it was late july this year. i was standing in front of the shelving unit that houses my dyes, my eyes jumping from color to color to color, trying to figure out what exactly i was going to dye that day. sometimes, the creativity monster will fall victim to my own anxiety and "i'd love to do this," quickly turns either into 15 other things i want to try and can't decide between, or worse, "none of this sounds great."
now, some quick back story about me: my parents had a jewelry store when i was in high school. i worked there part time when i was still in school, and then full time after graduation for a time. i am fully convinced working there is what gave me the eye for color and contrast that's been indispensable in this artistic venture. between designing storefront windows and planning the assembly of various colored stones for mother's jewelry, my ability to match and contrast color was a talent i always had, but the jewelry store trained it into a useable skill early.
and when i started having trouble not only deciding between a million options of colorway, or worse, looking at the rack of color and seeing nothing that felt right that day, i leaned on my old jewelry store days. i've always loved the wild, full range of gemstone colors. there's something in every shade of blue, orange, green, pink... you name it, there's a stone for it. and so was born the birthstones collection. it started with wild peridot and sardonyx for august. then sapphire spectrum. then opal. and now, for november, citrine: a beautiful, variegated tonal orange that stands tall, all on her own. she'll be releasing november 1 at 7pm central standard time, and i can't begin to tell you how excited I am to share her with you.
