Join the resistance

Christmas dinner for 18 this coming Friday with be the first family holiday we've hosted since I was diagnosed. Surely this is a test of my ability to navigate symptoms. I chose a simple menu and have said "yes" to every offer of help. Decorations are sparse. Gift wrap is simple.

But really...to stand against all the culturally created stress about holidays, to recognize that shopping does not equal love, to cut out the unnecessary and pair down,  is not only good for those of us with autoimmune diseases but, in this day and age, its down right revolutionary.  And I encourage you to join "the resistance" ;-)

Wishing you and your family and friends peace and joy this holiday season because this weary world needs a load of them both! 

  

Mixing work with pleasure

We managed to organize an end of summer trip to Maine last week. After delivering jewelry to the newly opened shop Quench in Belfast we concentrated heavily on relaxing. I'm happy to say here, on a small cove on Westport Island, it was not difficult.

The Trading Post was built in 1815 and at high tide is very much ON the water.

 The shop Quench - Provisions for the Savvy -  is spot on and a great addition to the shops, art galleries, bookstores and eateries in Belfast.

Quench is carrying my Reef and Fragment collections.

Jen (of Quench Metalworks) carefully chose other artist's work to carry alongside her own to fill her charming, wedge shaped shop in the heart of Belfast's artsy shopping district. I am so pleased to be part of her line up. Definitely make time to stop and see her at 9 Beaver Street if you are in the area.

I bought a pair of Jen's sterling silver mini pod earrings but I love these ferns too. They are available in her Etsy shop… if you can't make it to Maine. 

One week to go

Its hard to believe we have one week left in the UK. Sad. is what it is. There is so much to see. I recommend a year or more if you can afford it. Which we can't. 

And with that I'll say that my Etsy shop is back up and running. All in stock items will ship July 9. 

Harbor at Whitby by Kyle Williamson