I am like Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde. When I fear, I feel closed off. I guard myself, shut doors, distrust everyone. I become rigid.
When I trust, I feel, I love, I explore. Everything becomes rich, unknown, exciting!
Life: help me let go of the tightness. There is nothing within me to guard against. Let me stay open.
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
“Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.”
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”
“Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.”
Planet Earth Necklace III.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Next week in my online shop.
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don’t try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.”
Planet Earth Necklace II.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
Everything here must be loved. Every one of us, and every part of us. When all is integrated by love, we heal.
Planet Earth Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
I will add the Bold Necklaces to my online shop tomorrow, Friday, at 1 pm CST.
The necklaces are 16.53" (42 cm) long, with an extra 2.75" (7 cm) larger link extension.
Every necklace is one of a kind and I do not repeat it. Please sign up here if you want me to email you as soon as they are available.
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
Prayer Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
This Friday in my online shop.
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”
Syncopated Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
This week in my online shop.
This one reads: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Glyph Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
“I came to feel an artist might use anything - a dot, a line, the most conventional or unconventional symbol - to say what he wanted to say.”
Lined Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
“We are shaped by what we love.”
Composite Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”
Elements Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Warmer weather and lower necklines have inspired me to make short, bold necklaces.
I will add the Fish Pendants to my online shop tomorrow, Friday, between 1 and 2 pm, CST.
Every piece is one of a kind, and I do not repeat it.
Please sign up here if you would like me to email you the minute they are available.
I've enjoyed making this series. To me, every fish is a character whose nature requires specific elements: thicker wire, more texture, to be larger or smaller and more –or less– abstract.
I know when each one is complete because it lets me know.
Fish Pendant 7.
Handmade with amethyst and recycle sterling silver.
This Friday in my online shop.
Every morning, I meditate and practice yoga to strengthen the connection with my body.
When I empower my instinctual self and rely less on my rational mind, I create pieces that move me.
Fish Pendant 6.
Handmade with carnelian and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
All my charms speak to me.
This one says: among all the stars in the universe there is a place for you. Rest in the inner pool of stillness and flow with life. Your path will unfold day by day.
Fish Pendant 5.
Handmade with chalcedony and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
“I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body. ”
Fish Pendant 4.
Handmade with green agate and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
