08/30/2024
Hello! my name is Sarah and I love creating curiosities, I do all my own work (finding bones on the forest floor, cleaning and whitening them! I find all my own Gemstones, semi precious stones and crystals from multiple different states, I cut, polish, wrap (with wire, h**p, and string)) im learning how to do wood burning, leather burning, and engraving! Once I'm happy with an outcome from those, they will be posted for sale. Everything I don't make by hand I recycle (some metal pieces or old trinkets) All plastic bags and styrofoam use for shipping orders has been recycled, hence why you might see a sticker that has been blacked out by a sharpie. I'm very conscious of the environment and I don't want to put more plastic into it. I also recycle parts from anything that is old and broken, I will find a way to repurpous it! (donations of shipping bags, styrofoam, metal, old appliances that don't work, trinkets, or anything that can be repurpoused will get you a free surprise gift 💖)
Some backstory on me ☺️
I would also like to explain the name I've chosen. I thought of it because I'm sick and unable to work, I've been diagnosed with Brittle bones disease(I'm in constant pain 24/7) Advanced Brain Aging (microbleeds and brain lesions) I have a difficult time remembering the simplest things, sometimes I need things repeated to me multiple times because it sounds like gibberish until my brain clicks in. I sometimes get very confused and frustrated, and on my really bad days (which thankfully hasn't happened in a while) I faint. One of my worst fainting spells happened when it was -40 outside and I was outside at night. But thankfully I was at a friend's house and they got me inside. They told me I was out there for a long time and that I was convulsing.. which was news to me because I'm usually alone when those happen and just wake up on the floor.
My doctor tells me my body doesn't react to stress well, because my cortisol levels are extremely high from healing from C-PTSD from multiple traumatic events in my life, I was under alot of stress at the end of last year which made my nervous system go into panic mode and shut down my digestive tract, I couldn't eat anything solid for a long time (fruit smoothies, broth etc) Which sadly forced me to quit being a mechanic.. I loved that job and I was so happy doing it.. but fainting next to a jacked up vehicle wasn't safe.. I was bed bound in December of 2023 because my lowest weight was 102lbs, very depressed and was having the darkest of thoughts because I felt like such a burden to my mother..
Rockhounding saved my life, I pushed myself to get outside into nature, even if it was just outside my backdoor at first because I was so weak, then it was driving out a little ways brushing snow (might of been dumb to do that because I have bad cold intolerance and i wasnt mentally okay with recently finding out I'll be like this the rest of my life, but i survived) off of road cuts. Then going out to To***co River in the middle of winter.. also not safe because I was there for hours into the night.. but I had a very kind police officer keep an eye on me and make sure I was okay.. I wish I could remember his name.. I'm very thankful for him.. he listened to me, told me funny stories, and was just very kind when I told him what was going on with me.
I'm still living with my Mother and I'm wanting to find a way to help her pay bills so she doesn't have to work so much, and to hopefully give her peace of mind.. I know dealing with me was difficult when I was really bad sick.. also dealing with me now because I know on my bad days it's hard for everyone. I'm not asking for money donations, I don't want free money.. I want to make something I can be proud of and help myself, my mother, and everyone that has helped me. Once I make something I'll post it on here, it's very difficult for me to finish a piece because my hands stop working (they get very stiff, painful, I have tremors, i also have a pinched nerve in my spine which gives me awful pain in my arms when i over work myself) Or I can't get my brain to focus and do what I want it to, or it just "shuts off" and I can barely do anything if I overwhelm it. It's a struggle, but I want to work for my money.
If you have any questions or if you want me to do a custom piece (a non refundable fee is due upon the start of a custom piece depending on size, detail and how long it will take. I only do one custom piece at a time. Your name will go onto a list and no payment of non refundable fee will be made until I'm ready to start your custom order) please PM me on this page or my personal page Sarah Momenee. I don't accept payment of the piece you're wanting unless it's in person or I'm in the process of mailing your piece. I forget too much to have to remember all that and I want everything to be fair. Once I'm able to sell on Etsy, that link will be listed on this page for anyone needing it shipped. I do take payments from local sales through Venmo, Cashapp or cash BUT ONLY IN PERSON.
Thankyou for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day. Remember to smile more, say hello to a stranger.. Be the kindness they might really need ❤️
