Loss of a loved one

I lost a very important family member this last month, just before Christmas. My cousin, David, became ill with something that the doctors could not nail down, and when they did nail it down it was Renal Cell Carcinoma. Not JUST Renal Cell Carcinoma, but the most rare (1% of patients) and the most aggressive type . . . Collective Duct Renal Cell Carcinoma, or sometimes called "Bellinni's Carcinoma". He was actually diagnosed in early September and at that time the docs gave him a year. Then with complications after chemo treatments x 12, just made him more weak and more ill. When he died, I felt like I was waiting to exhale. He was more like a brother than a cousin, and it has been difficultl
Now, with that "out of my system", I have decided that Monday morning my studio is going to be buzizng! I know that there is one piece that I'm going to create and dedicate to his memory and gift it to his wife.  So, my motivation has began to pick up and I will try my best to keep it going.
If anyone would like to talk about any difficulties that have affected their work, let me know, we can "sit down" and talk about it together and heal.

 

I FOUND IT!!!! My Motivation that is . . . XD

I don't know what happened! All of sudden I finally found my motivation and I've been making more pieces, photographing pieces, and I sent a box full of pieces to sell with my sister who teaches French at a local high school. I call her my "jewelry mule" LOL.

Creative blocks and motivation!

I am hereby committing, on Monday Oct 10/3, to sit my butt in my creative studio corner and create my butt off!!!!

I have found that motivation and creative flow are so intertwined with self and overall health and well-being! I know there are others of you out there that are in exactly the same place - stalled for a myriad of reasons - whether it be health, sales, cash flow, etc., this is where we can all join and get the bitching about our "problems" and un-block whatever block we are sitting on!

Let's hear it!

New Items

Just post new items on Artfire and Etsy . . . everyone take a look, let me know what you think of the new pieces.

Envious jewelry

Only four pics so far on Artfire and Etsy . . . work on more this weekend! Please, come and check my jewelry - you'll surprise yourself!