The Story Behind Studio Blue
Jewelry shaped by real moments, real connections, and one unforgettable orange tabby.
Meet Angela
Angela Schade has been designing handcrafted jewelry for over 30 years. Her work has been carried in more than 40 boutiques across the U.S. and internationally at Harrods and Liberty & Co. in London.
Through Studio Blue, Angela creates delicate, meaningful pieces inspired by real life, including Companion, a collection born from her bond with a once-feral orange tabby named Morris.
Based in Southern California, she continues to design jewelry meant to be worn, layered, gifted, and treasured.
A Letter From Angela
If you've found your way here, I want to tell you something a little more personal.
Studio Blue has grown alongside me for most of my life. I started designing jewelry when I was just 12 years old. Even then, I wasn't chasing trends; I was chasing meaning. I've always believed jewelry should mark something, a moment, a memory, a relationship. Something real.
Over time, what began as a small bridal line evolved into something broader: jewelry meant not just for one day, but for everyday life. I found myself designing for the quieter moments, the pieces people reach for without thinking, the ones that become part of their routine. Studio Blue shifted from marking milestones to accompanying daily life, with subtle designs meant to be worn, layered, and lived in. Jewelry, to me, became less about spectacle and more about presence.
But in 2019, something very personal shifted my work in a way I didn't expect.
His name was Morris.
He was a feral orange tabby I began caring for after an elderly neighbor moved into assisted living. I promised her I would feed the small group of cats she'd been looking after. I meant it.
For three years, I fed Morris every single day while he kept his distance. My husband built him a small wooden shelter to protect him from coyotes. We added a heating pad during cold nights. He stayed cautious. Independent. Wild.
Until the morning I found him badly injured.
That was the moment distance stopped being an option.
I knew I had to help.
It took three days to trap him. When I finally brought him home from the emergency vet, stitched up and neutered, he spent one very unhappy night recovering in our dog kennel.
But, after that, something changed.
He was still shy. Still very much himself. But slowly, over months, he began to trust me. Sometimes he would come inside and sit quietly between my husband and me on the couch. That small gesture felt enormous.
It felt earned.
And that's when I understood something in a deeper way:
“Loving a cat isn’t about ownership. It’s about being chosen.”
That quiet, hard-won bond stayed with me. Companion was born from that feeling.
I designed the first Cat Lover Necklace® as a delicate symbol of what it feels like to be chosen, not owned, not claimed, but trusted. The collection expanded into bracelets, earrings, and layering pieces, all subtle, wearable, and meant to feel personal rather than playful. I wanted them to be pieces you could live in. Keepsakes that quietly say, “This matters.”
The response was overwhelming. So many of you shared your own stories, rescues, childhood cats, companions who stayed for a season and those who stayed for a lifetime.
And because Morris was once a community cat, I wanted to honor that part of his story too. Still Wild pieces are designed to give back, with 25% of proceeds supporting TNR efforts.
After all these years of designing jewelry, I’ve learned something else:
“The most meaningful pieces begin with love.”
And sometimes, that love arrives quietly . . . and stays.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for wearing pieces that hold real stories.
With love,
Angela
Supporting Community Cats
Still Wild pieces, marked with a subtle tipped ear in recognition of TNR* cats, give back in a meaningful way.
Twenty-five percent of the proceeds support Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats, a local 501(c)(3) dedicated to providing the South Los Angeles community with access to free TNR services. Through this work, thousands of community cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, treated, and returned to the people who care for them.
