One Year Ago, at a Galentine's Party, Everything Changed

Last year around this time, I attended a mala-style bracelet making workshop on Galentine's Day with 4 of my best friends. We got to choose which ever crystals called to us out of platters and VATS of semi-precious stone beads. It was exhilarating and empowering to hunt through the crystals knowing exactly what I was looking for, trusting my own senses, and my own intuition. As someone who previously has overthought 90% of my creative endeavors to the brink of oblivion-- this was a rare feat. And the resulting 3 bracelets immediately felt like a part of me, became my every single day, wear everywhere pieces. And they have been with me everywhere-- in my garden, on my couch, in St Lucia, on a desert meditation retreat, I wore them on my wedding day, wore them for professional headshots at my office, down through the gleaming halls of Aldi, and even once or twice to the hospital etc. etc. etc. Ev-er-y-where. 

I've been complimented on them more times than I can count, and have also been caught more than once or five times staring into the depths of the luminescence of labradorite, the iridescent sheen of moonstone, a refraction of light off the edge of a faceted quartz. Putting them on daily began to feel like a ritual to come back to my self, the cool weight of the stones feeling like a grounding reminder to be present. They have become more to me than a part of my wardrobe more like tangible piece of my identity and a non-negotiable piece of my daily personal adornment ritual. 

And over time, I began to wonder: 

What if everyone could experience this? This feeling of being seen, of having your inner self reflected back through something beautiful you could touch and wear?

Later that year, Erina Delmar Jewelry was born.

And now, one year later, I'm coming full circle with something I've been building in secret. Something that takes that original question and answers it in a way I never could have imagined back at that Galentine's party.

See my next blog post for the announcement of my new offering: Luminance Readings.