06/19/2026
We have a NEW local artist in the house! Meet Shannon Musolf. Shannon is a 25 year old native from Baltimore whose crafting hobby began as a way to occupy her hands while watching TV. "I notoriously cannot sit still," she told me, and that is how her bracelet business began! But I am getting ahead of myself. At first, her bracelets were gifted to anyone who might come for a visit to her parents house. Friends and family couldn't resist the bowl of glistening jewelry sitting atop the coffee table. And Shannon couldn't refuse the enormous joy she felt watching their eyes light up when they found the perfect piece that fit their personality best.
But why stop there? That's when Shannon began taking her jewelry on the road, bring them on family vacations and sharing them with new friends she made from all over the country. Her traveling bracelets began to travel to places even Shannon had never been!
No - you know me, we are still not stopping there. Of course Shannon made sure she had plenty of bracelets on hand when her mom took her and her sister to a Talyor Swift concert. Oh! Did I forget to mention the concert was in Scotland? And just like that the traveling bracelets took a trip around the world!
Since then, Shannon has created an instagram page where clients report where her traveling bracelets have been. Her shop, creatively named, Shop Shan is currently still a hobby, considering her accounting job pays better, but wouldn't it be great to learn that Shannon is so busy selling her traveling bracelets that she had to quit her 9 to 5?
"My hope is that these bracelets bring people joy," she says. "Every single bead you see has been hand placed on the string by me with love."
Shop Shan Bracelets are available now at The Mason Jar. They come in bundles of 5 for $12, are packaged beautifully and make the perfect gift for anyone of all ages!