Journal

Sep 11, 2023

1949 Ford Superior Coach Works Bus

We are excited to present the 1949 Ford Superior Coach Works Bus collection. We always go on hunting adventures to various junkyards to gather our materials, taking parts of vintage cars to bring back to the studio and give new life as jewelry. The Joyride Jewelry 1949 Bus Collection The part...

Jan 31, 2023 • #vintage

It's a car. It's a truck. It's the El Camino.

****The cover photo By Chevrolet pre-1978 - Chevrolet factory photo The Joyride Jewelry El Camino Collection General Motors introduced their coupe utility pickup, the Chevy El camino, in 1959. The term coupe utility originated in the 1930's, previously referred to as a roadster utility or a roadster pickup. These passenger cars...

Oct 04, 2021

On the hunt in the junkyard

(Jarrod with the 55 Jeep Willys we found) Fall is in the air, the leaves are changing, the days are cool and it's a great time to go hunting...in the junkyard that is. Last week we threw on our boots and headed down the road to our favorite junkyard...

Apr 05, 2021

Jewelry made from vintage cars?! A look at our process and the cars we use.

From the beginning of our creative venture as artists, it was important to us to find our own voice and an innovative material in which to create our jewelry. Read more to hear about our process and the cars we use to make our jewelry.

Jan 29, 2021

A 1956 Buick Special - From the Junkyard to Jewelry

The thing we noticed that was truly "special" about this 1956 Buick Special hood we found in the junkyard was the paint. We immediately got excited about the potential this old car part had for making jewelry.

Oct 28, 2020 • #Jewelry made from cars joyride

HAGERTY article about jewelry made from cars

Please Check out this great article written by Charlotte Vowden for HAGERTY. She did such a great job of taking our interview and transforming it into a great article. Charlotte, Thanks for your elegant writing. Click on image below to read the article.

Sep 10, 2020

The connection is as important as the art. Live or online.

That was the benefit of doing festivals, you got to see people in person, you got to chat and hear stories which would prompt others to join in and share their stories; it was part of the joy of making and selling our art.

Mar 07, 2020

Women and Cars - Innovators in Automotive History

In honor of women's history month we thought we'd celebrate the little known accomplishments of some of the bold, determined women who have helped shape and influence our automotive history since the dawn of the automobile.

Jan 28, 2020

A 65 Ford Econoline SuperVan - from the junkyard to jewelry

We were excited to stumble along this old Econoline Van sitting forlornly in the junkyard. We're always on the hunt for the old quintessential turquoise vehicles and this was a giant turquoise gem just waiting to be unearthed and given new life.

Jul 22, 2019

On the Road

The challenges and adventures of the road are part of who we are and what we do. It is one of the hardest parts of the job, but we're not sure we'd want to do this job without it.

Jun 17, 2019

The evolution of a 71 International pickup - from the junkyard to jewelry

The 1971 International pickup that we recently salvaged from the junkyard was a workhorse for Montana. The great seal of the State of Montana, faded by years of baking in the sun, could still be seen on the SchoolBus Yellow doors.

Mar 26, 2019

Re-purposed Jewelry - Why we recycle and does it matter?

We have always been into refurbished or re-purposed materials. Partly because we love the look of old and worn things, but also because it makes sense to us.