A little drop. Pendant. 10/10.

You know what they say? Be careful what you wish for. A reaction to my day. Or a small part of my day. Other parts of it were very good indeed. Some excellent health news, some good results in another area of recent effort. As for the bit of it in question...nothing seriously bad happened, more a sort of pause for thought. Not a big enough one to be worth a huge elaborate piece - and after the hectic day it's been, there wasn't time for that anyway. Just one of those moments when you realise that a situation needs a rethink and that something has to give. When it's worth a little bit of pain for the greater good. That sort of thing. So it's a very simple, very quickly made, symbolic piece. It also carries that little element which says there can be a good thing inside the less than pleasant thing.
Hope, if you like. I'll put this one down as the marker for the beginning of a new chapter. Catharsis, with a potentially positive outlook. The blue cord seemed an appropriate choice for the mood of it.

Letting Go. Sterling silver. Rubber cord.

I'm the first to admit that expressing emotions by means of a teardrop or a heart shape (or both!) is a cliche. There again, there's a good reason each of these symbols has been used to the point of becoming cliched. It's because they are so clear, easily recognised and understood. Also, they are still open to a little interpretation, depending on the context and the viewers own perspective. Is the tear a sad or happy one? Does it express relief, or pain, or tiredness? Does the heart represent love? Romantic, familial or other? Maybe it's just an indication of simple affection, or a trite expression of liking; no more meaningful than "I love that colour", or that drink or that movie, or whatever it might be.  Or does it represent the physical heart? In this case, the teardrop is the solid, positive shape and the heart is a hole in the teardrop. Does that hold any significance, or is it a simple quirk of design?

One of the things I love about jewellery, is that it can mean one thing for the maker, another for the viewer and quite another again for the wearer. If somebody buys a piece to give to another, it may mean something different to each of them also. What we adorn ourselves with expresses something about us and becomes part of our own story. A piece may gain or lose meaning over time, and find new meaning again with other wearers and viewers. It's a little part of the makers story that becomes a part of somebody elses. As a maker, I find that a rather exciting idea.