Our Story
Jewelry by Cari began in 2003 with a love of creating jewelry that feels personal, versatile, and entirely your own, with a fluid mix-and-match approach that lets you layer, combine, and reinvent your pieces as your style evolves.
Founded by husband-and-wife team Cari and Rory Streeter, every Jewelry by Cari design begins by hand. Our pieces are sculpted in clay, cast in recycled sterling silver or 14kt gold, and meticulously finished in our Hood River, Oregon studio.
Over the years, our collection has grown around the idea that jewelry can tell your story with just one look. A tiny initial, a symbol that reminds you of someone you love, a birthstone, a diamond, a meaningful date. These small details can carry some of life's biggest memories.
Our jewelry can be personalized with hand-stamped or raised-gold letters, flush-set diamonds, birthstones and other special details, creating pieces designed to feel distinctly yours.
From Our Studio to the Cari Jewelry Boutique
After more than 20 years of designing and making Jewelry by Cari, we opened the Cari Jewelry Boutique in Hood River as a place where you can experience the collection in person and be part of the creative process.
The boutique features our full Jewelry by Cari collection along with our interactive Charm Bar and custom Permanent Bracelet experience.
Choose from sculpted charms, shimmering chains and handcrafted links, then mix, layer and personalize them to create something that reflects your own style and story.
We love helping you find the combination that feels just right, whether you're celebrating a milestone, marking a friendship, choosing a meaningful gift or simply creating something beautiful for yourself.
Jewelry Made for Real Life
We believe meaningful jewelry can still be fun, modern and incredibly stylish.
A glamorous mom. A girly athlete. An edgy educator. Your jewelry doesn't have to fit into one category, and neither do you.
Our pieces are designed to be layered, lived in and made your own, with a little extra sparkle wherever your day takes you.
A Little Jewelry by Cari History
What began as a small handmade jewelry business in 2003 has traveled much farther than we ever imagined.
Jewelry by Cari designs have appeared in designer boutiques, movies, television, newspapers and magazines and have been worn and gifted to celebrities around the world.
Megan Fox wore our Tiny Disc Necklace in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and our jewelry was gifted to more than 250 celebrities at the Grammy Awards, including Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Ellen DeGeneres.
Our designs have also appeared on the San Francisco Fashion Week runway, been gifted to Raising Cane's VIPs and featured by Twitter at SXSW.
And yet, more than 20 years later, what matters most to us is still the same thing: making beautiful jewelry by hand and creating pieces that become part of someone's story.
Handcrafted in Hood River, Oregon
Today, Jewelry by Cari is still proudly designed and handcrafted in Hood River by our small team.
When you shop with us, you're supporting an independent family business, handmade craftsmanship and more than two decades of doing what we love.
Thank you for shopping small, choosing artisan-made jewelry and allowing us to create something meaningful for you.
Welcome to Jewelry by Cari.
