updates

march 8th 2010: i have landed in europe!!! everything old seems so new.....

hello to all my english speaking friends. i must admit that it is not always easy to be living in europe again, after 17 years in the states. i am quite a bit 'californianized'; which is good because it has become a large part of my personality and this is what makes me, me! i see so many things now, some i know from growing up here and some are new to me, but all influences me immensely. so i take it all in and put it into my new collections. i am very eager to built my new web site, create new jewelry and get it all up and running. but first things first, now it is time to find a new home and built a nest, and then we can work.

so please hang in there, be patient with me and hopefully in may i can present it all...

love & light

anja

dec.14th / yule time in germany

it is cold, comfy, cozy and very merry in good old germany. as you can see in all the pictures, everybody everywhere it is decorated to the fullest. we all weather the cold and enjoy our hot mulling wine. but all the light candles and all the colorful decorations tell us that we all wish for the sun to return in spring time to grand us our next warm season. it is a 5000 year old custom to decorate the tree, which is still alive and well wherever you travel in europe. it doesn't matter if you believe in santa or not, celebrate christmas or not, you just feel good when surounded with all this glitz and glory. the glittering candle light, the smell of cinamon and clove and the sweet humming of old and familiar songs that we all heard since we were 2" high; it all warms our hearts!

and right now i just bath in it!!! i take it all in as much as i can. all the lights, sounds and smells inspire me to think of new collections. something from and for the heart is trying to take shape in my head right now; something warm and comforting.......we will see.

but realy, if you think that new york is great during the winter season, try out all these tiny german villages with their christmas markets. it is a feast for all our senses which melts even the heart of the toughest grinch.

i hope you can all have a wonderful warm and comforting christmas season. be well, merry, joyful and bright in these darker days.

love & light anja

nov.26th 2009 / happy thanks for everything to all my friends and customers

it is thanks giving here in america today and hence i want to express all my heartfelt thank yous to all my loyal customers and my dear friends. may this holiday season be a merry and wonderful one for you all.

i am flying out to germany later on today; for 4 weeks of pure christmas delights in the old country. i will envelope myself in mom's baking, smells of ginger bread and mulling wine and think of all that has passed this year. it is time to reflect and ponder all my decisions which i have made this year. it is time to be true to myself and to see where i have developed and where i am still lacking. i love this time a year, really, i do!!!

i wound be staying in germany for good yet, we will be back to colorado for 8 weeks in the winter. this will give me ample time to close the american chapter, which has taken 17 years of my life. america is where i have grown up, well, whatever one might call growing up :-). but i would say that my personality has formed the most in these 17 years. so naturally the country has ingrained itself rather deeply into my character. this fact is going to be interesting to explore and deal with during the following years; in the country where i was borne and raised.................uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..................i am more then excited about all these obstacles and possibilities which lay ahead.

nov. 11th 2009 / the time of saying good bye

we are meeting a lot with dear friends and say good bye till we are one day seeing each other again somewhere in europe or so. it is also a time of saying good bye to a land that we have lived in for quite some time; 17 years to be exact. right now i treat this time as farewell time, this last month in america. well, at least for the next few years anyway. it is bitter sweet, this time; not always easy! but it is very healthy to celebrate this time and to do it as aware as possible. we do have to say good bye in your hearts and our minds, otherwise the soul can not follow when you actually move.

i am thinking of those people who do not have the luxury of saying their good byes, people who have to flee their homes and leave everything behind or people who never thought that they were never coming back to their homes but life developed in such a manner............. how fortunate am i to have this wonderful opportunity to be saying my proper good byes. i am truly blessed! also because i do have such dear friends where it hurts to say good bye.

yes, friends and awareness are both wonderful blessings when you have them!

oct. 31st 2009 /samhain: let the journey begin!

today marks the day where i close up my art studio and go on a sabbatical. this is no easy thing to do for me, since i love creating and new ideas are constantly going through my head. but sometimes it is still good to step back and go with the flow of life. and this is what i am doing right now...

i do not know why i have the need to write this down and post it on my web site, since it is a very private journey. but somehow it helps to share. all my friends can follow me virtually around the world and that gives me a feeling of inner trust and nurturing. also the written word is a very powerful thing, since it is the 3rd time this particular thought has been uttered by the time you read this (first as thought, then as physical manifestation in writing and last when you are reading it) then it is truly 'out' there in the universe to trigger certain other manifestations. i just follow my instincts...