Be My Un-Valentine

"I wish I were dead". It was those words that I spit at my mother in my tween rage. It was those words that taught me the difference between saying...

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Cluttered Little Workbench

Cluttered Little Workbench

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

When I was a little girl I spent hours and hours in my dad’s basement workshop. He still to this day, in his late 80’s...

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Left Behind in the Sorrow

Left Behind in the Sorrow

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

Grief is the feeling we are expected to feel when one dies. There is a grace period you are granted while you pull yourself together....

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Be My Un-Valentine

Be My Un-Valentine

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

"I wish I were dead". It was those words that I spit at my mother in my tween rage. It was those words that taught...

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What's Behind The Name?

What's Behind The Name?

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

These balls you see scattered about my site and in my product photography are called iron ore pellets. They littered the train tracks in the sleepy mining town...

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10 Reflections

10 Reflections

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

Make sure you have a plan to separate church and state. I purposely leave my home computer and phone in the other room to not...

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A Blue Suitcase Moment

A Blue Suitcase Moment

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

As caretakers we often forget to take care of ourselves. Blue suitcase moments allow us to do just that.

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Find Your One Thing

Find Your One Thing

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

Find the one thing that makes you feel you and cozy the hell out of it.

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Lockdown + A Broken Lady

Lockdown + A Broken Lady

Sheryl Maloney
By Sheryl Maloney

From Covid lockdown, to a broken earring, to an obsession to fix it. The founding story of Ore & Alloy.

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