The Earrings I Made for Me
Every maker remembers their first market. The preparation that feels both thorough and wildly insufficient. The night before when excitement and nerves become indistinguishable. I knew I needed to make myself a pair of earrings for the occasion — not just any pair, but one that showed what was possible. This is the story of those earrings, that day, and what happened right after.
I Don't Always Feel Like a Warrior
I was diagnosed with endometriosis in December 2017 after emergency surgery for a ruptured cyst. But the truth is I had been suffering for fifteen years before that. This is the story of what the years since have looked like: a second surgery, IVF that didn't happen, a specialist at UVA, and the ongoing work of living inside a body you cannot see. And why I do not always feel like a warrior.
The Content Struggle is Real (And I Finally Have Something That Feels Like Me)
I have a complicated relationship with content creation. The actual art of it, the writing, the images, the putting an idea together, I genuinely enjoy. The pressure and the relentlessness and the way it steals time from actually making jewelry? That part I could do without. After over a dozen strategies and way too many doom-scrolled reels, here is where I have finally landed.