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VeRajArt

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My Bio
Pansexual Stamp by sunbirds Bisexual Stamp by sunbirds
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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Favourite Visual Artist
Myka Jelina and Alvia Alcedo
Favourite Writers
Jeanette Winterson, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer
Favourite Games
World of Warcraft; TERA; Elder Scrolls Online; Skyforge
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC
Tools of the Trade
Everything!
More health issues but feeling better in some other ways. More to come later. <3
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Both surgeries are now complete. I've regained sensation in the fingertips on my right hand, but not the left [yet, I hope!].
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So... I haven't been updating because there's been nothing to say, nothing good anyway, but I decided I'd peek out of my shell and give honesty a shot. Starting in July, my fingertips were painfully numb upon waking. At first, I thought it was just the way I was sleeping, so I tried changing that, but it kept happening. Then, the fingertips on my left hand stayed numb, throughout the entire day. Eventually, my right fingertips became completely numb, as well. It's a pain (literally) and it's affected both my motivation and my ability to create. I have difficulty discerning different textures, which makes determining which textiles to use
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Thanks for the Favourite! Why not become a watcher while you’re at it?
Thank you so much for the :+fav:s and for watching :) Hope you're having a shiny day!
Thank you, you too! Heart 
Your work is awesome! I hope to be as skilled at anything as you are at many things some day.