Mokena Resident Starts Jewelry Business

Gina Chinino began selling her handmade bracelets online in October.

When Mokena resident Gina Chinino sees expensive boutique jewelry, she thinks “I can do better.” Chinino started wrist candie, an online business where she sells her handmade bracelets, in October. Her goal in creating wrist candie was to offer a low-cost, college-friendly alternative to high-price boutique items. “She has passion, traction and vision,” said her father, Michael Chinino, in an email to Patch . “When she starts a project she sees it through.” Chinino, who works in consumer marketing for a Chicago public relations firm, began making bracelets during the summer of 2012. She describes her work as diverse, but bohemian. All of the bracelets are named after people in her life or places she’s been. She uses a wide range of …

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