I miss this mama. We met right before HP6 last year. We hit it off. She’s a mommy and a hooper and an artist. So excited to have her in my hoop tribe! Then I friggin decided to move 1250 miles away. We still have virtual hoop jams and we imessenge a lot. So excited to see her and the rest of my tribe this summer. Drum circles. Fire jams. Beach. Yup. I’m one excited girl. #hulahoop #hoopdate #hoopergirl #hoopart #charleston #penpal #buddy #mom #neverjannevercindy @sparkltree456
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My soundtrack today. Pat the Postmaster suggested this pandora station. It’s amazing. I love this genre. I feel like a white gloved Doris Day in a convertible with my Hermes scarf holding down my coif. We are zooming through the country side and closing the evening with martinis at the country club where we do the twist and smoke lady cigarettes in ivory stems. It’s what I imagine my mother was like back then…minus the smoking part. #1950s #1960s #romantic #pandora #bertbacharat #dorisday #wildimagination #mom
My mom. Isn’t she fabulous?! #mom #trinidad #costume #badass #notmyphotobutmymom #feathers #fabulous #aarp
Damn my mom is effing awesome! Every year since she was knee high to a grasshopper #mom #carnival #trinidad #costume
In my studio, i surround myself with happiness and family and memories rhat make me feel warm and fuzzy. these are a few if my favorite things: My mom’s Czech bead necklace from 1960s. My new brass etched jewels. Bad ass Pegasus my daughter named Pepper. A pic of @hoopessence. #janeticsink #jewelry #vintage #mom #hulahooper #hoopergirl #vinyl #pegasus #artstudio
I made the brass bangle- that has HOOP stamped on it. The one of a kind fused glass focal on reclaimed leather- from an arm chair. The sterling silver bangle was my mothers- since she was 16. I love jewelry with a story. Don’t u? #hulahoop #jewelry #janeticsink #mom #heirloom #story #unique
I heart my bread. It tastes so good. Remind me of when my mom would make bread. Calypso music blaring. House smells of fresh hot bread. I’d ask her to teach me but she couldn’t. “I don’t use recipes, child”. My mom would exclaim. #memories #eat #food #bread #fresh #homemade #trinidadian #mom #nomnom
You kno you have an iPhone app photo addiction when you rock out a THANK YOU photo to your mother who just bought a season’s worth of Czech beads by using 4 different apps! Thanks again, mom. Ur the bestest mommy #jewelry #beads #czech #etsy #family #mom #support #thankyou #iphone
The gift shop is coming along. All 70 square feet of retail space. It was a hum drum mud room. Dark. Cold. Housed unused skis and a drum set. After 6 coats of white paint; washed curtains; shelves and 13 feet of felt garland, it’s starting to reach my expectations. Pinterest has been a great source of ideas. Gift Shop@ SaltAshInn will mostly feature www.Janeticsink.com products and @beardbroadsvt merch, but there will be bath and body products; hand thrown ceramic mugs and sock monsters made by a few talented women who I ❤. I’ve daydreamed about this space for my life. I’m a thriving artist who is opening a itty bitty shop in a New England valley! Say what?! Wish me luck and support the independent retailer this holiday season!! #giftshop #jewelry #janeticsink #saltashinn #beardandthebroads #art #ceramic #terralocale #lowcountrystudios #sockmonster #renovation #mom #blackgirlsrock #newengland #vermont #pinterest #dreams
Hooping in front my store. Waiting for kids to get off school bus. #mom #hulahoop #hoopdance #hoopgirls #vermont #hoopmom #hooplove
My mom finally sent me a few of her old costumes from Carnival. She’s still looking for the spectacular bra tops; however, I did secure some great hip decor for my bellydancer friend.
Slightly used. Filled w merriment and tradition. From Trinidadian Carnival!!
Janelle Penny Commissiong-Miss Universe 1977
I was named after this beauty queen. All hail the queen!
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