Tinkie A.D.

A bridge between the hands and the heart…

Well its official! I have made over “our” blog site. Tinkie’s has now transformed into Tinkie A.D. It seemed only right, the old format was fun and cute, so suiting  as the backdrop for Trinket’s words, but it somehow didn’t fit anymore. I knew it was time I put aside her voice and speak with my own. That also means getting serious again about my art and jewelry. Making some changes here was the first big step.

I love the scene above with the bridge and the river and the winding path, I don’t think it could be more perfect to visually represent where I am in life right now. I do feel like I live at the edge of this life, just beyond the next. Death has been such a strong influence in my life for several years now and I can’t seem to escape it. Its peaceful though, a lot like the scene above, its not frightening anymore, just another reality we’ll all realize sooner or later. I’ve learned to embrace that sacred transition as it is apart of life. I see death a birth and even the dying process I feel is not unlike labor and giving birth. Nature is a cycle that goes in a circle, it is unended so why not life as well. I have no certain proof, only my beleif and my faith that our souls continue.

So here is a little bit I’ve never shared before except to some close friends about how I settled on my business name alora designs. When my Mother was still alive she used to joke about her initials for her name, B.C. and it stood for before Christ. Ok, not really funny but my Mom thought it was. When she died I was left with the manifestation of her many addictions, jewelry and supplies was one of them. I took it up at first as a way to get an understanding of her and before I knew it, I found I was just as addicted. The difference being, my mother had trouble parting with her “stuff”, where as I feel the need to create and have those creations go to a home where they will be enjoyed and appreciated.

When I decided to take up jewelery making professionally and open a store I wanted a name that some how bridged us together and honored her gift to me. Mom tried her hand at selling for a few years and took the name ABC creations for herself. I am Laura, so I ended up with A Laura Designs, which became Alora Designs, and ironically also stood for A.D. which was inkeeping with my mother’s making of time.

So I come full circle to Tinkie’s. I named it that in the beginning because Trinket was my world, my voice and my primary focus, while all that I used to be was still somewhere on the back burner. Again after loss I am choosing rebirth, so I wanted to bring back my identity to this website and also honor her passing, hence Tinkie A.D. I wanted to keep her close still, as she was a manifestation of a part of my spirit in the form of a bunny; and I’ll always continue to feel her presence in my heart which is the source from which I create.  I don’t think I could totally give up cute Tinkie Couture stuff, its too deep now.

Tags: alora designs, humble beginings, transformations

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