If you’re thinking about joining the permanent jewelry trend and looking for a quality jeweler who can help you create a customized look, consider Historic Brookhaven resident Ansley Eden and her The Welding Bar designs. Ansley recently returned home to Historic Brookhaven to work full-time on her own jewelry business.

 

Ansley has been passionate about jewelry for years. While in high school at Holy Innocents, she worked at Cindy Ensor Designs, first in the showroom, then helping Cindy with social media, and then with repairs. She found a jewelry mentor while in college and launched The Welding Bar as a side gig in 2021.

 

After graduating from the University of South Carolina with a degree in fashion merchandising, Ansley joined Atlanta-based Solomon Brothers Jewelers with the hopes of figuring out whether she wanted a career in jewelry. She loved the work, but a year later accepted a job opportunity in Charleston while continuing her own jewelry business part-time on the side.

 

That part-time business continued to pull her back to Georgia, with a large client base here and pop-up shows at Cindy Ensor, Solomon Brothers, and various Buckhead boutiques. The pull was so strong that Ansley recently decided to leave Charleston and pursue The Welding Bar full-time. She moved back to her family home on East Brookhaven Drive and is expanding her business.

 

The Welding Bar specializes in permanent jewelry, which is jewelry without a clasp. A permanent bracelet, for example, is a chain that can be personalized with charms, fitted to your wrist, and then welded together. Ansley offers both precious and semi-precious stone charms and makes permanent anklets and necklaces as well. Chains are 14K white or yellow gold, sterling silver, or gold filled. With her full-time venture, she is expanding into non-permanent items.

 

You can find The Welding Bar on Instagram at @theweldingbar, email Ansley at
 theweldingbar@gmail.com, or call or text her at (404) 783-7227. Pricing varies by chain length, with a sterling silver bracelet starting at $48 and a 14K gold one at roughly $200. Necklaces are priced per inch; a 14K gold necklace sells for $248 and up.

 

With her move home, Ansley is looking forward to spending more time with her family, dogs, and friends. She loves playing tennis, taking barre classes, and trying new restaurants. She and her mom Terri are talking about being doubles partners. Terri, who has been a Cindy Ensor customer for years and first introduced Ansley to the store, now works there.