Kenda's Picks: Birthday Edition

I turned 50 this week

And I’ve never said this on here before

But last year I had breast cancer.

I never thought, looking back at last birthday, that a month later my whole world would change. But it did. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, I found something I wasn’t expecting... a clearer sense of who I am and what I actually want to say.

I’ve spent a lot of years making things for other people. Which I love. That part hasn’t changed. But this year cracked something open in me, and I’m finally starting to feel like I can express what’s actually in my heart, through the jewelry, through this space, through the community we’ve built together.

So this birthday feels different. Bigger. More earned.

These are the pieces I’m wearing right now. The ones that feel like me.

NUMEROLOGY PERSONALIZED NUMBER NECKLACE
I started radiation on 11/11. I ended on 12/12. If you know me, you know I don’t think that’s an accident. Numbers are my love language, and the universe was speaking mine the whole way through.

This piece found me at the right time. I wear it every day.

UTERUS PENDANT
This is a collab with Nikki and Take Back Trust — Find her work here: https://www.takebacktrust.com

She’s fighting for reproductive education and rights. And I believe in what she’s building. Getting to put my hands on something that carries that meaning, that’s the kind of collab that keeps me going.

Women taking care of women. That’s the whole thing. Wear this one loud.

JANIS CURB CHAIN NECKLACE

Part of my Heavy Metal series. Every piece named after a rocker who changed everything. Janis felt right for this one. You’ll know why the second you put her on.