Running away..

 

These last few weeks I’ve had a need of running away from everything, yes, everything.. even jewelry, that’s why things have been quiet around the blog,shop,facebook.etc..

I am quite stubborn, and usually when things don’t go as planned, I am embarrassed to admit, I feel annoyed, like crying, like not doing anything, and whine,Oh! yes I whine… but then after I am done letting it all out, I come back to my senses,think of the good things and start planning again, thinking what could I do for my business, for time to go by faster…

Why am I sad? Right now I was meant to be in Spain, H and I have worked so hard,but there is still so much to do, so we can have everything we need over there, going to Guatemala was hard, but moving to another continent, uff is proving to be a whole other deal..we need to wait a little longer.

The future will be wonderful and is almost here, but sometimes there is a bit of desperation when something you want is so close, yet so far.

I have been taking some time for myself..

There was a quick visit to the farm, which was particularly beautiful this time of year..

Let me give you a tour of the garden.

It’s been raining a lot in the city, there was a tropical storm.. over here 6hours away, it was sunny with very little rain, just enough to make everything bloom..

 

We call these “Mamon chino” in Costa Rica, but found out is called a Wild Rambutan in english, anyways right now they are everyyyywhere and I could eat a thousand of them…

 

The colors are so beautiful, funny how I can wander in this place for so long, looking at all the flowers,

 

at all the leafs..

 

And always find something new..

Don’t these look like the stripes where drawn on them?

Grapefruit!

 

 

This tree has dozens of pink bells..

 

 

Little corners..

Walking on moist grass, the smell of earth, the hugs of my brothers, smiles,

and my grandma making tortillas of course.

When I feel like running away, I run away to my home, more than enough to give me that much needed boost..

Hopefully tomorrow I will have some jewelry to show, this blog needs it

Buenas Noches!

Waiting for the sun to come down..

Finally yesterday, while still in my forced hibernation..  I waited and waited until the sun went down to go for a walk in the afternoon.

It’s been a month of which every single minute of my time it’s been exclusively to rest and do nothing, since my body is not ready to go back to the crazy routine, I call life.. But since nothing lasts 100 years, it was about time to go out, I covered my wound and  yesterday I went out to search some fresh air, and I found it down the road from our house, by a river , where you can find giant trees responsible of filling me with the purest oxygen..

Green long empty roads that really made me forget this whole situation to give me back for a second that joy of discovering , pictures of  people working on the field (it’s the season to harvest the beans here), entire families outside in the corridor catching that little bit of wind in the afternoon,drinking coffee, looking at who’s passing by saying ” Höla” or “Buenas tardes” with a smile,and wondering who you are, here my introduction is my grandmas name and they immediately know where I come from, kids in their bicycles just running around,dogs so many dogs, having dogs is a must here, to take care of the house,of the cows, etc..

A 50yr old bridge which swings back and forth as you walk through it..

I stopped in the middle…

look down …

On one side,

Then the other..

Images that really make me happy and peaceful and that for some more  time will be the world I’m going to live in..

Hope to get some good news tomorrow..

 

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..

Once upon a time…

There was a white clay chicken..

Who lived in  a silver nest..

..today it laid a big pearl egg…

This one is mine, made just for fun..it all started with a pearl I had that was exactly like an egg..(don’t know if it’s hallucination because of my recent visit to the farm that I’m seeing pearls in the shape of eggs.. as long as my tools don’t start MOOing which I’m not sure if its a word, everything is cool)

It’s one of my new year resolutions to let go and make whatever comes out of my head… and the ring a day project is so great and will help me with this.

Because sometimes I find myself working on a same line, or inevitably thinking about the possibilities of a person buying an elephant with a rose choker holding an umbrella  hanging from a chain (not like I’m making one right now haha) but in all honesty, I am guilty of sometimes skipping projects because I don’t think they would sell in 1000 years..

I shouldn’t feel guilty at  the end  because there is a difference between ” Making Art” and ” Making a living out of Art” I’m sure in your life time you’ve run across very talented people who can’t make a living out of their craft.. I know I have..

And well I think here has to be a balance.. to make original pieces that are  not made for everyday wearing to free the mind, and have clean, well made classic designs which I adore and  hold close to me and I can sell and know they will be worn. When I get emails of people telling me how/when  they wear the jewelry I get a smile that stays right there with me during the day..

Then again if you don’t make jewelry believe me making classic pieces can be VERY hard.. when you make something up you can play with it ,changes here and there.. but with classic pieces, think an engagement ring  they are meant to look certain way, made the same way, and I know people with such amazing skills that can make the most beautiful engagement rings, and are pieces so flawless, with so many tiny settings and details that when you look at them you could not guess a person has such dedication to make  with their two hands.. is all a matter of experience which I hope to one day get.

SO  now I’m  making chickens yeeee  and the chicken  is the announcement of some upcoming experimental pieces that you will see posted around here along with my usual jewelry lines which are made thinking of improving ,learning and offering better quality every day

Now I’m off to sleep, is rainy and cold and my bed is screaming my name, another long day waits for me tomorrow, I’ll be back on track  and a little less hyper by the weekend

Good night

Just another life to live…And a diamond day