03/01/2026
Happy New Year, friends! 🎉
I hope 2026 is already treating you kindly. Here's to fresh starts and new possibilities.
Meet Hope. 🐢
This little turtle was the first piece I created in 2026, and she carries so much meaning for me.
I found her original form in a thrift shop, worn, forgotten, but still beautiful. I made a mold, gave her new life, and filled the cavity on her back with color: green for growth, blue for peace, red for courage. Each one a symbol of what I'm carrying forward.
2025 was... a lot. Challenging in ways I didn't expect, but also deeply fulfilling. There were moments I wasn't sure I'd make it through, and moments that reminded me exactly why I do what I do. It taught me that we can hold both struggle and beauty at the same time, that they're not opposites, but companions.
So I'm starting this year with Hope. Literally!
She's a bridge between old and new, between what was discarded and what can be reimagined. A reminder that even the smallest, most overlooked things can be transformed into something meaningful✨️
Here's to 2026. To carrying hope with us. To finding beauty in unexpected places. To starting again, and again, and again🌱