Sweet sweet caramel moonstone.
Rapture ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
High Priestess
How to be happy:
1. Get on a telemarketer's hate list.
2. When he calls you 30 times a day and hangs up as soon as you answer, save the phone number as "Spam" in your contact list and block it.
3. Blocked calls still ring twice before they are cut off.
4. Get angry every time you receive the call.
5. Change the caller's name to "Be Happy".
6. Smile whenever he calls.
High Priestess ring.
Handmade with steel gray moonstone and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Shipping News
The postal service slows down so much during holiday season, that today is the last day of the year I will mail international orders.
If you are in the US, Canada or Europe, you will still be able to purchase from my Etsy shop, but I will mail your order until after January 5th.
If you purchase within Mexico, your order will arrive within one business day by expedited shipping.
Mineral
For my next series, I was drawn to my box of gemstones. The energy of minerals is mesmerizing.
Shop Update: Awakened Series
The Awakened Series is now available in my Etsy shop.
If you no longer see the piece you are looking for, it's because it has already sold.
Awakened Series
I will add the Awakened series to my online shop tomorrow, Monday, between 2 and 3 pm, CST.
Shipping during the month of December slows down so much, that the last day I will mail international orders this year is this Wednesday, November 29. After that, you can still purchase from my shop, but I will mail your order after January 5th (orders within Mexico will ship regularly).
I can cut the rings in this series to fit any size between 5.5 and 11.
All pendants include a 28" darkened sterling silver chain.
Every piece is one of a kind and I do not repeat it. Please sign up here if your want me to email you the minute I post the series to my shop.
Playful
Playfulness comes when you realize that there is nothing to worry about, nothing to grasp, and no goal to reach.
Playful pendant.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
This Monday in my online shop.
Inner Stillness
You are responsible for your state of being. Only that. It is the energy that you give out to the world that will enrich or deplete it.
Inner Stillness pendant.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
This Monday in my online shop.
Gratitude
This year, I am most grateful for feeling at ease with myself.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Gratitude pendant.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Presence
Here is a gift. I discovered it in Martha Beck's book, Finding your Way in a Wild New World, which I love.
Hand-Sensing Exercise by Eckart Tolle, from his book A New Earth.
Close your eyes and hold out your hand.
Allow yourself to feel your hand.
Ask yourself how – without touching anything, without moving your hand and without looking at your hand – you can know that your hand is still there.
Your mind might say it knows it's there, because it was just there a minute ago.
But there is another way of knowing. You can feel the inside of your hand, a subtle sense of warmth or tingling.
This is the subtle sense of aliveness.
If your mind wanders, just return your attention to feel the sensations in your hand.
This hand sensing exercise brings your awareness to the present moment. Do this exercise whenever you can to get in touch with your inner sense of aliveness.
This inner sense of aliveness is your own conscious presence, your being-ness, the you that you really are, beneath your thinking and beyond your story.
The quality of my life has improved greatly since I began this practice a few months ago. I hope you can try it!
Presence pendant.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Awakened
The past few years were hard for me. Like a game of Tetris, the foundation of my identity came tumbling down when my dad became ill and we thought we’d lose him. I had little contact with the outside world, and spent lots of time alone. I needed to process grief, uncertainty, and unhealthy beliefs and behaviors from my past.
Grief became depression. I was unable to form a sense of who I was and of how I understood the world. I had turned to a scientific and logical view for answers, but it felt arid and soulless. Depression turned into hopelessness. In my lack of connection to myself and others I lost all footing, and soon it became hard to face each day. I sought help in therapy, but it took me deeper into the unresolved pain of my childhood.
I separated from my partner, and spent the next few months alone trying to reconnect with myself. I found new forms of therapy that strengthened my body awareness rather than my thoughts. I reunited with friends and family and shared a more vulnerable side of myself. Little by little I regained joy. I cut off my hair and gave away many of my belongings. I stopped trying to understand everything and instead let my senses lead the way.
The day the earth shook I felt that my journey into the depths of my psyche was ending. I had faced it bravely and my wound had healed. When the earth shook I ran out of my apartment. The lobby floor undulated and I fell across the hallway on my knees. For the first time in years I knew I had to get out. Life was waiting.
Awakened ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Project
My new mantra: How can I add more beauty to the world?
Projection ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
North Star
“No one but you has the ability to find your own North Star and no one but you has the power to keep you from finding it. ”
North Star ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
*Urban Dictionary definition:
North Star: something that is constant and dependable in an ever changing world.
Fábrica Social: 10 Years
Last night, my dear friends at Fábrica Social celebrated their 10 year anniversary at Espacio Horizontal, in the Colonia Roma.
Dulce Martínez and Daniela Gremion empower 148 women artisans from indigenous communities across Mexico with fair access to market, and design workshops that allow them to explore their creativity and continue to create their beautiful textiles.
“We protect rural indigenous times, rhythms, spaces and customs so that they continue to exist, and with them the traditional textile techniques of the women artisans who create them each day. ”
It was a treat to see samples from Fábrica's current and past collections, next to the raw materials, natural dyes, and weaving techniques the women use to create them. The best part was meeting the artists in person. Some travelled to Mexico City from Chiapas, Hidalgo and Oaxaca for the first time.
I am a huge fan of this project and I love every piece I own. I hope you get to see their work in person one day, they have two gorgeous shops in Mexico City. In the meantime, check out their Etsy shop and fall in love with their work on Instagram and Facebook.
“Texture. Color. Stories that are told in every piece.”
Hummingbird
“Stillness
not on the branch
in the air
Not in the air
in the moment
hummingbird ”
Hummingbird ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Ives Klein
I try to go out once a week with my dad. He is slowly gaining strength and cannot walk yet, but he appreciates short visits to quiet places, and he lives near the National University's Cultural Center, home to the Museum of Contemporary Art.
We wheeled through the Ives Klein exhibit in contemplative silence, my father looking like a rockstar with the sunglasses he wears to shade his eyes from the light.
Undercurrent
Explore the depths of your soul.
Undercurrent ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Sunny
As happy as a bug in the sun.
Supercharged ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Wake up Call
That wake up call you have been hearing? Trust that it will lead you towards greater joy.
Awaken ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Meet my neighborhood: Coyoacán
My favorite thing to do is to walk the streets with a camera in hand and capture beauty. In Coyoacán, my new neighborhood, this is easy. Everything seems to shout out: look at me, I'm interesting!
