Hi! I’m Sarah
Sarah and flowers
and I’m the part-timey-est of the Poppettes, though I’ve been at Poppy for almost three years. For the last year and a half, while I was finishing graduate school, I’ve been picking up shifts whenever the other girls can’t work—Poppy is like the mafia, except that you never really want to leave. I’m always happy to get a day in the store!
I’m especially happiest when I’m helping customers, some of whom are old friends, pick out perfect presents. I’m a crazy gift-giver; I always know months and months in advance what I’m giving, so when a husband pops in with his wife over the holidays and we slip away the piece she’s looked at and wrap it secretly, I get a vicarious gift-giving kick imagining her happy surprise.
When I’m not thinking about jewelry, I’m thinking about art. I wish I were a painter like the fabulous Chris Vance, whose “Figure It Out” is gorgeous
Figure It Out by Chris Vance
but I’ve had to settle for being a poet. And to be honest, sometimes even when I’m trying to think about art, jewelry slips in. See for yourself: here’s one of my poems, which is about losing a ring (luckily, not one from Poppy): http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=182830.
In my spare time, I like to knit, so I really love our Poppy craft nights! It’s fun to get all these creative girls together to work on all our various projects. My current project is a huge batch, in all different colors, of these knit and felted flowers (if you’re a knitter yourself, you can find the pattern at http://nonipatterns.com or ask your local yarn shop)
Camellias by Sarah
I think I’m going to put mine on a blanket, not in the yard. It’s my dream to make all the Poppettes a beautiful flowery blanket to cuddle up under, so watch out, girls!
