Which one is your favorite?
It's been very therapeutic to draw and paint in such a tiny form, and learning about ACEOs (art cards, editions, and originals) it seemed like such a fun way of connection. These all measure 3.5x2.5" and thinking of original artwork like trading cards is just a wonderful and more affordable way to support artists. I'm still working on more of these which will be done in acrylic and colored pencil even, but this first set of water color cards posed a challenge for me I was happy to accept.
And yes, the flowers series is definitely a personal tarot journey and each of those will come with a description and meaning in all of its symbolism. Because I couldn't just paint something....I had to add more magic and depth as usual 😂
After I get some more done im planning on getting an ebay up and running to take bids, and will announce that once I have a decent little collection of these ready!
I've had the urge to paint this year like no other. Usually my preferred medium is acrylics, but I've also grown fond of water colors in my experimenting and have been enjoying the challenge it brings. Also decided to take a try at ACEO's but of course had to put a twist on them.
Yes, you're seeing original tarot cards, and my goal is to write up descriptions for them. So when you buy one of these, you also get the entire write up! So not only do you own the original, you own it in all of it's existence. Perfect for altars and sacred spaces, and I can't wait to finally get some of these images out of my head and onto paper. 🖤✨️🌙
You will have more support from strangers you will never meet than people you've known for years. I've had friendships end because of the lifestyle I chose, and when I think about it it can bring on deep frustration.
When my account started to blow up and I was getting all of this "attention" I was also seen less as a person and more about my follower count. Eventually I started putting up firm boundaries as far as shouting out other businesses who would ask because the favor was never returned and just asked of me. "But you dont need it!"
It was never about that, it was about supporting one another and showing support in more than shares but respect. It was about feeling like we had genuine connection and I wasn't a resource. Especially when these same People cant even be bothered to like, leave a comment, anything....it was just poor behavior.
So the hard lesson is while you're in your soft girl era making creations, you'll also have to toughen up your skin and create firm boundaries to find the people who genuinely want to see you. 🖤
Just a bunch of #amber snakes and #abaloneshell bees 🐍🐝🖤✨️🌙
The snakes are one of the first commissioned carved pieces I've ever requested, each one drilled so they can be worn as a necklace. 100% chiapas amber in all the variety of colors amber can hold! I've been hoarding these and haven't offered them up much besides when I first got back from Tucson, so im once again offering them in my stories as well as the remaining abalone bee carvings ✨️
I'm probably a broken record at this point in saying I believe everyone should have a Manifestation Quartz if they're using crystals energetically (also they're cool so I get just wanting one too). 🖤✨️🌙
I've gone over their properties multiple times, how they nurture our manifestations and affirmations while also giving us a boost at reprogramming since they're high vibrational beings, but aside from owning one how do you use it?
By programming it!
When you get a Manifestation quartz, I think it's best to get a feel for it first by just having it around and keeping by your bedside (and these necklaces obviously make it easy to keep around) before you decide exactly what you want your manifestations to be.
For me, I got it clear in my mind and wrote it down several times before performing a ritual to put those manifests and affirmations in (and you can do what works best for you, im just telling you what I did).
My ritual consists of bathing, meditation, and saying these things out loud at my altar with the Manifestation quartz firmly in my left hand. I've used special ritual oils, copal for spirit to carry the message further, and salt to make all of this feel sacred.
And then I wear it when I am working on those specific manifestations 🖤✨️🌙
My manifestation quartz also regularly charges in full moons, gets a break around new moons, and gets smoke and even a touch of water cleansing when needed. Honoring it like it's own being that needs care has helped me truly connect with my personal one.
And here's the thing. Your ritual can be that....yours. you can do what feels right and put your own magic touches on it.
All of these manifestations quartz copper necklaces can be found in the jewelry section 🖤✨️🌙
I started posting on instagram when I was twenty one. I gained my first thousand followers that year and watched the steady increase for a bit till one day something went viral and I sold out of a collection.
I was a full time chef till I was twenty-seven, and eventually quit that due to a mental breakdown. Now im 34 and still running on the weird little dream that came to fruition over a decade ago thanks to social media.
And it's the toughest thing I've ever done. The lack of consistency, the need to be creative constantly, the weeks with no sales where I almost give up just to sell enough to tell myself "hey I can still do this!"
Because this is a gamble. Sometimes you'll blow up and feel financial relief, other times you're getting creative with whats left in your freezer because its all the food you'll have for a week.
I was never a popular kid. Social media gave me a new form of anxiety and comparisons I never thought id have, but here we are.
And yet I feel lucky to say I've made it and im still in some ways the success story.
Skulls don't have to just be all spooky scary skeleton vibes. In fact, skull replicas can be a great addition to altar and sacred spaces for those who work deeply in ancestral work and can be programmed for just that, and depending on the material can deepen the meaning. While I used to offer a variety of crystal skulls, over the year I've chilled out to only bring forth the ones I felt a special connection with. This citrine skull is filled with rainbows and has been traveling around with me for a few years now waiting to find its rightful home, and these ocean jasper skulls were one of my favorite finds in Tucson this year. All of these can be found in the crystal section 💛✨️💀
Layered jewelry look today as I am getting ready to conduct tarot reading for a wedding ✨️🌙🖤
So honored that a long time customer wanted to hire me for their special day, and what a crazy thing to think this is my life sometimes 🖤.
Also how has no one scooped up this insane teeny beauty with the most royal rutile?!
Last night was something I haven't experienced in a bit. I looked at the finished pieces, hanging there curing so I could photograph them. I hated every single piece, and felt such a surge of disdain for them that I almost called off the collection. But it wasn't imposter syndrome this time, it was the energy I was working with and embracing while making these that had me feeling this way. Unfamiliar, strong feminine energy, there wasn't a touch of masculine this time that is very present in my life. Even my studies and writing around this felt foreign, and embrace of all the things I ran screaming from. So who is The Empress collection for?
It's for those who need a reminder that the definition of feminine lies within you and it's for you to write. It's for the caregivers and nurtures who need to adorn themselves in something sacred to remember their purpose is more than caring for others. It's for those who feel the call to step into feminine energy even if it feels uncomfortable.
Large statement pieces, powerful crystals, and a call back to our own sacred ritual. That's what it is in a nut shell.
All seven pieces will go live at 7pm Eastern time, or you can shop it an hour early in my broadcast channel.
As I have sat and re-read countless interpretations of The Empress I am drawn to my own experience with her. I mention it in passing most times, but for the last four years I have been blessed to have children in my life that I care for very much. And while im happy and love them, it was not an easy transition for me navigating around my life shifting drastically while caring for tiny hearts which lead me to a place of bottling up a lot of my own feelings and needing to establish some firm boundaries to not lose myself in this new roll while also making sure these kids knew it wasn't their fault I was having such a hard time.
And the loneliness that came with it, because not a single person in my life had fallen into the roll of "bonus parent" and could not wrap their head around why I chose this or still do. And I will say im happy to have a partner who has listened to what im saying and has stepped up to adjust to my values as well and the realization that I suddenly woke up to the roll one day which is different than giving birth to your own children (seriously the lack of support for this is astounding and I could go on a rampage).
But in shifting and sitting with my own experience and this card, I realize im setting the example. That I can have this successful business and run around my world with art and still be present. That putting myself first when need be is not lack of love but making sure I can show up with a full cup instead of scraping the bottom till I end up in frustration. It's nurturing in a second hand nature and showing how faceted i am by switching things from front to back burner and around again depending on what my situation needs. In control of the kingdom to flourish, watering seeds for future endeavors and teaching them to do the same. So the Empress suddenly is depicted as resilience and shifting to me, no longer the woman stuck at home in frustration and tending to others before she tends to herself. And each of these pieces have been put together out of that strength and lesson 💜✨️🌙👑
I broke down each one in the comments.
The Empress Collection will be up for adoption tomorrow at 7pm Eastern time.
Bare with me for a moment on this one, because this collection is deep.
In my deep study of tarot this year, when the Empress has shown up for clients she seems to be dismissed quickly, not because she isn't important but more that people know what to expect when she comes up. The key words of mother, nurture, fertility, creativity....they're absorbed like a granola bar when you're already ten minutes late. The tarot obviously still holds its key meanings and stories, but as times change so have the interpretation of them to fit into modern day....except her in my experience.
So while I sit with The Empress, and make this collection, I wonder how to break her out of the box and give thanks to what she actually is. The support and fruition to achieve what we desire, the soil that nurtures the seeds, the womb in which creativity grows....and I give thanks to her because I am her, we all are. Divine feminine energy at its core and something to be embraced.
I'll be putting more articulation into this over the next few days before The Empress collection releases on Friday at 7pm Eastern time ✨️👑🌙🖤
