🤍NEW SHOPPING CATEGORY-“For our NICU”🤍
100% of the product purchase from the jewelry in this category will go directly towards making a difference in our local NICU at Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona.
I was moved to try to make a difference in our local NICU after the birth of our twin sons, Leo and Wesley. Our twins were born in September of 2022. We were blindsided when our boys were quickly rushed away to the NICU, moments after being born. We waited and watched our boys fight for three long weeks. Those three weeks were the longest three weeks of our lives, as well as the most terrifying.
As I sat in the NICU, I looked around me to find so many other precious babies fighting the same fight as our boys. Lying there-helpless, vulnerable, and tired. I watched the parents coming in and out also helpless, also vulnerable and tired. Just as in my face, I saw fear in theirs-I saw them fighting to stay hopeful and positive. I watched the nurses and doctors work tirelessly to protect these little lives. I watched them work with so much care and compassion.
When the day finally came when we got to leave the NICU with our two healthy sons, I promised myself that I would never forget the experience. I would never forget the experience and I would never forget the people. I promised myself that I would do whatever I could to encourage those that work or live in the NICU.
Every purchase from this category will proudly go to making those in the NICU smile or bring a moment of peace. Whether that be a cute and cozy outfit for the babies, or a delicious coffee for the parents, doctors, or nurses.
Thank you all for helping make a small difference
Silver girlies!
I’ve finally built a collection for you that will only be available, in full, at my virtual market tomorrow!
This collection is limited! If you’ve been waiting for me to make silver jewelry, tomorrow’s market is your best chance to get it!
Don’t forget, with purchase at the virtual market- you get free shipping and a free gift!
“If you could see now, you’d be proud”.
Gary Wesley, my grandpa. I made a Pansy, his favorite flower I recently learned. If you knew my grandpa, you wouldn’t ever think that he had a favorite flower, much less took the time to share what it was. So, it meant a lot to me when I found this out.
I miss him so much and still cry whenever I ache over his memory. Writing this now, I have a knot in my throat. All of the happiest parts of my life have been lived without him to see, or share, and that makes me grieve again.
These Pansy flowers will be made to honor his memory but because they are so special to me, these will remain in the prototype phase a bit longer. They are almost there.
I can’t wait to share more about my grandpa and will when I get his flowers right. I will feel and KNOW when they are deserving to represent his place in my heart. 💜
Tanque Verde Market was SO much fun this Spring! If I’m being honest, I don’t remember half of what I thought or said that day because it was such a blur of the most amazing chaos.
It’s funny because after years of doing markets, the nerves have really waned down but I always find myself getting so nervous and excited for THIS market.
If you’ve visited this market, you know it’s unlike any other market: there’s so much energy and so much buzz. It’s so exciting and exhilarating to be part of such an intentional and magical market. There’s so much thought and detail that goes into every aspect and that’s felt as soon as you walk through the gates.
Thank you @imagesbylaila for this beautiful picture captured on such a fun day. Thank you Michelle and her team for creating such a fun and iconic market @tanqueverdemarket
Thank you to my good friend @jensilva12 for always helping me at my big markets. I couldn’t do it without you. 🤍
“Am I burnt out?” -The scariest question I’ve asked myself today.
Burn out is real and it’s scary for creatives: Art comes from the hands and the hands are moved by the heart. It’s impossible to create when your heart isn’t in it.
I try to protect myself from burnout the best I can by praying, counting blessings, remembering what/who motivates me to do this, and trying my best to be self-aware and addressing these feelings immediately as they start to come up.
Sometimes feelings aren’t real. Today, it wasn’t. I’m not burn out, I just needed to take a break, eat a good meal, and feed some fish with the sun on my back.
To all my small business friends out there: big small business and micro small business like me-remember to take care of you and protect your heart so you can protect your art. 🤍
They say art is an outpour of love…of the heart. My art and faith are so intertwined because it’s an outpouring of what’s in my heart.
“He Is Risen”
I feel so upset with myself and so disappointed that I couldn’t get this super important to me, design done for you guys. Sometimes when I feel that I’m making something truly meaningful, I expect close to perfection or I want it just right then I wait, and wait and the time runs down and it’s another idea put to sleep for another year.
I am more than determined to finalize and polish this design to have it ready for next year. 🤍 it’s so special.
A small batch of the Turquoise Hearts will be released online TOMORROW, Thursday at 6pm MST!
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The Turquoise is genuine turquoise that I picked out at this year’s Gem and Mineral Show here in Tucson! In my frugality (a trait I consider toxic), I only purchased 3 strands not knowing how they would sell.
The cool thing is: they sold out within the first couple hours or my last market. The not so cool thing: I’m running out of beads since they’re made using 4 beads each.
If you want them, make sure to grab them!! I won’t be able to get more beads until next year 😭
What else can I say except that this weekend was literal and tangible magic?! This weekend was expressed joy in the details-big and small, the people, the children, the art, the food, the drinks, treats, and even the weather.
The most heartfelt thank you to Michelle and her team: Alana, Laila, Jordan, Kurt, Debbie and so many other volunteers, for making the day so incredibly successful for both the artists and patrons. They’ve created the most special market and I consider myself beyond blessed to have been the smallest part of market No. 6. 🤍
Thank you all who came and supported local art and local businesses- you are each both the success and soul of our businesses and I am forever grateful to each and every one of you for valuing handmade. Thank you. 😭
Vendor Profile:
Name: Unearthed
Business Description: My handmade jewelry is carefully crafted featuring intricate details that celebrates my love for our iconic Sonoran Desert as well as my love for all things floral. I aim to create wearable art that connects the wearer not only to the beauty of the creation that surrounds us, but hopefully evokes a memory as well.
I definitely feel that I was called to make art. For how long, I don’t know and always wonder, but I know God heard and saw me cry before leaving my baby girl for 24 hour shifts. So, He called out this small talent in me to answer my hearts prayer and let me stay home.
Every time I finish a year of my small business, I’m always so surprised and even more grateful. As the boys get older and school is just around the corner, I wonder what’s next. I know what I hope for but I’m excited to see how it all shakes out. 🤍
