Three years ago, I hit pause.
Not because I wanted to, but because life gave me no other choice. Like so many others, the pandemic turned my world upside down. I closed the doors to my Old Port shop, moved my business fully online, and tried to find my footing in a time that felt uncertain and overwhelming.
At the same time, my personal life was shifting in ways I never expected. My marriage ended. I left behind everything familiar that had inspired so much of my work, packed up my life, and moved to a small town in the woods—a place I’d never even visited before buying my house. It felt wild and unfamiliar, but also like exactly where I needed to be.
In the quiet of the Maine woods I began to unravel and then slowly rebuild. I took long walks under the trees instead of the beach. I let myself slow down. I listened. I grieved. I healed. And somewhere in that stillness, something new began to grow.
For a while, I didn’t know if I’d return to jewelry making at all. Creativity has a way of finding you again when you’re ready and eventually I was. My work began to shift just like me. I started designing pieces that reflected the world around my new life now...not just sand and sea, but flowers, gemstones, roots. Nature in all her forms.
And so Boheme Wild was born. A new name, a new space, and a deeper sense of purpose. While beach sand jewelry is still part of what I offer, my focus has expanded into something more grounded, more earthy, more me.
Thank you for being here. Whether you’ve followed me from the Beachdashery days or are just discovering my work now, I’m so grateful to share this new chapter with you.
Here’s to growth, wildness, and beginning again.
With love,
Kate
(Pic is the view from the top of Hawk Mountain in Waterford Maine.)