Other Ore

Mostly moved back into my basement studio, it’s like coming home to an old friend.

Some bummer news, I am going to be shutting down my studio. This space has been amazing, but as life would have it things change. I planned to spend countless hours here working on jewelry, listening to music, hosting friends and planning my retail spaces. But the reality became that I could hardly ever make it here. I missed nights out with friends and time my family and it started to stress me out to make time for it rather than it be a place of creative refuge.

I think it’s OK sometimes to admit you can’t do it all. Having three kids, a full-time job, a father nearing the end of his life, while also prepping my first born to go off to college was mission overload for me. For the first time in a long while I felt anxiety creeping in and rather than try to power through like I always do, I peeled the layers back and realized the burden of a studio, the cost, the guilt, the lack of time was something I could change. So back to my basement studio it is for now.

I am so grateful for this space, my Landlord, Steven Tartar and the last 9 months that I got to be a part of the community at Studio Of. Maybe one day when life isn’t so hard, I’ll find another light filled space that I can actually enjoy.

Found the cutest school of monkey pod fish when I was in Michigan recently. This lovely mcm salad set and some other really great MCM decor will arrive at the OtherOre showroom URBANITE PDX tomorrow. 🐟 🐠

This installment of
is a bit of a hodgepodge.

Which feels right—
because so is my life right now.

As a mom, I’m helping my kid make one of the biggest decisions of his life.
As a daughter, I’m learning what it means to watch the person who gave you life near the end of theirs.
As a professional, I’m juggling a small business and a full-time job—something always slipping off the deck.

And the world itself?
A little chaotic.
Like we’re all unmoored, floating somewhere between where we’ve been and where we’re headed.

The journey isn’t always rosy.
You just have to be still and trust the sails. If not, you’re swimming with the dolphins.

A little bit of everything—
this hodgepodge and more—
arriving soon at the OtherOre showroom URBANITE PDX