This week Nadine sat down with Meagan and Megan – same name, different paths, and somehow the co-founders of Daughters of the River, a jewelry brand born out of communal living and a shared love of making things in the Ottawa Valley.

Megan has been making jewelry (and ceramics) for what feels like her whole life – a born creator, she spent years experimenting, soaking up mentorship opportunities, and trying even before she felt ready. Meagan's entry point was messier but equally magical – it involved cutlery, her grandfather's anvil, and the specific kind of euphoria that hits when you make something with your hands for the very first time. 

These two forces of nature met at a market and the connection was so strong that just weeks later they found themselves living together, and eventually, working together. 

This conversation is about the courage to create. To go after a life that isn't the easiest. It's about tapping into a village and seeing what life was like before we learned to outsource all the things that folks in a close-knit community would do for one another. We talk about creative wells, how they dry up and how we learn to refill them time and time again. We touch on many things, with the underlying theme of just beginning. No matter where you are in life, or how badly you are at something. Begin. Begin. 

If you make things, or you want to, or you used to and forgot why, this one's for you x

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