This collection is about being, not becoming.

This collection was created in reflection of personal growth I experienced after getting incredibly sick in January. I was forced to spend weeks asleep, unable to do anything with my business endeavors or creating. I was sad, scared and have never before felt a heavier stress. As I recovered, finding my footing again, I realized the depth of my shift from adolescence - I can no longer claim adulthood solely when it behooves me. I am a young adult. At first I was scared because while I laid in bed I wanted the comfort of being taken care of and all the benefits childhood offers. I faced the realization that the passing of time means nothing more than the passing of time; life won’t just propel us forward and hand us our dreams. I recognized that I’d really never be ready for what’s next. All we have is right now and what we decide to do with it. So my perspective moving forward became that I get to take a deep breath, feel the fear and uncomfortableness of the unknown while seeking growth, & just go for it every day. In this life it’s either we go for it and give it our all or we’ll look up one day and realize all this time has passed us by & we never got around to those ideas, dreams and experiences we thought we always would one day. There never is one day. Today is that day.

Feelings that once gave me such stress and fear now had me finding comfort in realizing that in my growth, I am reliable for myself & that is on me, but that’s okay. The very worst thing that happens is I fail forward and learn more that pushes me to develop myself.

Life is our gift for constant self discovery and expression. 

I am in love with living, with connection, with the now.

I Love Feeling Blue

This monochromatic mini-collection, favoring the color blue, is an endeavor in which I have played with bold, new ideas of spaces, lines and shapes. It is a culmination of my greatest focus this year, which has deepened my relationship with color expression. 

I chose the color blue because, to me, blue signals feelings of safety and comfort. Throughout my later teen years, I chose the color blue to be the dominant color in  my childhood bedroom at my dad’s house. Although my little blue room was obviously physically attached to the house, energetically, I felt as if it were in space. While in there, I was safely floating through my own universe of energy where I cultivated my love of self, education and personal & artistic reflections. This was the first space I ever felt safe, yet vulnerable, delicate and submerged in peace.

In this blue sanctuary, ‘Ve’ was born. This rebirth gave life to the journey that has brought me here today, sharing such intimate pieces of myself with you through my new, blue collection.