Jeweled Again By Jessica

Category: Heart and Art

  • Creativity Waltzed In

    Creativity Waltzed In

    Not really sure what I was doing when creativity took a hard left straight out of my life. Once, on a creative streak. To creative stillness. Fair, I suppose. I mean, life is so many series of events leading us this way and that. Enter October of 2025. Was at my dad’s watching tv and…

  • Art Restart

    Months have ticked by with no art being made, no words written, and creativity nearly coming to a halt. A needed one. And, in the days since, a healing in my momma loss has begun to spring forth in a bloom that I can’t quite explain. For months, I have unplugged from the noise of…

  • Art Stopped

    Boy, it’s been forever since I’ve written on here and I don’t even know that I have much to say. But, I figure, I’ll give it a go. The first weekend in January, we made the eight hour trek to see my dad for Christmas. We didn’t get to go on Christmas Day because of…

  • Lessons in Resale

    A couple of months ago I got all brave and rented a booth in a local resale shop. My idea? To get my art out of my art room and out where people can see it. Trying to decide what to put in my booth with my art pieces has involved some trial and error.…

  • Gifts Mailed

    Recently, I finished up the jewelry art gifts for my Aunt Esther. If you recall, she is 103 years old and lives in an assisted living home in Iowa. I was originally trying to decide whether to do a craft show in early December or not. Instead, I got the idea to make her and…

  • Joy Filled Giving

    Several years ago, my son and I made Christmas presents for someone we loved and all the residents in her nursing home. We made over 100 bracelets and sun catchers and sent them off to Minnesota. My gosh, there’s such a ‘can’t quite get my head around how amazing my heart feels when g-i-v-i-n-g.‘ Giving…

  • Creating to Create

    A few days ago, I started writing a post. I’d been contemplating throwing my art to the curb, so I was writing my thoughts about things.Those thoughts have been sitting in ‘drafts’ while I’ve dug through ‘what to do.’ Digging through the why’s hasn’t been that fun, but it has been enlightening. In fact, the…

  • Art Break

    Whoa. Just looked to see when I last posted here. It’s been nearly two weeks. Honestly? I haven’t been making any art. At all. I haven’t even looked at my supplies. Why? I’ve been hiking. Nature has been calling my name, so my boy and I have been going to natural areas and trails. I’m…

  • Lessons in Sticking With Art

    Thank you for all the feedback yesterday! I really love/ loved reading your ideas and comments when I mentioned I’m not really sure what to do with my art or where it belongs. One of the ways I get tripped up is, there are so many choices!!! In online choices alone, oh my! So many…

  • Keeping at Jewelry Art

    See this photo? My sister sent it to me yesterday. She got me all of those necklaces. Is that the sweetest thing ever or what? It was timely, too, because I’ve been absolutely, completely, and totally stuck on what in the world I should do with my art. Aside from the giving away part, at…