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Gift

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It has taken me decades to appreciate myself and my gifts. I tried to be like others, to find my worth in their eyes, to be seen. Now I take the time to encourage myself in challenging situations, to celebrate my achievements, to rest when I am tired, and be gentle when I am afraid.

I’ve also tried to change careers every year, feeling that art was selfish and not helpful enough in this changing world. Now I see that making art has given me purpose, direction and immense joy. It is the place where my love for life finds expression.

Gift Necklace.
Handmade with green agate and recycled sterling silver.

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Imagination

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“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
— Carl Sagan

Imagination Necklace.
Handmade with chrysoprase and recycled sterling silver.

Companion

It comforts me to know that no matter what happens in my life: changes, cycles, lessons, gifts; I will be with me. I am my ally, my friend, my gentle companion.

Companion Necklace.
Handmade with lemon quartz and recycled sterling silver.

Origin

“Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.”
— Charles Darwin

Origin Necklace.
Handmade with silver obsidian and recycled sterling silver.

Rising Sun

“In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine.”
— Socrates

Rising Sun Necklace.
Handmade with amber and recycled sterling silver.

Maria's Tree Leaf and Moth

Entry

“Never get used to anything.”
— Ruth Bernhard

Entry Earrings.
Handmade with brass and recycled sterling silver.

Waterway

“We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
— Walt Disney

Waterway Earrings.
Handmade with brass and recycled sterling silver.

Dawn

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.”
— Anne Lamott

Dawn Earrings.
Handmade with brass and recycled sterling silver.

Concentric

“I found god in myself
and I loved her
I loved her fiercely.”
— Ntozake Shange

Concentric Earrings.
Handmade with brass and recycled sterling silver.

Intention

“Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
— Anne Lamott

Intention Earrings.
Handmade with brass and recycled sterling silver.

Complementary

“Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.”
— Dalai Lama

Complementary Earrings.
Handmade with brass and recycled sterling silver.

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Maria's Butterfly

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A Butterfly for Maria.

Stillness

“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them.”
— John Ruskin

Stillness Pendant.
Handmade with labradorite and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Wilderness

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“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.”
— John Muir

Wilderness Ring.
Handmade with kyanite and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Hope

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“Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.”
— Anne Lamott

Hope Ring.
Handmade with rainbow obsidian and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Spirit

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“Enhanced perception of synchronicity goes hand in hand with increased spiritual awareness—and with better mental health. The more we practice engaging with open awareness, the more we are able to perceive synchronicity. And as we see synchronicity, we become more spiritually oriented—more aware of guidance, connection, and unity in our lives.”
— Lisa Miller (The Awakened Brain)

Spirit Ring.
Handmade with amber and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.