Dear diary,
I don’t even have the words for what it’s been.
Miraculous. Entertaining. Healing. Challenging. Entertaining. Creative. Awe-inspiring. Tiring. Humbling. Beautiful. Beyond beautiful.
So grateful for the hands I’ve held and these hands that have held me.
🤍
It was always just
HereNow
This feels absolutely crazy to be writing this, I’ve spent the past two days emailing all my clients who have appointments coming up and have finally taken the plunge to actually talk about this publicly. I am sorry if I missed you on my mails 🫣I tried to write each person something personal to say thank you! It’s been emotional and maybe my brain is a little fizzy
My nail business has been my baby for the past 4 years. I was so blessed to be able to start a luxury business in the middle of a pandemic and have it actually thrive through it. I sometimes look back and think how crazy that actually was- but it has been so beautiful and rewarding to make little artworks and have it be my day job. That’s been insane! I probably need a week to process it all. I had these goals when I started and I feel so proud that I actually kinda did what I set out to do. I learned to trust myself, to be patient, to connect, to create. I don’t think I anticipated the relationships I would make through this job. The friends I have made through doing nails and the fact that it got me to be part of this insane tattoo studio where I have been working the last 2 years. What a fucking time. I just want to say THANK YOU- from the bottom of my cute little heart, for all the support, the laughs, the gossip, the silliness, the smut, the art, the love, The friendship and for helping me achieve a dream I had.
I don’t think I’ll ever be fully done with nails- I will still be sharing all my nail art here (I have SO much to share) as well as other art and things! I don’t want to lose all this community so that feels important!
I kinda wanna cry while writing this and i don’t know what more to say!!
💥 if you have appointments booked for Feb- I will see you for our last appointment together and I have a few slots open, if you want to get your nails done by me for the first/ last time let me know 💜💜💜
I have loved every second of this- even the seconds that felt so hard I thought I was going to dissolve! Thank you for the immeasurable lessons learned and immense love I have received! It’s been so so so UNREAL!
I’ll be seeing you!
Love Boon
I’ve been thinking about what it means to create freely, and part of me wonders am I ever freely creating? Sometimes I’m like- wow I wanna make these brooches to sell them to fund my closet expressionism I’m going through. Sometimes I’m like- I don’t even care if someone buys these I just want to see things I make out in the world. Sometimes I’m like- I’m just making for the fun of it. I’m trying a lot more to lean into the 3rd element. To just make for the sake of making. That has been so much of the process the past 8 months. I’ve said it before- I used to feel insecure about how childish my art was, but now I embrace it with so much joy because it feels like me. It feels like how I want to be. I’m not trying to grow up anymore. I used to feel awkward to call myself an artist- like it was something other people should say about you. Doing nails was the first time I ever allowed myself to admit I was an expert in something.
I play hockey on a team of amazing girls and women, and really I just want people to understand they are allowed to take up so much space and to just BE. The hockey thing is relevant cause we did a show and tell this week as an icebreaker and some of the team kept saying “I’m not interesting” or “I’m not an artist” or whatever it was and I just recognized how much women make themselves smaller. I know it’s a known thing. But I don’t ever wanna be small again. I don’t wanna hear brilliant people talk down about themselves. Hopefully you can look in the mirror and realize what an anomaly you are, what a stardust miracle you are simply for existing.
I think life after death, after you lose someone you love; you look at living in such a different way. You feel less apologetic for the ground you occupy. For the air you breathe. We are all so deserving of the beauty that is around us- even when it feels hard to see it for what it is.
Another little pot I painted for someone to put in their home ❤️🔥💥🧡 it’s so Twilight coded it’s crazy.
Available on my Yaga store- link in bio
Someone asked why I don’t make a Shopify account and honestly I just love that Yaga sorts the money and the courier stuff out for you. I also love that it is generally a thrifting platform because I like the concept of that 🤍
#handpainted #planters #potplants #byboon
I’m an honorary Gen Z okay?
Peep some of the brooches I have been making- I was asked to take some pics to show size in real life- which was a genius question and I’ll do that so soon!
Here’s some promo for now. Cause apparently I do promo now 🤣💀
#art #broocheshandmade #airdryclay #capetownartist #handmadejewelry
She reminds me of a little Russian nesting doll.
I love her.
I imagine completely maximalist vibes with loads of brooches all over my collar or tie or blazer- what I’ve been doing lately! Just wearing everything all at once!!
Started making brooches and I’m SO in love with them I almost don’t even wanna sell them 🤣🥹🫣
This was the first one I finished and was more the tester of the lot, but she is soooo sparkly and beautiful.
I have to choose one for myself and it’s sooooo hard.
𝕷𝖎𝖋𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖚𝖑, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖔 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚
Made this pot (super hard to photograph actually) for a commission for a cutie- who actually bought 2 pots from me.
I really hope these colorful cuties can just bring joy into peoples homes
Shut up- when I think about this little snake having a birthday party it makes me wanna cryyyyy!
Snakes just wanna eat cake too!
You can buy this and gift it as a birthday card or you can keep it.
Sometimes even when you feel a little lonely, you’re not alone- the planet is so vast and there are so many small little beings around you. Blow a kiss to a bee, tell a cricket your favourite song, ask a frog its favourite colour. You were born to be whimsical 💖💖💖
#birthdaycard #artist #creative
