The story I almost didn’t tell you…

I’ve been meaning to write this for a whole month now, first I didn’t want to blog about it because it was a bit personal and there are certain topics that are best to keep private but then I started getting emails on Etsy, on my personal mail and comments and messages on Facebook

And I realized I’ve been gone for too long and the least I can do is explain what happened, just a note in my shop is not enough.

I was packing my workshop and getting ready to move back to Costa Rica, then all of a sudden something showed up, I had to go to the doctor and he said I needed surgery straight away, after freaking out a little, before it started it was done and I was recovering for just  a week,saying bye to my friends and enjoying Antigua for my last days..

Things got a bit complicated after I got to Costa Rica and to make a long long looooong story short that week turned into a month, and I still don’t have an exact date when I can work again and run around like I do, there is a bunch of things I am not allowed to do and this last month has been very boring , I really have never stopped for so long, even my nails are long!, I’ve watched all the movies I had pending and done a lot of reading…until the doctors said I could go to the farm to see my family..

Now I’m home..

And I live in this hammock..

The first day I fell asleep for a nap and I felt something poking my toes …

Ermm… her..

She and I now live  in harmony..

Here I’m more entertained, spending time with my mom and brothers in the farm, all my family gets together and we cook and eat, which is always so nice and I really missed all this.

I’m learning how to bake and new recipes  from the best…

(This one is a sweet cinnamon bread)

I play fetch with her…

 

Or at least try to because she likes playing with the stick more than fetching it 

It’s nice to be back home, and I can’t wait to get back to work and catch up with everyone, I was basically from the plane to the doctor and I still need to see my friends and to unpack, oh my stonesssssss how I miss them, I want to do so many things, so many pieces that  I think I am going to blow up of joy when I finally can use a hammer again..

I had things planned out differently, never thought about stopping for a whole month.. but sometimes life is like this and all we have to do is go with the flow and accept it and get healthy,then keep going.

For now I’m just going to be patient and wait as much as they tell me to, and enjoy this place as much as I can..

I’m late

I’m late, I’m late for
A very important date.
No time to say hello, good-bye,
I’m late, I’m late, I’m late

 

I’m late and when I wave,
…I lose the time I save.
My fuzzy ears and whiskers
Took me too much time to shave.

I run and then I hop, hop, hop,
I wish that I could fly.
There’s danger if I dare to
Stop and here’s a reason why:
I’m over-due, I’m in a rabbit stew.

Can’t even say good-bye,
hello, I’m late, I’m late, I’m late.

I started carving this ring in 2009 when I heard Tim Burton was making the Alice in wonderland movie I couldn’t sleep…. I have drawings of a line of characters and the rabbit is one of my favorites and the first.

Time passed and I watched the movie and didn’t like it but that’s another topic  and well that and I got entertained in 100 other things and he was just there in my bench.

This week he was born, I made him a hat and a watch from scratch and gave color to his suit

And it’s nice because it reminded me how excited I was about making him once, about how I do like working with wax, and how I will be able to do it soon, (can’t wait to try to do some more characters) and I remember when they told me I had to carve stuff, me thinking ” I can’t do that, I’ve never carved anything in my life”  and you know what, the first wax ring I made is still halfway done in my bench, I didn’t finish it, and ran away from carving wax for a long,long time, while everyone was loving it, I was there thinking I wasn’t good at it and here I sit exactly 3 years and 1month and 12 days later of my first jewelry class saying how in jewelry making everything you can think is possible if you just go ahead and try it and don’t block yourself or think you can’t.

Oh and one more thing before I go! because It’s almost 4pm here and I have 6 pieces to make…

Even though I didn’t like the movie  I still love Johnny Deep as a madhatter,pirate, anything he wants, I don’t hold it against him

Ciao!

Best mail day ever!!

Had no idea what was in the massive Fedex tube..

Then I see it..

A beauuutiful …beauuutiful…b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l ….brass sword!!

At this point you might be asking: “Nat what are you going to do with a sword?”

Well there are tons of things that you can do with it, such as:

Play Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with it..

You can  just hold it, display it , love it…

Or

The actual thing which would be to dance and balance it in your head

Thank you to best dance partner I’ve ever had, painter, actor, fire player, but most of all such a beautiful human being that touches every person he comes across..

Don  I love you!

(For some of his work click right Here)

I’m happy!

I’ll give you the moon…

And I’ll give you the stars…

..

What’s one without the other? I decided to make both..

And while  I was at it I wanted a ring that felt like a cloud in a starry night ..

Still thinking about this idea, I want to make a paor of earrings that feature a small window.. with the stars outside..

I will have some wild flowers and berries to show you soon, they are calling me, waiting to be soldered

Adieu!

A peek of the madness…

It’s been a while now since I’ve blogged, used facebook anything!

I feel my poor shop is been neglected, no new items for a while nothing!

But again I am testing myself I have never never ever had this many pieces in stock.. I got 74 completely done and some that are still in the making.

From today on I have exactly 10 days to make jewelry, all I can for the fair (if you don’t read this blog the fair lasts 10 days that’s why I’m going crazy) I am getting so excited I just what this to begin already!

Well I wanted to show you some of the stuff I’ve been working on..

My little ladies.. I have to make some more of them.. to think I almost didn’t bring them.

I’m making rings with different stones…

Some of my trippy flowers…

.. and regular flowers..

Some pendants with different stones..

Some cute small pendants…

And the spores collection ..

Double rings these are the big ones…

And I made some smaller ones, and some pinky rings coz they are cute

Variations..

I made 2 sets and several pairs of earrings which I think I will offer polished too

Longer earrings and a pendant with jade in it.. the stand is going to be separated in collections this one goes in the nature one

And that’s it I’m not going to spam you even more with pictures!! haaa I can’t take pictures of each thing I’ve made but I will be back with more!

Have to run now!

Adieu

I’m freaking out…

I’m paralized..

One of my best friends and I got accepted to a fair and well I was all happy about it until she told me the fair lasts 10 days and I should have at least 100 pieces ready..

If you don’t know this, I am the anti-fair person and I never carry a stock with me I’ve never had more than 20 pieces made in my hands..

The plan is we will push each other to work.. and  I will try to make things in trios. She is good making stuff in bulk, while I well .. I don’t know if I can do it.. but then again this fair could mean me getting the money to move faster. Sadly money can sometimes be the only thing stopping us from achieving our goals..

The thing is I can’t ignore my Etsy shop ( NEVER)  so some of these items will make it to the shop, then I will clear the shop and close it for 10 days in March..

Ahhh I’m mentally stuck.. the minute I found out we were in, I got stuck…I have so many ideas but I don’t know what to start with.

A lot more jewelry than usual will be seen in this blog.. ,. I have to do pieces for fair, for etsy and my daily ring..

This is some of the stuff I’ve been working on since this weekend:

I love love loveeeeeee this ring.. I had to pick 3 stones to use and well they have to look good together, then when I saw them in my bench..well verde amarillo y rojo.

The fancy rasta ring.. with my trippy flowers and ruby,peridot and citrine

Then this other one made for the ring a day challenge too with more or a peacock-ish feel to it.

This was my first attempt for this kind of ring, but now I have some other ideas with turquoise, maybe more of a lotus motif..

I think I’m going to follow the make a buch at a time and make this group of turquoises with different oxidized motifs…and maybe some tiny stones in prong settings..or maybe something simple and add pearls in the chains on the sides.. pearls and turquoise together will always be one of my favorite combination..

Maybe some coral Fossil too, these shapes like the first turquoise and these 2 , are perfect for pendants I like the way they sit in the collarbone:

And maybe I can make some little rings with these flowers.. in different colors. In a bunch of sizes.

AH! And Jade too…this I’m working on today..

I have to stop because my brain is gonna burst..

A hug! wish me luck! Bye!

Confessions from a Prehistoric Lady

There was a time when I used to move around a lot, I was in the city with an office job the next thing I was giving everything away and I was in the beach working on a surf camp..

I tell you this because I’m kind of writing an excuse to what I’m about to confess you see.. I kind of got the idea in my head that everything I had was supposed to fit in 2 red suitcases.

Then time flies and now I find myself a bit more responsible and with my tools..

So now everything fits in 2 suitcases and around 3 big boxes ( but that’s about to change this year when I get more tools ! )

Anyways my friend Elgie is out of town for a month, she is so wonderful and we live 2 houses away and she understands my weirdness and she lends me her washing machine.

I don’t own a washing machine,I don’t think I should buy one yet since I’m moving but when she is gone I have to hand wash my clothes..

Not a big deal really but it builds up with so many other things to do during the day.. so what I do is I put this up really loud:

And I washhhhh awayyy and sing really louddd: ” I Want no waterrr with my wineeeee” and my neighbor the one that already thinks I’m weird (because of this )  and for some reason is ALWAYS in his backyard waves at me and asks me if I want to use his washing machine to which I kindly respond “No thank you I’m almost done”

Ermm..

I also confess I have a terrible sense of style these days, I own the same style of shirt but in different colors..there’s 5 right here…

So what else do I don’t own, besides a washing machine and cute shirts (apparently)..

• Microwave: I gave it away, I could bother you with a whole talk about it not being healthy but I’m not and the truth is I’m getting one when I get my new place.. for now I heat everything in my kitchen (which is tiny)
• Ricer cooker: I was supposed to get one from Christmas from a fellow Etsyan and blog reader but I didn’t for some reason .. haaaa and I don’t think I needed either I eat rice twice a week and I cook it in my tiny kitchen.
• Couch: I need one.. if you come to my house you are going straight to the workshop where is the only place you can sit down in the house..
• Table: If you come to my house there is only one small table, if you want to have dinner has to be in the floor with cushions..

I’m stopping here hahaa you get the idea.. I live in a house with 3 rooms one is totally empty, the other the workshop and my room.. and the truth is I’m prehistoric, all I’m missing is chopping down a tree to cook with fire and going hunting in the afternoons  but  hey! i’m happy.. minimalism at it’s best

Besides remember all my “Living simple” Ramble.. well I  live by it

What a random post…

And here is some of the jewelry I’ve been making in the last 2 days

Can’t wait to get more silver next week…

Have a good weekend

 

The midnight picture and the chopped finger…

It’s 12:43am right now..

You: ” Shouldn’t you be sleeping woman???”

I know but well I mentioned earlier I had 1000 things to do and doing 1000 things to do keeps me up until midnight and sometimes longer..

Today I was working on all orders I had in and outside of Etsy the mission was to finish each and every one of those today in one setting.. so I can take the rest of the week to focus on new things.

So as I work on this ring, I think I might have yawn while cutting a very little piece and PUM! Adieu my dear finger.. it was nice to have you with me.. I see the blood.. I think is time to stop, clean it , wrap it, grab a bit of juice and come turn off the music and computer..

But ended up thinking how this is, and some people I know think I sip tea and talk pearls all day SOOO  I give you the real  midnight non edited evidence of my small accident and my crazy tired woman from the mountain with a nest for  hair picture  :

 

 

I work and I’m off to sleep right as soon as I click publish.. feeling good and accomplished EVERYTHING is done!

Gnite!

Life with no internet..

Grrr!

This whole week been having internet issues..

Called the same tech 7 times during the week and nothing.. what happens is that I’m online but not for longer than 10 mins. So pretty much I am on for 10 mins then out for 15 and well I can’t work!

Had stuff to list, emails to answer so I am back in the prehistoric times.. I write an email , wait until the internet is back on then send it.. fingers crossed.. so terrible.

Well the good thing is that I’m more productive.. because we can’t deny that sometimes you go online for one thing and one thing only and then all of a sudden you find yourself reading something else and sipping coffee and an hour  or 3 are gone.

Since I’m going to develop high blood pressure issues with this internet mess and the guys are supposed to send me the tech in the following 24h .. I just decided to shut down my computer down during the day..

I usually give myself  Sundays off but I am behind! and I haaaaaaate being behind !

Besides this issue of  having no way to communicate with anybody ( I don’t own a phone) and not being able to do my usual online work , everything else is pretty awesome..

An ode to 4 stitches and unable to work…

Ode to the 4 stiches I currently have in my forehead after an accident I was involved ..

I rather put up these pics than the ones of the actual stitches haha I wouldn’t do that to you..

Point is I will be away for a little bit , while I heal my bruises,scratches and split lip ..can’t work

Made me this little pendant.. because I couldn’t take it

back of it a sun and a moon…

Had to be something red somewere to represent blood.. but a little rose is prettier..

So that’s my story.. haha

I look like shrek but I am happy …