Self Portrait Friday

Self portrait Fridays are hard! I am the person who hates having her picture taken, who turns away from the camera, who takes pictures of others. I am the one who never wants her image captured on film but something that Nina Bagley said on her blog, about loving yourself, appreciating your wisdom, makes me want to continue this journey of self discovery. I am ..... learning .... to love me ... to know me... to be worthy of myself ... my age is a badge of honor worn with courage and conviction and ... wisdom.

This is the view from above of the lobby area to my shops. I refer to it as the embellishment shop and it is its' own little nest of texture and design and inspiration. I love my shops. Spending time there is not work, it is play and delight and socializing with friends and people soon to become friends. I hope that I make everyone a friend and welcome them to their creativity when they enter my playground.





When I spend my days working in the bead store; everything is up close and personal. Last night looking down from the mezzanine above the shop, everything looked different. A new perspective. I thought you might like my bird's eye view, too.






Last night at the shop we had our annual trunk show in our classroom upstairs from the bead store. All the amazing stones and pearls and silver and glass and other fabulous trinkets were on display that I purchased in Tucson and beyond.