It's official!

I am up and running on Etsy! My shop is named Sophia!, for the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and the Gnostic Divine Feminine. She connotes a neverending creative force, and the desire to be connected to something larger and more sacred than our own day-to-day selves. She is the Wise One who brings balance and a larger view to her decisions, seeing further than the moment of decision making.

Sophia! is designed to be a line of handmade items based on a sustainable, eco-friendly model that the modern consumer can feel confident in purchasing and owning. Many of my items will be recycled or "upcycled"... others will be made from sustainable-resource fibers like bamboo.

Here's the link:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FiveJars

I'm also now up on Facebook as Sophia! (http://tinyurl.com/yz3o5aq) and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FiveJars.

Since I'm away for Day Job Travel, I'll have to wait 'til this weekend to get better pictures of my items up online and to expand my selection. The three projects that I have posted are a start, and I hope that they find their way to good homes--good people of good conscience who will enjoy them, love them, and either wear them out or pass them on to another who will love them.

My second project under the heading of Sophia! will be handmade meditation cushions or zafus (to be further detailed in their own later post). These are traditional round cushions made for meditative sitting. I have made both plain, single-colored varieties and those with quilted tops using fabrics of some meaning to the owner (mostly old T-shirts), all using recycled or sustainable materials. I'll post pictures of some of my finished products this weekend. All are filled with roasted buckwheat hulls (a sustainable resource) and come with a velcro opening so the hulls can be removed for washing.

If you're interested in any of my products or simply have questions, you can always email me at FiveJarsBlog@gmail.com. I hope you will become part of my story as my journey continues, bringing some small part of my work into your home and your world. May all my projects make the lives of those they touch somehow richer!