Teresa Chorba never really thought of herself as an artistic person. But not too long ago she started experimenting with metal wire, wrapping it around gemstones to create unique patterns and shapes.

Today, she runs Wrapped in Stone FL and creates pendants, bracelets and other jewelry. The West Palm Beach native moved to Bonita Springs about 20 years ago. Her whole career has been in the food and beverage industry, but a couple of years ago she decided to find a hobby. “This is something I could do for myself,” she says. “Working in [food and beverage], you get used to doing everything for others.”

Chorba had come across a few YouTube instructional videos and dove right into buying the wire and experimenting with bracelets. She started incorporating gemstones, at times traveling to gem shows around the state to replenish her stock. It takes a little time to learn the intricacies of the art — such as the differences in the malleability between copper and silver wire, for example. But soon she had a small collection of jewelry. And then she started to make a few as gifts. “I had run out of friends and family to ask to buy something from me,” she says with a laugh. “But I still had so much more.”

She started to get into the local farmers market circuit, and now has a booth weekly at the Coconut Point Farmers Market Thursday mornings at Coconut Point Mall. She sells mostly in person but posts frequently on her Facebook and Instagram (@Wrapped_In_Stone_FL) to stay in touch with her customers. She still works full time as a server, so she’s limited in what she can sell. Chorba hopes someday she can expand her selling operations, but in the meantime, it still remains that hobby she can look forward to doing after a long day of work. “It’s not a big money-maker,” she says. “I do it because it’s fun. It’s a great creative outlet.”