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Integrity

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“Peace is your home, integrity is the way to it, and everything you long for will meet you there.”
— Martha Beck

Integrity Necklace.
Handmade with tourmaline quartz and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

Oro

“A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.”
— Dolly Parton

Oro.
Acrylic and gouache on paper.
7.87” by 10.47” (20 by 26.6 cm).

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Viva

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“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”
— Joseph Campbell

Viva Necklace.
Handmade with purple mohave turquoise and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Weightless

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“The wind of change, whatever it is, blows most freely through an open mind.”
— Katherine Whitehorn

Weightless Necklace.
Handmade with Peruvian blue opal and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

Chrysalis

“How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us, are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.”
— Elizabeth Lesser

Chrysalis.
Acrylic and gouache on paper.
7.87” by 10.47” (20 by 26.6 cm).

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Enliven

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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
— Howard Thurman

Enlivened Necklace.
Handmade with phosphosiderite and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

New Paintings

I’ve returned to paint. As I close my eyes, I see colors and shapes that summon memories from the past. My sister and I exploring our grandfather’s garden to find wild berries, then tumbling down sand dunes for hours, until the landscape filled us with fresh air and wonder.

My fingers brushing through my dog’s fur, as I hid in silence, waiting to be found by friends. A warm sweater offering comfort from the afternoon chill, scratches on my belly as I crawled through the tower of hay bales outside the stable; our parents doing their best to give us a colorful childhood.

Summit.
Acrylic and gouache on paper.
Soon in my online shop.

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Wind

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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.”
— Sylvia Plath

Wind Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Julie

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Meet Julie, who is a ray of light and was my mom’s dearest friend. She surprised me by wearing every ring mom gave her, when I visited her beautiful ceramics shop at the Bazaar Sabado this weekend.

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Rising

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“Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. And Harry felt, as he had felt about phoenix song before, that the music was inside him, not without: It was his own grief turned magically to song”
— J. K. Rowling

Rising Pendant.
Handmade with kyanite and recycled sterling silver.
This Thursday in my online shop.

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Revival

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“Everything that you love, you will eventually lose. But in the end, love will return in a different form”
— Susan Cain

Revival Necklace.
Handmade with moonstone and recycled sterling silver.
Next week in my online shop.

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Attuned

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Sometimes you need to be like a turtle, others like a microbe, others a star. Do what you can to feel rich with life.

Attuned Pendant.
Handmade with amethyst and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Open

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“When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life”
— Eckhart Tolle

Open Pendant.
Handmade with amber and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Solace

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When I felt lonely as a little girl, I’d lie on the ground, stretch out my hand in front of me, and imagine my imprint on the night sky.

Solace Pendant.
Handmade with aventurine and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.