Lisa's passion for jewellery began back in 1998 when she went in to business exporting Natural Paua pearls to Europe. Being extremely rare and beautiful these pearls created a lot of attention and lisa exhibited at the biggest Jewellery trade Fair in the world the Basel Jewellery and Watch fair. This lead to many more exhibitions including the prestigious Vicenza Jewellery Fair in Italy, which is home to some of the finest jewellery designers in the world.

After learning more about the jewellery industry Lisa went on to study under the Viennese Master Goldsmith Michael Eippeldauer for 3 years, learning the trade from scratch and studying at the same time at the Viennese Goldsmith Institue.

In 2001 Lisa branched out on her own and opened her first shop in St Pölten, on hour outside Vienna where she specialised in designer jewellery and paua and Tahitian pearls. In 2006 Lisa was awarded 3rd prize in the prestigious International Tahitian Pearl Jewellery competition with a pendant titled "Fire under the ice". In 2007 Lisa decided to return to New Zealand and open a shop in New Plymouth with her mother, from here she has expanded the business by purchasing a Opal cutting and polishing business, her boutique shop is now home to one of the largest opal collections in New Zealand.