Women Who Inspire Me - Part 1

If you had asked me when I was 10 what I wanted to be when I grew up.....well..that was easy..a Marine Biologist...without a doubt.  Then life started happening....and through travel, life  experience, and supportive relationships...I found my calling....TAH-DAH...jewelry design!!
I really do have sort of a nerdy brain and I love solving problems..but I also love creating.  So when I started making jewelry... it all  made sense. I had all of these components incorporated into one profession and everything finally came together......

It was my grandmother, Mom Eileen - Leeny, who really introduced me to the imagination and fun of accessorizing.  Her cabinet of jewelry was limitless....and my play space.  I would put on her snake arm bands and bold rings...... and in my mind become the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. I would entertain myself for hours in her closet......and of course she ways always there...encouraging me to keep playing and dreaming.  

When I was 15 years old I lost my grandmother and  I was given...... and left with pieces of her jewelry collection to remember her by.  Old Navaho Indian bracelets and rings with unreal details that to this day...still blow my mind.  

So...while I have found my calling later in life.............I really feel that I owe it to this woman......my grandmother.....the true starting of my career and passion!

Leeny & Crazy Me

Leeny & My Dad

Out of Leeny's Closet!

By the way...........this is by far.......the most emotional post I have ever shared.  I am feeling it.......for sure.  So parts 2.3.4 etc.  of women in my life are coming.....believe me ...with alot of thought ..............xox