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Framed

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Moving into a new home gave me the perfect excuse to finally frame my paintings.

They were beautifully framed at this little frame shop in the heart of Coyoacán, Mexico City.

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New Home: Villa Olimpica

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Meet my new home in the south of Mexico City.

My apartment is part of a complex built to house the athletes during the 1968 Olympics. The adjacent forest and mountains cool the air and make the rains last longer. The surrounding volcanic landscape is home to the National University, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the colonial town of Tlalpan. Monumental sculptures line every street.

As always, my studio is in my home, so creativity can be part of my daily life.

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Shop Update: Thorn Series

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The Thorn Series is now available in my online shop.

Please let me know what size you would like your ring when you make your purchase. Here’s help if you need to calculate your ring size.

If the piece you are looking for is no longer in the shop, it has already sold.

Happy weekend!

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Thorn Series

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Thank you for your warm welcome! Your encouragement always inspires me.

I am finally settled into my new home, happy to be back at play in my studio.

The Thorn Series combines my favorite gemstone (fluorite) color (agave green) and plant (the maguey, mother of mezcal). 

I will add this series to my online shop on Friday at 1 pm, CT.  

Things to know before then:

I can cut any ring to fit size 6 to 10. 

Once I cut your ring, you can still open it half a size.

I ship to most parts of the world. 

Shipping in my Etsy shop is free. 

Every piece I make is one of a kind and I don’t repeat it.

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Thorn

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I am strength and I am light. I am the beauty of the thorn and the sublime in pain. I am structure in chaos. I am a plant and I am a star. My insides cut and chop and rip out everything to grow and be reborn.

I am the cactus, I am the maguey. I am the deep well where everything rests. I am the void where life sprouts. I am the beginning and the end.

Goodbye Coyoacán

I leave this home at the end of the week. Coyoacán has been a healing and vital place for me during the past two years. I will miss the trees, the warmth of my neighbors, the lively parks, and my beloved morning run at Los Viveros.

I am grateful for the friends I’ve made and for the beauty of my surroundings. Muna will miss the squirrels, the large balcony and the bugs and birds she caught while she lived inside the apartment.

We'll be moving further south of Mexico City to be closer to my parents, who need more support. I’ll share pictures of our new home once we’ve settled.

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Undercurrent

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“No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda

The Undercurrent necklace is now available in my Etsy shop.

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Amber Rings

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I will add the Amber rings to my Etsy shop this Friday at 1 pm CST.
I can cut any ring to fit size 6 to 10. Once I cut your ring to fit you, you will still be able to open it half a size.

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Shop Update: Nurture Series

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The Nurture pendants are now available in my Etsy shop.

Each pendant includes a darkened sterling silver chain that can be 16”, 18” or 28” inches long. Please let me know which you prefer when you make your purchase.

Every piece is made with transparent quartz and recycled sterling silver, they are all one of a kind.

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Integrate

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“Integrating the mind is the essence of life. Decide you will always say and do only what you feel is right. Then, you will come to tremendous clarity and conviction in the inner and outer worlds.”
— Swami Nithyananda

Integrate necklace.
Handmade with transparent quartz and recycled sterling silver.
Next week in my online shop.

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Shadow

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“To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own light.”
— Carl Jung
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Stretch

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“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.