My Life By Design-March Meet The Maker
March 24th, 2022
It’s hard for me to call myself an artist. It’s not easy. It’s not that I don’t believe I am, it’s just a word that at times seems so pretentious. I am a designer. That’s what I am. It all started when I was a kid. I would make my Barbie Doll’s clothes with tissues and aluminum foil and I would color on wrapping paper and make it fit perfectly onto the doll with scotch tape. Then I began drawing. I would draw and create caricatures and cartoon like drawings of girls with big lips and long eyelashes. My Aunt …
A Change Will Do You Good…..
November 9th, 2021
Are you ready for the holiday season? I’m getting there. It’s upon us just like that. My *HOLIDAY SALE* is approaching and I can’t wait to do a show at Bunny Hare’s, the first store my jewelry went into. A trunk show on November 18th. Ann Marie (the owner) and I have a lot of fun together. Happiness. I’m happy. I’ve done some things, made some changes to my life that are making me feel alive, fulfilled, and just happy. Two of those things happened due to the pandemic. Actually, all of the changes were spawned by the…
Dive
August 27th, 2021
It was a week ago that I was in New Hampshire. One of the best vacations I’ve had in years. How has it only been a week? It feels like forever since I was there. I spent time in VT and CT, too. The funny thing is, I was unsure about going. I made the reservations only a few weeks before. It was kind of a last minute trip. I got the deal of a lifetime for a sweet airbnb in one of the nicest areas of the Sunapee region. A little town next to New London, NH, a…
Unplugged
June 29th, 2021
Social media, love it or hate it, it’s here to stay. My friend asked me the other day, “Does anyone ever put up the bad stuff that’s happening in their lives? It’s all just fluff.” I responded with a laugh, “Yes, all of the time. Some people use social media to broadcast the domestic climate of their living situation and use it like a journal.” The thing about social media is, it’s monotonous. If you go over to this person’s page, you know you’ll see nothing but cats. If you go over to that person’s page, you know you’ll see…
Stan The Man
June 6th, 2021
How many times have each one of us woken up to bad news? You wake up, look at your phone and there is a text message, or in this case two. “I’m so sick about this, Holly. I can’t even wrap my head around it, I really can’t.” What? Who? On June 6th 2021, a dear friend from high school passed away, Stanley Carl Tworek. His cousin, a Ridley grad, texted me and then called. I had just woken up and as the day wore on, the news and fact that he was gone sunk in a little bit. Just…
“On The Mend”-Repairing, Redesigning and Mending the Broken
April 1st, 2021
I am sitting here listening to music while working. It’s late, or early in the AM. It’s quiet and it’s my favorite time of day, or night. Repairs are taking place. I put it out there on social media that I am doing repairs and many need their jewelry repaired. I used to say, “I don’t like doing repairs unless I am redesigning it.” Now, I feel differently. Repairs are always needed and not many like to do them so people seek me out, ask questions about a jewelry designer that can fix a beaded necklace on Nextdoor Swarthmore/Wallingford and…
Gems
February 11th, 2021
My life is a book of details. Words tell the story, the highs and lows, the friends and foes. I rotate around the sun like a tiny planet enduring changing seasons and changing tides. Into the deep ocean I dive, hoping to survive. To turning a page in this older book. I have entered a new age. Somehow growing younger with eyes and mind full of wonder An ageless soul Who has begun to turn gray, not wanting to decay. I gather diamonds and pearls from others I listen to and hear along the way A journey…
The Ghost Rider..To You, Neil Peart
January 7th, 2021
In all of the craziness that is going on in the United States right now, it’s all I can do to keep from wanting to write what happened in the capital yesterday and of the lunatic in office, but I won’t. Well, I just did, didn’t’ I? A steady stream of curse words with the letter F keep being written and spoken. A distraction has taken over my mind today. Last year, on this date, I was driving to Vermont and in the state of New York the radio announced that Neil Peart had died due to cancer. Neil Peart,…
Creating And Selling During Covid With Gratitude
August 12th, 2020
Do you see the photo of the bead I have on this blog? I typed hashtag Texas; #Texas and it brought someone over from Texas who looked at my instagram page, went to my website and bought a necklace and a pair of earrings. That’s how you get the job done. I am really grateful. I had no idea how my business would fare during a pandemic. None. I was nervous knowing all events were cancelled. I miss my clients. I miss interacting with many in person. I miss meeting new faces and potential clients, but in spite of this…
“It’s Not Love”-COVID Conversations
June 30th, 2020
I was in Vermont when I heard about it. My cousin kept mentioning it. I would glance up at the TV only to forget about it. I was on vacation. I didn’t want to hear about some virus. Less than a month later, it was here, but not full force. I came home and one of my oldest friends and I talked about concerts. Are we going to this upcoming show? Should we spend X amount to see Rage Against The Machine, or not? We were trying to decide if we were going to go and then it was cancelled….
