A Jumbled Rambling

Sometimes I wonder if there is a distinct line drawn between the two ways you can dress yourself. I question whether there are 'Clothes-People' and 'Accessories-People'. Here's what I mean... When I think about what I'm going to wear in the morning after I shower, I think about what jewelry I want to wear. Then I coordinate my clothing to accommodate the accessories I've chosen. I'm sure that there's a group of people (probably more than half of the population) who pick out their clothing first, and then add jewelry to match. I almost never think in that order.

Some people come into my booth at the market and pick up one of my glass pieces and I hear them say how hard the necklace or earrings would be to 'match with'. [Note: most of my jewelry isn't very hard to match with, in my opinion, but some of it is quite challenging.] I want to tell these people something along the lines of this: I don't expect you to try to match that jewel with one of your printed tops; I expect you to change your shirt.

This is probably the strongest reason I should have pursued silver jewelry...

Only kidding! I love glass like crazy and would never trade it for another medium! Actually, when I first became interested in glass jewelry, I considered most of it either tacky, or incapable of looking sophisticated. I'm incredibly particular about wearing glass accessories and feel very confident that I have created a product that can be worn well by a very large range of ages.

Though I suppose this topic is stuck in the land of subjectivity - this is all just my own little opinion.

It's going to be a ridiculously warm 4th of July. It was exactly (almost to the minute!) 5 years ago today that I rode on my first motorcycle and wound up in the emergency room, just hours before leaving for 6 months in New Zealand. Ahhh, memories...

I'll end this passage with a line from the book I recently started; it struck me and maybe it will strike your liking as well: "I felt like I could hear our stories inside us like noise." -from 'Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking' by Aoibheann Sweeney.