#102: Making Old Things New with Megan Craig
Struggle Well School
Emily Thomas
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2017
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Megan is a wife, mother of two young boys, and a self-taught metalsmith and jewelry designer of 15 years. Her passion for creating lead her to become the owner and maker behind New Eve Jewelry in 2012. But there's more behind this company than beautiful hand-made pieces - Megan is using her talents to benefit the needy and send a message of hope to her clients. Each piece of New Eve Jewelry, handcrafted with repurposed materials and semiprecious gemstones, serves as a reminder of God's ability and desire to restore us. What we chat about: How God can be good and bad things can still happen God's power to restore us and make us into something beautiful The importance of not minimizing our own experiences Recognizing and addressing childhood depression Practical ways to battle the lies in our own minds Goat yoga (Yes, that's a real thing.) Links mentioned: Elegantees The Girl on the Train LeVar Burton Reads Beautiful & Beloved Where to find Megan: website // instagram // facebook Episode Sponsor: Queen Bee Market Queen Bee Market, San Diego’s original urban-style, artisan market features over 100 local and national vendors specializing in handmade and vintage accessories, clothing, home décor, furniture, paper arts and more. Walking into each booth at the Queen Bee Market is like walking into a small handmade shop. Through each show, Queen Bee Market has made charitable donations to Operation Smile, Children of the Nations, Ronald McDonald House of Southern California and the North Coast Auxiliary Unit of Rady Children’s Hospital. Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode!  If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom.  The struggle is real.  We might as well do this together!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Emily Thomas and we are going to be talking |
| 0:25.1 | today to my new friend Megan Craig. She has a company called New Eve Jewelry and it's |
| 0:31.6 | really pretty stuff. I love her heart behind. Her whole thing is to |
| 0:36.1 | take old things and make them new. That kind of sound like the gospel because it does |
| 0:41.4 | to me. The way she does it is by taking things that have been in |
| 0:45.5 | warehouses for 40 years and old broken keys and telephone wires and all kinds of stuff and turning them into new beautiful |
| 0:54.3 | things. So that's originally what caught my eye about Megan but then when I |
| 0:58.2 | learned a little bit more about her story I learned that there are some really |
| 1:01.2 | not fun things that happened when she was little |
| 1:03.3 | and she talks very candidly about the way that she overcame those things, what God |
| 1:07.7 | has done and how that kind of burst in her this desire to have this jewelry shop. So in this episode we talk about |
| 1:15.1 | childhood abuse. It's not graphic you don't need to worry about that. We're talking |
| 1:19.2 | in very general terms. We talk about depression as a child. She just had a fear of being found out. She was really afraid to be known. I'm sure that a lot of you can identify with that. But then she also talks about as an adult how she practically battles lies that come into her head on a |
| 1:34.4 | regular basis which is definitely something that we all are called to do so that |
| 1:38.9 | our minds can continue to be renewed. Before we get started though I am so excited to talk to you about this week's sponsor, The Queen |
| 1:45.9 | B market. |
| 1:47.3 | For a true ETSC come to life experience, you need to know about the Queen B market. It is San Diego's original urban style |
| 1:54.8 | artisan market. There's over a hundred local and national vendors. They specialize in |
| 1:59.6 | handmade and vintage accessories clothing, furniture, decor decor and even paper arts I don't |
| 2:05.3 | know why but I like really love paper art so what's really fun about Queen Bee |
| 2:10.0 | Market is that each booth is a whole experience. It is way more than just jewelry |
| 2:14.9 | laid out on a table. We walk in and it's such a beautiful experience. I have |
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