About Etoile Handmade Studio

Etoile (pronounced "Eh-Twah") is French for star. The brand name was chosen in honor of a favorite poem from Nikita Gill. "93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.” Brandie Mansfield is an artist from rural Tennessee. She has been a painter from a very young age working mainly in acrylic and watercolor. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Graphic Design, she has become a wife, mother, and art teacher while running a successful custom art business. Because of pain in her hands, Brandie turned to polymer clay as a form of therapy. What started as a necessary convenience has blossomed into a passion. Read their story