03/22/2023
My journey with creating this jewelry started a year ago when I had a stroke and lost the use of my right hand. I decided to make jewelry because itโs always been something I loved. I eventually gained use of my hand after making thousands of bracelets. Then it led into making chokers, wristlets, lanyards, keychains, driftwood window art and basically anything I can put a jewel on. I suffer from Bi Polar 2 depression, anxiety, PTSD, and BPD. Making this jewelry helps my mind rest from all the madness that goes on in my head. Itโs a outlet for me and I finally have a little booth I sell it at, at M&M Antiques in Joshua if you ever wanna check it out in person my booth number is 1017. I do custom orders as well. I chose the name crying_jewels because after I lost everything due to a bad divorce, all I did was cry. All I could think about was these tears are meaningless. Until they werenโt. They were my life pouring out of me. All the pain and the emotions just pouring out had to mean something. So I decided my tears meant a lot. They meant the only thing I could describe at that moment and it was diamonds and jewelry because of the beauty they have, the memories they can hold and they never lose their values. I needed all those things back into my life after being beaten down for so long not only by myself, my childhood, a abusive relationship and the disease I carry with me everyday that says Iโm not worth anything. So every piece of jewelry I make is a piece of me coming out. Sometimes with literal tears of pain or even tears of joy. Thank you for any support. โค๏ธ๐ ๐