Mountain Girl Silver - Hand-Stamped Customized Silver Jewelry - Portland, Oregon

Just recently, a gal called me wanting to know if I would offer a discount on a large order for her……. as she was getting ready to head to her annual gathering/trip with her gal pals from elementary school. Initially, with the way the silver market is these days, I hesitated, but ultimately said yes.. Afterall, she introduced herself as a fellow “mountain girl” and her and her buddies were going to hook up in some mountain cabin and build fires and chop wood n’ stuff like that. I was still a little hesitant, but when he said that she wanted “Mountain Girl” with the mountain stamp on them, seriously, how could I even say “NO”???  My signature stamp (which is stamped somewhere on every piece that goes out the door) is a very subtle, clean, but very detailed stamp of Mt. Hood. The mountain that I stare at all day. The mountain that inspires me to reach great things, the mountain that keeps me here. It’s the mountain that entertains my free spirit in the winters as I blow down the slopes, the mountain that is the base of where I sleep under the starry skies, camping, in the summer. Essentially it is the mountain that keeps me here. And it is a beautiful stamp, but very rarely do I stamp it on the front of things, I never oxidize it to make it stand out…. it’s as if it’s MY little secret…MY mountain.  There was NO WAY I was going to stamp these ovals with “Mountain Girl” and then just huck the generic mountain stamp that I carry on there and make it all ugly and unoriginal. In case you’re not catching on here, I’m not a big fan of my generic mountain stamp. I’ve GOT to find a better one forsure! So I made an exception to my rule, and had to stamp my stamp on these gals’ bracelets. They …..turned…..out……awesome!! Pictured to the right, is a photo that Jessica H. sent me after their trip was over. Along with the photos, an email about how much fun it was, how much her gifts to her friends was, and how it was if I was there in spirit to celebrate and have a kick ass time. So thank you ladies!! Thanks for letting me be a part of your fun time. And the fact that you all still hang out once a year and you’re friends from high school and there are EIGHT of you that still work at the friendship…..  bravo zulu!!  Friendship is a total blessing, and to have 8 friends from 20 years ago in your life… well … theres something to be said for that!!

I work on many projects. Some are more fun than others. For instance, me and Daneen just recently had to stamp something like 250 ovals for a book club that was hosting a signing for the author Alice Hoffman. And while it was a cool thing to be a part of, the stamping got to be very mundane and very monotonous and very “boring” if you will.  Stamping the same thing over and over and over and over and over again gets old…… really quick.  Stamping each letter individually, there were 250 ovals, all of which had at least a 6 letter words on them, picking up the hammer twice per letter, I dunno… you do the math..  that’s why I’m an artist, not a professor… ha hah ah

But that’s not to say that I don’t absolutely LOVE what I do. I couldn’t think of a more gratifying job than the one I have. The one I created out of silver.  It didn’t just pop out of “thin air”… it popped out of silver. ;c)

At the beginning of the year (and here we are, almost at the end already) I blogged about how I wanted this year to be full of change, and I wanted to have a spiritual awakening, and I wanted to start taking better care of myself. Well, as the year progressed, I never forgot about that particular blog post. But I continued to think, “Man,,, when am I really going to start changing?”  ”Ahhhh I still have 6 months, I’ll work on it later”…..  Well… let’s just say that this caterpillar is turning into a beautiful butterfly……. day by day…. one day at a time….

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