I love the ocean, I love tiny treasures, rusty doors, secret passage ways, mysteries, and old dusty things. In my Sovereign Sea shop, I try to put those inspirations together as wearable objects and donnable pieces of art.
Sovereign Sea Designs is a love song to the part of me that wakes up early to go watch the sunrise at the beach. The part of me that would watch nests of baby birds grow up under our deck. That puts flowers in her hair, and likes the smell of dirt.
I also love books - like, a lot. And before I worked on jewelry full time, I was a librarian. So check my other shop, The Written Nerd (writtennerd.etsy.com) for librarian inspired goodies.
I've been fortunate enough to be able to support myself on my craft since, and was able to quit my day job in mid 2012. Learn more about how we managed that by checking out our Etsy QYDJ feature here:
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/quit-your-day-job-the-written-nerd/