Jeweled Again By Jessica

Category: Heart and Art

  • Giving Wherever We Are

    On my other blog, I am doing a 22 day Miracles and Gratitude Challenge based on the idea that noticing more miracles brings more miracles. It’s working. Being grateful for things, is making me feel grateful for other things and noticing miracles is helping me see more miracles. All that noticing prompted me to write…

  • Makeover Vintage Style

    I’m so thankful for this blog. I love art and making stuff. I love writing, too. On my other blog, I write. Recently, I’ve been stumbling around in writer’s block. Ugh! So, this blog is especially nice, because I can simply make art. Yesterday I worked on craft fair stuff and I thought I’d show…

  • Thank You for the Likes

    This blog is tiny. Like, in the world of blogs with lotsssss of followers, my two blogs actually, are very small. The funny thing? I don’t even mind. Oh sure, when I started my first blog in 2015, I had dreams of “going big”. But, what I’ve learned over the years is, for me anyway,…

  • Esther and Her Art

    We stayed in Iowa a couple extra days, so we could get some time in seeing my great aunt Esther. What’s so cool about that? She’s 103! Oh how I wish you guys could meet her. She’s smart, witty, sweet and hilarious. She is my momma’s dad’s sister. They were born in an Iowa farmhouse,…

  • Handmade in Iowa

    My boy and I are traveling across Iowa to see relatives we haven’t seen in a while. Monday, we stopped in a town near where my grandparents and my momma grew up: Schleswig, Iowa. My momma’s cousin, Karen, who is more like an aunt to me and who I adore, lives there. It it just…

  • Jewelry Received as Gifts

    Most of you know that I lost my momma at the end of March. It was incredibly sudden and shocking, so it’s been a huge adjustment with some grief filled moments since. I have written about artist block from it and also talked about what it’s been like. Here are a couple links, if you’d…

  • Math and Puzzles in Art

    Me and math are best friends. Math? Say what? What does that have to do with anything? Well, I believe that my love for math helps me create beautiful art. A quick online search about math and art will bring up a vast amount of articles on how and why the two can go together.…

  • Paint Party Lessons

    Last night was our painting party by the pool. I just have to tell you, it was a beautiful evening. There’s just something about art and friendship. It’s hard to explain. Art can just draw you in, if that makes any sense. I hadn’t seen two of my friends for two years! Two years? Seems…

  • Painting by the Pool

    One of the things I love about art is the versatility. There is painting, sculpting, baking, sewing, crafts, writing, jewelry making, mixed media, jewelry art, and so much more. While jewelry art is my thing, I try to keep my creativity open to other ideas as well. Learning to paint, for instance. Tomorrow night, a…

  • Gift for a Friend

    As most of you know, I lost my momma a couple of months ago. It’s been flat out difficult because it was super sudden and completely unexpected. Oh, how I miss her, every day. I can’t even begin to tell you how genuinely kind people have been. Friends, family, and even bloggers have reached out…