I AM NOT ALONE

This blog was really suppose to be about my story and my experience with the healing effects of jewelry making. I want to tell my story this way in hopes of some sort of cleansing. The thing is, that the more research I do the more I’ve come to realize that I am not alone in this. So many woman write about how making jewelry literally saved their lives.

As a jeweler I receive newsletters from all sorts of people in the business. They send tips on things from how to display your jewelry (which is very important), to how to market your brand (important as well). So my in box fills up with all of these helpful newsletters, but really, who in the hell has time to read all of this stuff.?Most of it goes right to my junk box; most,except for one newsletter that caught my attention immediatly. I think I keep going back to it because the author, Rena Klingenberg, doen’t try to sell me anything and is whole-heartedly dedicated to the craft herself. Rena reaches out to her fellow crafters to form a community. The newsletter is called Home Business Jewelery Success Tips: And Friendly Jewelry Community. Why am I babbling on about this you ask? Let me tell you, As soon as I started googling the topic on the theraputic effects of jewelry making and design, article after article popped up attached to her site. A huge, knowing smile spread across my face as I took note. It was like my own personal joke. Rena fucking Klingenberg, of course, it made perfect sense. I had emailed her a message of appreciation previously and she was quick to respond. I feel as if she is a fellow traveler in this hobby/lifestyle of ours. Finding all these women with stories like mine, on HER site of all sites, was slightly cathartic. Who are these women? Where do they come from? How did they get here? Read for yourself.

Meet Danica Losich: A Young Woman Battles Years of Intense Depression and Anxiety Through the Art of Jewelry Making

Meet Karen Seng: A Comical Look at Today’s “Therapy“

Meet Divya N: An Indian Women with  Nero Limitations Finds Happiness

I will come back to my story next post, but I wanted to share this with anyone who may be having similar feelings. We are never alone and someone else has already lived our story. Maybe we can learn from them.

~CRE8ORDIE~

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