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.
The Card That Carries It All
An earring card is a two-inch piece of paper. Most people look at it for three seconds and put it in a drawer. I have spent more time thinking about mine than I will ever fully admit. This is the story of how a hand-carved stamp became a hand-drawn silhouette, and why Kate Winslet is on an earring card going home with women who deserve to hear what she has to say about aging.
What If the Good Thing Happens
I am an Enneagram 6. Which means I have thought about every possible way this could go wrong. Not occasionally — constantly, reflexively, before the idea has even fully formed. Running Anam Cara Clay Goods has made me see my 6ness more keenly than almost anything else in my life. And then a friend asked me a question I wasn't ready for: but what if the good thing happens instead?