Journey of a Jeweler

a journey into fashion decorating style and life with jeweler lisa lehmann

Lisa Lehmann Designs, formerly StudioJewel

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Hold Fast

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It’s been a long week. Even the weekend was stressful. This is my birthday week. I should be thinking of happy celebration things…and I am…sort of. But I have a lot on my plate this week.

I have so much to process and think about and do…that sometimes it’s just paralyzing. Sometimes…it stops me dead in my tracks and I can’t think at all. Well not logically anyway. It’s then I have to fight with everything I have, NOT to curl up in a little ball and shut down. But I’m a dang tough fighter in case you didn’t know.

Sometimes I need a little encouragement. A reminder.
This is my reminder to me today, and to anyone who might be struggling or stressed out. 


HOLD FAST
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(Don’t worry mom, it’s just a sharpie…I didn’t get another tattoo.)


Hold Fast. Help IS on the way. I do have a hope and a future, I know that.

So today I rest. Today I process. Tomorrow I’ll start eating my elephant, one bite at a time. And then?
Then I’ll think about how you can celebrate my birthday on Saturday {hint hint}. If you need my address, just let me know 🙂

you are so loved.
xoxo, lisa

Processing ANGER

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ANGER.

Something I know NOTHING about! *rolls eyes*

Ok, I lied *gasp*. I KNOW anger. Perhaps too intimately.

I do believe anger is something that we often NEED to experience. It’s a pretty basic human emotion. Different “things” trigger anger for different people. It could be an emotional hurt, a physical hurt, your kids (not mine of course) or just something that gets in “our way”.

Let’s face it, we all get angry!
It’s what we DO with our anger. That is our choice. I believe anger needs to be resolved within us in order to “move on”.
But what does that look like?
For me? Things that unexpectedly anger or inconvenience me…let’s just say my reaction is, well, just that, reactionary. I tend to “spew forth”. Sometimes that is ok…but more often than not this is an area I struggle with. *read as brown eyes flashing, curly hair standing on end*

For bigger issues that anger me…I tend to look for resolution. Can I fix this issue?  Can I make an impact?  Do I need to let go and move on?

What we cannot do is let our anger control us. It doesn’t deserve that kind of power! I love this verse from Psalm 37.8 as it’s written in the version called the Message, it says:

“Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes – it only makes things worse!”

Know your anger…know your limits…be in control…cool your pipes…and hey, if you’re like me banging on metal is ALWAYS helpful! I’ll even lend you a hammer!

you are so loved.

xoxoxo, lisa

Ten Things I Hate, or dislike greatly as I would have my kids say

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  1. Bra shopping. Need I say more?
  2. My knees. Someone once told me I had big knees, needless to say…it stuck.
  3. Feet. Mine are fine. Yours near me are gross and disgusting and if you touch me with them I will hurt you.
  4. Being cold. And I must add. Living in Michigan, I am cold 98% of the time.
  5. My hands. Dainty, lovely, I’m a girl hands…I don’t have those. I work with my hands, I am proud of their ability…they just ain’t pretty to look at!
  6. When people use the word “like” like all the freakin time. Like “ahhhhhghghghgh”!
  7. Olives. I keep trying. I keep hating.
  8. Public speaking. Fear, nervousness, sweat.
  9. Piles. I mean those little monsters of just this and that, that grow into hideous piles of “I don’t know where I put it, but it must be in here somewhere and I AM going to go through it”. Now you know, right?
  10. Alarm clocks. I am not opposed to getting up…but that dang, “beep. beep. beep.” makes me want to hurt someone.
And that is all for now. 
 
What about you? You must have somethings that absolutely set you off. Come on…be not afraid…share!
xoxo
 
You are so loved
xoxox, lisa

When FAILURE is not an option.

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Do you ever have those days? Those days you wake up early already in a tizzy? Those days you wonder how you will get it all accomplished? Those days when you wonder why you do what you do at all? Those days when it just seems like all you do is spin your wheels for nothing?
 
OK, maybe it’s just me. Maybe it’s the perfectionist “glass-half-empty” girl that lives in my head. Maybe y’all think I’m ridiculous. 
 
Regardless.
I have those days.
 
When I do, I have to remind myself that FAILURE is not an option. These moments are brought to you with a purpose. You can stand. You can sit. You can fall. You must take action.
 
Sometimes it’s just a matter of a deep breath and a walk. 
Sometimes you need to re-evaluate.
Sometimes it’s creative resistance that is battling within you.
Sometimes you just need to take a break.
 
But it’s a choice. It’s all about choices isn’t it? And the beauty is you get to choose

So today…instead of failure…I am going to choose:

  • F – fun. Unwind a bit. Let my hair down. 
  • A – attitude. Focus on the positive and move on.
  • I – identify. What is the root of what I’m struggling with? 
  • L – learn. Try something new. A challenge always changes my focus.
  • U – uniqueness. There is no one else like me. No one with my exact gifts and talents.
  • R – relax. Be a little less hard on myself.
  • E – encourage. Someone else. Take the focus OFF me and find someone to come alongside.

And then, go crank out to your favorite music really, really loud. I know, put your “love glasses on” then go look in the mirror. Cause you rock…hard!

You are so so loved
xoxox,  lisa

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