Inspiration means the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something especially to do something creative.

To me inspirations mean to put my thoughts, heart, and creations into my jewelry. I have design a collection of jewelry that had inspired me to love different designs. When I work with my jewelry I think of colors, shapes, and textures in my designs. Sometimes I become so inspired with what I’m working on, that I can complete one or more sets in less then an hour. Because of that feeling, I have named my jewelry collection Inspirations.

I am a 17 year old senior with Sickle Cell Anemia . With this disorder in and out of the hospital a lot. So I started making jewelry a year ago when I was in the hospital. I really needed something to do, so I was introduced to jewelry making by a child life specialist.
Sickle Cell Anemia is a blood disorder that causes lack of oxygen in my body. My blood cells turn into a crest shape, my hemoglobin drops, and it causes a lot of pain.

One day while laying in my hospital bed, I decided to get up and go to the patient’s playroom, and look through the craft designs. That was when I became inspired to design my jewelry collection, and named it “Inspirations”.

When I’m not sick I try to keep a positive attitude through reading, schoolwork, and craft activities.

Even though it’s a lot of work, I try to stay focus at all times. When I need a break or just to be free I turn to my craft activities. This is a way to ease my mind and it always help me to especially get through those stressful times.
I try to keep postitive and focus.

I am getting very excited about graduating next year and preparing myself for college. Who knows my collection of Inspirations would take me places I always dreamed of. I may see celebrities I admire and even sell them some of my beautiful Inspirations.
If they wear my inspirations it will become well known and more demanding.
What a great way to make some extra money for college.

I never thought being sick would bring me “Inspirations”.

My sickness has given me a chance to use my hands to put my thoughts, my heart, and my creations into my jewelry.I am inspired when I look at the colors, shapes, and textures, they become apart of my designs.

I want people to look beyond my illness and see the creations I’ve made in my collection called “Inspirations”.