Christmas Collection
~ Merry vibes only ~
If there's one thing we love, it's taking the opportunity to spread a little joy! We think everyone should have a holiday full of happiness, get to feel some excitement in the air, and have the chance to spread some cheer in the world.
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To celebrate your awesomeness, we're sending you all sorts of good vibes. The merriest of vibes. The best vibes of the holidays. Because you deserve it. And we think you're great!
Amplify Your Life
Ever put on an outfit and it just makes you feel amazing? Ever picked up something beautiful and just feel joy? Our jewelry is designed to do just that.
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O. Sophronia wants to amplify that everyday by giving you some curated music to match your mood.
And if you're in the holiday mood, this collection has what might just be the best Christmas playlist ever (if we say so ourselves)!
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Enjoy!
Guided Meditation
Feeling the holiday stress? Take a few minutes and re-center, re-energize, and reinvigorate yourself. We promise you don't have to twist yourself in a pretzel.
Breathe. You've got this.
Badass Woman of History - Nancy Bird Walton: Flying female Santa's to the Outback
Nancy Bird Walton, known as “The Angel of the Outback,” was born in 1915 and became the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot’s license. She was temporarily suspended from flying in 1935 when a state politician pronounced ladies were not “biologically suited” to the activity. Can you believe that?! Absolute baloney.
Of course she persevered, and--because she was a badass aviator with a big heart--she soon helped set up a flying ambulance service to provide medical support to people in remote areas of the outback. She also trained women pilots during WW2.
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Why are we spotlighting her for our Christmas Collection? In 1935, she piloted female Santa’s into the north-western corner of New South Wales (while flying nurses to remote parts of Australia), spreading Christmas cheer to communities far and wide when Santa's of the other persuasion weren't available. How’s that for stepping up, finding solutions, and sending out some merry vibes?
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Photo: Nancy Bird Walton preparing to fly a female Santa into north-west New South Wales in 1935. ©Royal Far West
Quotes for your holidays
"May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility."
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Where does the wood come from?
Most of the wood that O. Sophronia uses comes from small urban mills in California and Washington. We can tell you where the tree grew, often down to the street corner it grew on. Most urban logs end up in the landfill, so using urban lumber ensures that we're not wasting this amazing resource.
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We work with the saw mills (especially Urban Wood Rescue, which Bethany used to manage) to get pieces of wood that we can then mill down and turn into beautiful pieces of jewelry.
