Collection No. 25- June 2025

Six months without a collection release. Not six months without creating.

After the losses of Mojo and Brady, I was grieving deeply and struggling with depression. By the time June 2025 arrived, I hadn't released anything new in about six months. I felt lost, and the thought of everything that goes into launching a collection- photographing, listing, marketing, selling, and doing the whole production around a release, was more than I had the energy to manage.

But behind the scenes, I was still making things. Quietly, without an audience waiting for a launch announcement, I kept trying ideas and experimenting with different mediums. I didn't have the capacity for all the other parts of running a handmade business, but the creative work itself hadn't disappeared.

Looking at these pieces, I can see those experiments taking shape: a vintage spoon ring, glazed-pottery-inspired florals, shimmering moonstone effects, and stained glass in summer-sunset colors. There were hydrangeas, peach gerbera daisies, intricate little moons, horseshoes, and even delicate floral dragons. Some designs felt familiar, and others pointed toward new directions I was curious to explore.

I don't want to frame this release as the moment everything suddenly got better. It wasn't that simple. It was a collection made after a long, difficult pause, a reminder that the part of me that loved making things was still there, even when I didn't have much left for the business side of it. This is what my work looked like in June 2025, when so much of the creating happened in the quiet.