REBECCA IS HOPEFUL THAT THESE TIMES WILL BE A SPELL OF STRIKING REORDER
Rebecca Carmel Scott Russell was the first market editor that gave me a chance with JUNETHINGS jewelry. She was sincere, straightforward and always made things happen. First serious JN feature was in the publication she was at (C MAGAZINE). We became friends. Always available, always full of ideas, part of the people who are cherished by the industry people known to be difficult and inaccessible. She is all of the opposite. Rebecca isn’t working at the moment > currently on her healing journey that was disrupted with C19. She says that she is quite used to social isolation after her last year’s fight with cancer - “so this should be easy to me!”
REBECCA’S INSTAGRAM CAPTION: “I bought this Preen by Thornton Bregazzi dress last year a couple weeks before I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had my eye on it for many months and finally found it on The Outnet clearance sale. I remember looking at it longingly hanging in my wardrobe from my sick bed wondering when and if I’ll ever be able to wear it. I had no idea if I’d still have my breasts, hair, figure, confidence. But this weekend I wore it to our dear friends wedding in Key West and I couldn’t think of a better occasion for it. Once I put it on I surprisingly felt the best version of myself I had felt in years.”
“I LIKE CHILLING ON MY PORCH IN THE MORNING SUN WITH MY OVERLY FROTHY MOCHA & KISS MY DOG”.
“ZAC - MY LOVE, MY BEST FRIEND, MY EVERYTHING. WE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA TOGETHER FROM LONDON 5 YEARS AGO”. FAMILY TIME. ALWAYS FAMILY TIME. Use FaceTime, Skype or other apps to connect with them. Fingers crossed internet doesn’t collapse!
“The constant anxiety of worrying about my loved ones and the world during the COVID-19 epidemic is truly the most unsettling feeling I’ve ever known. When I was diagnosed I knew I’d be able to fight, and be strong enough to come out the other side. But to think of the whole of humankind to be hit with something so brutal, and so fast is something I’ve never experienced and can hardly fathom. The fact I’m in the ‘immunocompromised’ category doesn’t phase me probably like it should, the concern of everyone else’s health, and livelihoods is something I’m so strongly focused on.
I hope that when this is over because we have had that time to stand back and gaze at our lives, the planet and the impact we have on it, we will realize how lucky, but also selfish we are. I hope we start to appreciate what we have, what we are able to do, and just life itself. Because after last year, I now know there is beauty in the dark, which you need to go through to come out the other side for life to be that richer hue you’ve always dreamt about.“
FIND A COSY SPACE THAT WILL BRING YOU SERENITY. YOUR BACKYARD. SUMMER HOUSE. BALCONY OR YOUR MEDITATION CORNER IN THE LIVING ROOM. Or just that kitchen table > make it inspiring with family photos, small souvenirs from your trips and all kinds of little joys.
more suggestions from JUNETHINGS:
> Jessica Valant Pilates class without equipment.
> Amaro-Spiked Mocha from Bon Appetit.
> Malaka Gharib - artist and journalist - her work.
> Why walking is the most underrated exercise .
> 5 minutes tutorial how to arrange flowers or you can decorate any pot plant as a quarantine tree.
> C MAGAZINE.
ESSENTIALS: ASTRO (BLUE TICK COONHOUND, A RESCUE FROM COSTA RICA), HER FLORAL ARRANGEMENT, PATCHWORK DUVET AND A VERY MINIMAL CALMING SPACE.
BRIGHT REBECCA’S WARDROBE CHOICES HELP TO CREATE OPTIMISTIC MOOD. Try wearing bright clothing while at home. Don’t linger all day in pajamas.
“After dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis at age 31, in March 2019, I assumed life couldn’t get much worse. But it turns out it can, much worse, and exactly one year later.
WALKING OR BIKING IN VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA - OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
SOOTHING AND CREATIVE. DIVERTS YOUR THOUGHTS FROM THE NEWS.
BECKS STARTED PLAYING WITH FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS LAST YEAR AFTER HER DIAGNOSIS.
things that uplift her:
”So I when in desperate times of uncertainty like to sit on the porch in the morning sun with my overly frothy mocha and kiss my dog. We sit there together and look up at the palm trees and hummingbirds. I then like to walk Astro and after I do my morning exercises, which is usually at Platinum pilates but I’m practicing some at home exercises now. I find they smooth me for the day ahead. Going on a jog around Venice helps too! Yesterday I joined a mediation session on Zoom with my husband. We sat on the sofa with the dog in between us and drifted away, I felt very emotional during it but such a huge weight lifted afterwards.”
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY. IF YOU WISHED TO TRY ANYTHING (CERAMICS, FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS, FURNITURE MAKING, VOLUNTEERING), THIS IS THE TIME.
