Journal

We never set out to be car historians—we just fell in love with old paint and let the stories catch up to us. Now we’re two jewelers doing our best to honor the cars, the colors, and all the “car guys” who keep us honest.

Our junkyard find - a 1977 International Scout II The International Harvester Scout holds a special place in American history as one of the first true sport utility vehicles. When...

Some of our best designs at Joyride Jewelry are born from moments of total creative immersion—when inspiration strikes, and we simply follow where it leads. As artists and makers, we...

The 1964 Ford Thunderbird: Luxury, Innovation, and Inspiration The fourth generation of the Ford Thunderbird (1964–1966) was not an all-new car, but it received a significant refresh in styling and...

The Lesson here is AI seems to know us pretty good but can't duplicate our creations.  The words and images in this post are from Open AI's imagination and actually...

From the junkyard to jewelry...We are excited to present this collection made from a 1969 Chevy Nova. We love a good junkyard find and we remember spotting the beautiful Chevy...

As we move into the 17th year of making Joyride Jewelry what it is today, we can’t help but reflect on the past. So much has happened to get us...

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...

****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...

 (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...

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.

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.