Chip & Linda Babb
LindaRae / Creative Effects Co. Inc.
Creative FX and LindaRae Jewelry is quite well known throughout the country for its innovative & whimsical designs in Sterling Silver, Copper, Brass, Niobium and Recycled Aluminum- at one point selling to over 3,000 jewelry and gift shops. Chip & Linda began designing and producing jewelry in the late 1990’s, converting their barn into a studio on their property in Corrales. They started selling at local and regional art and craft shows. In order to distinguish this new direction, a new jewelry company was created - LindaRae Jewelry (named after Linda Rae herself!).
We hope you enjoy the beautiful contemporary jewelry designs offered at LindaRae.com
Lindarae Jewelry is a spin-off of Creative FX Jewelry. Creative FX began life in 1980 when Chip & Linda got married, and he took her away from all of “that” in Southern California to come to the wilds of New Mexico. Chip’s background in Architecture (B.S. UNM) segued into jewelry design, and the first items created and sold were sterling silver “Moonscape” designs with stone and exotic wood inlay, exotic wood belt buckles set in bronze, exotic wood boxes with bronze lids and Concho belts out of Sterling Silver, Bronze and Zinc-Cadmium. In the mid 1980’s, Creative FX began producing earrings, pins, necklaces and bracelets made out of colorful Niobium.