.

I can think, feel, and express myself honestly now. And I will tell you — it is the loveliest, most powerful place to be.

My eyes are on the pearl within me.
My heart is with God.
I am protected and guided and loved — not because I earned it, but because of who He is.

It took the shattering of my whole life to realize it.
I'm so glad it happened.

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Can I ask where you are today?

Are you soaking in unspoken pain? Have you let the acid outside seep into the meat of you because you thought there was nothing you could do to change it?

You don't have to keep marinading.

You can choose the way out by choosing what is within.

The kingdom of God is already there — already whole, already full of the love you have been craving your whole life.

The pearl is not at the end of the story.
The pearl is inside you right now. ✨

I did not return to my old life. I returned to discover that life is a miracle, and deserves to be lived as such.

There is something waiting for you too on the other side of the soaking.
It tastes like grace. It looks like a pearl.

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Happy Weekend!
XO
Sarah

I had the honor of creating custom bridal earrings for a destination wedding in Sorrento, Italy last year. I love how si...
05/28/2026

I had the honor of creating custom bridal earrings for a destination wedding in Sorrento, Italy last year. I love how simple and gorgeous they turned out to be.

(And she wore them so well, don’t you think?!)

Happy Anniversary Dani & Naz! ❤️

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I was contacted by Marquis Who’s Who in America back in 2024 about being included in their publication - but I had forgo...
05/28/2026

I was contacted by Marquis Who’s Who in America back in 2024 about being included in their publication - but I had forgotten about it until the book arrived this week.

Who’s Who was started in 1899 as a way to document individuals whose work and contributions became part of the historical record of American life.

Over the years, its pages have included inventors, writers, scientists, ministers, educators, artists, business leaders, and presidents. People like Thomas Edison, Maya Angelou, Billy Graham, Ernest Hemingway, and Martin Luther King Jr.have been included over the years.

So! It was humbling see my own name in it. 🤭✨

But what moved me most was not the recognition.
It was realizing that when they asked to list my greatest achievement, the answer I gave was this:

“Learning to love, and be loved by God.”

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It’s my greatest achievement and such an honor to have it documented in the pages of time, in the Library of Congress!!

Thank you Marquis Who’s Who for including this small town girl whose life and work have been profoundly impacted by faith, grace, and the goodness of God.

Job 8:7
“Although your beginnings were small, so prosperous your future will be.”

05/22/2026

Friday afternoon making The Promise Bracelet for a customer in Colorado. 🤍

“God who does not lie, promised.” (Titus 1:2)

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Feeling very grateful to be featured in BOLD JOURNEY MAGAZINE ✨My jewelry business has been such a meaningful part of m...
05/20/2026

Feeling very grateful to be featured in BOLD JOURNEY MAGAZINE ✨

My jewelry business has been such a meaningful part of my life: it was really special to share a bit of the story behind it all — the epiphany, the challenges, the faith, and the heart that goes into every piece I make.

Thank you to everyone who has supported my work over the years. It truly means so much to me. ✨

PearlGirlJewelry Artist Sharing God

05/19/2026

One of my favorite things about creating jewelry is being a part of meaningful moments. 🤍

I recently had the honor of creating 5 pearl bracelets as wedding gifts, designed to beautifully coordinate with the bride’s own custom jewelry that I made for her. ✨

There is something so special about knowing these pieces will forever be connected to such a joyful day and the people she loves most.

I truly love creating meaningful jewelry for weddings, celebrations, and milestone moments — pieces that become part of a memory and are treasured for years to come.

Thank you for trusting me with your special occasions. 🤍

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I needed a gift yesterday and realized that this bracelet was the perfect piece to give. 🤍I designed it as a custom conf...
05/14/2026

I needed a gift yesterday and realized that this bracelet was the perfect piece to give. 🤍

I designed it as a custom conference gift for a room full of Christian businesswomen; and the feedback I’ve gotten since the event last week has been glowing and heart-felt. ✨

Created to be luxurious, minimalist, adjustable in size, and filled with meaning - The Firebrand Pearl Bracelet is a wearable reminder that our God is the God of miracles.

Handcrafted by me with a 14k gold-filled paper clip chain, and lustrous freshwater coin pearl - it would be beautiful for a June birthday, graduation or an encouraging “just because” gift.

Thank you for the invitation and opportunity. I LOVED FIREBRAND STORY ROOM! Your people are my people.

“There has never been a God who has pulled off a rescue like this.” -Daniel 3:30 MSG 🔥

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Last weekend, my husband and I had a long conversation after I was struggling with some neurological and memory issues a...
05/11/2026

Last weekend, my husband and I had a long conversation after I was struggling with some neurological and memory issues again.

I was home from back to back events in Dallas and Grand Rapids and I was feeling inspired, energized, hopeful, and clear about where I’m headed.

I have new goals.
New vision for my business.
New excitement about my writing and speaking.
I can feel momentum building again.

And at the exact same time, after working for hours on Saturday, I also felt anxious, overwhelmed, and a little over my head.

At one point David looked at me and said “I feel like God wants you to know that you aren’t perfect.”

We both started laughing hysterically. 😂

Then he said something deep:

“You aren’t supposed to perfect. No one is, and no one can be. We are imperfect so that we must rely on God.”

I felt it.

Honestly though, I don’t spend much time trying to be “perfect.” But I do spend an awful lot of time trying to do everything really well.

I want to live well.
Work well.
Use my time well.
Love well.
Build something that matters well.

But maybe trying to do everything well can turn into striving too?

I am reminding myself again: pearls are not formed through striving.

They are formed slowly. Layer by layer. Under God’s protection, in His timing.

Maybe the goal isn’t to do everything really well, but to learn to trust God in the middle of it all.

“Not perfect. Just personally chosen.”1 Peter 2:9

✨Have a great week!! ✨

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