She's the designer behind one of your fancy favorites, the coveted Bar Bracelet. Meet Monika Reed of Favor Jewelry. . .

Favor is a jewelry design and production studio founded by Monika Reed as a way to offer delicate, timeless, and sentimental jewelry, inspired by the shapes, stones, and metals found in the natural world. As nature provides the inspiration as well as the materials for Favor, she feels it is an obligation to act environmentally and socially responsibly. She carefully researches material’s sources and she is committed to American distributors, whom she feels confident are providing fair wages and are meeting ethical working standards. Monika designs and produces all of her jewelry in Portland, Oregon, to support the local economy. She uses natural gemstones and reclaimed, hypoallergenic, and nickel-free metals. Everything made of sterling silver and 14k yellow and rose gold are certified to be 100-percent recycled. Her 14k goldfill has verbal assurance that it is manufactured from post-consumer recycled metals. Additionally, she recycles all metal scrap, uses recycled paper in printed materials, and all packaging is post-consumer recycled, recyclable and reusable.

Favor jewelry can be worn day to night, season to season, and year after year. Monika creates products that are not meant to be disposable and that will not enter the waste stream for generations, if ever. While these facts may not be apparent, they are Favor’s underlying principles. Favor’s goal is to create pieces that feel good to the hands, look nice to the eyes, and are friendly to the environment.