I am a severely disabled woman who currently lives in OK and I manage to earn a little bit of money through the sale of jewelry and graphic design. Some people say I'm too modest, but I really do suck compared to just about everyone else on here, and I rarely have the courage to share what I make.
My husband is amazing and with him I have three fur-babies; two cats and one dog. (My love, my baby, my diabetic 9-year-old kitty, was quickly consumed by pancreatitis in January. She didn't make it, despite her best efforts; she fought hard to stay with us. I miss her every day and just talking about her makes me cry.)
I love fantasy; dragons, magic, etc. I love animals; wolves, horses, cats of all sizes. I even love [some] people.
At some point I hope to transform my work, making it represent my passions more, but for now, I make mostly macrame pieces to sell.
I'm always trying to branch out and learn more, sometimes stretching myself too thin. My current projects involve the lucet and fine yarn, but I'm also trying to finish a hanging macrame piece (dreamer?) as well as additional macrame bracelets in various styles (I just got some charms and buttons in, yay).
I am passionate about the environment and doing whatever I can to do my part. I do my best within my means to use eco-friendly and sustainably sourced materials. This isn't always possible. Also, I love working with nonprofits. My goal is to have different bracelet designs/colors for each nonprofit I want to work with, ie. a blue-green bracelet with at least 15% of proceeds going to an ocean conservancy nonprofit, etc.
**Speaking of nonprofits, I'm in the process of creating a new style of bracelet for Project Semicolon. The bracelets will be made of highest quality Brazilian waxed polyester cord and will feature friendship bracelet type styles. They will also include hand-stamped semicolon charms. After learning of Amy Bleuel's suicide I became distraught, and this is how I plan to give back to the community. Suicide prevention is very important to me, as I am a multiple suicide attempt survivor. I wish the support avenues that are available today had been there when I was a teen, and I want to help as many people hang on as I can. I'm not great at talking to people in distress and have tried it in the past, but I feel like this is an adequate way to serve a part.
I used to write, but I haven't written seriously in almost ten years. I don't know why, I just sorta feel like I can only write well when life brings me misery, and despite all the pain that I live with on a daily basis, my life isn't as miserable as it used to be.
And... I guess that sums me up well enough...
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