Blackward Design Co

Blackward Design Co Handcrafted Taonga uku (clay ) & Taonga porotāwha Driftwood treasure) in Aotearoa NZ

Today my cup is overflowing. 🤍I’ve just finished the most incredible mentoring session with the remarkable Adrienne Whit...
17/06/2026

Today my cup is overflowing. 🤍

I’ve just finished the most incredible mentoring session with the remarkable Adrienne Whitewood, and honestly, I don't think there are enough words to express my gratitude.

Adrienne, you are one of the most inspiring wāhine I have ever had the privilege to meet and hold space with. Your passion, generosity, kindness, and unwavering support are something truly special. You have a beautiful way of seeing possibility where others see obstacles, and today you reignited something in me that has been waiting quietly for a long time.

You filled my cup, challenged my thinking, encouraged my dreams, and gave me the confidence, clarity, and energy to finally stop sitting on the sidelines and go for it.

This new venture has felt exciting and terrifying all at once, but after our kōrero today, I feel ready to back myself and take the next step.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe, Adrienne. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, your time, and your heart.

Today I was welcomed generously, encouraged wholeheartedly, and reminded of the power of wāhine uplifting wāhine.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I appreciate you more than you know. 🤍

The future suddenly feels a whole lot brighter.

DreamBig Aroha

1461 days ago at 8.30pm, my world changed forever.1461 sunsets.1461 sunrises.1461 days without you, Dad… my best friend....
30/05/2026

1461 days ago at 8.30pm, my world changed forever.
1461 sunsets.
1461 sunrises.
1461 days without you, Dad… my best friend.

People say time heals, but grief doesn’t heal — it simply learns how to live beside you. Some days the ache is quiet, and other days it crashes into me so hard it steals the air from my lungs. I miss so much about you. Your laugh. Your strength. The way you’d call me “love.” I still replay our voice messages over and over because I’m terrified one day I’ll forget the sound of your voice.

The cruel thing about love is that when it’s real, when it’s soul deep, the absence of it hurts beyond words. I loved you with every part of me, and now your absence echoes through every corner of my life.

So much has changed since you left us. The children — your greatest love — are growing into such beautiful humans. You would be so proud of them. I see pieces of you in all of them… your humour, your stubbornness, your kindness, your spark. Sometimes they laugh or smile in a certain way and for a fleeting second it feels like you’re still here beside us.

I carry you in everything I do. In the stories I tell. In the way I love my children. In the quiet moments when I look at the sky searching for you in the sunset. You may no longer walk beside me physically, but your fingerprints are still all over my life.

Grief is lonely. It’s painful. It hurts the soul.
But loving you was one of the greatest privileges of my life… and even after 1461 days, I would choose that love again and again, no matter the pain that came with losing you.

I miss you every single day, Dad.
Forever your girl. 🤍

Today, I’m thinking of every kind of mum. 🌸The mums holding their babies close.The mums longing for a baby.The mums carr...
09/05/2026

Today, I’m thinking of every kind of mum. 🌸

The mums holding their babies close.
The mums longing for a baby.
The mums carrying grief quietly behind their smiles.
The solo mums, the step-mums, the foster mums, the bonus mums, the fur baby mums.
The mums exhausted, overwhelmed, healing, surviving, and still showing up every single day.

Motherhood is not one story.
It is love, sacrifice, heartbreak, strength, softness, chaos, and unconditional devotion wrapped into one.

And today, I hope every woman who nurtures, protects, guides, loves, and gives pieces of herself to others knows how deeply seen and appreciated she truly is.

To those celebrating with full hearts and to those surviving today with aching ones — I’m holding space for you all. 🤍

Happy Mother’s Day to every beautiful soul walking this journey.

IT’S LIVE 💗🌸From right now (10AM) every single donation to my Pink Ribbon Morning Tea 2026 fundraiser is being DOUBLED 💕...
30/04/2026

IT’S LIVE 💗🌸

From right now (10AM) every single donation to my Pink Ribbon Morning Tea 2026 fundraiser is being DOUBLED 💕

This is your moment.

Your $10 becomes $20
Your $20 becomes $40
Your kindness becomes something even bigger than you imagined 🤍

These matching funds won’t last forever — so if you’ve been thinking about donating, now is the time to jump in and make it count.

Our little rural community has already shown how powerful we can be when we come together… let’s do it again, but even stronger.

✨ Give now. Double your impact. Be part of something beautiful. ✨

Thank you for standing beside me and this cause — always.

https://fundraise.bcf.org.nz/fundraiser/aleishahayward/
Aleisha 🤍🌸

My little helper today......Blackward Studio Co is a family business xx 🤍
30/04/2026

My little helper today......Blackward Studio Co is a family business xx 🤍

Blackward design Co it's been a while...My happy place ohhh how I have missed you.. Using my pretty pink cutters from .n...
28/04/2026

Blackward design Co it's been a while...
My happy place ohhh how I have missed you.. Using my pretty pink cutters from .nz so in love with her and her mahi and the epic designs she creates for me......

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day — and the incredible women who shape our lives in ways big and small.To the...
07/03/2026

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day — and the incredible women who shape our lives in ways big and small.

To the women who stand beside us, lift us up, hold us together, and sometimes carry us when we can’t carry ourselves… this day is for you.

To the mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, grandmothers, and friends who pour love, wisdom, strength, and fire into the world every single day — you are magic.

Women are strength wrapped in softness.
Resilience dressed in grace.
Beauty forged through storms and sunshine alike.

Today let’s celebrate each other.
Let’s honour our stories, our scars, our laughter, and the power we carry in simply being who we are.

Fall in love with your strength.
Your resilience.
Your wild, beautiful spirit.

Because without women… the world would be far less colourful.

Happy International Women’s Day to every incredible woman out there — and especially to the remarkable women in my life who inspire me every single day. 💫

Meri Kirihimete from Blackward Studio 🤍🖤To everyone who has supported, followed, shared, purchased, encouraged, and beli...
24/12/2025

Meri Kirihimete from Blackward Studio 🤍🖤
To everyone who has supported, followed, shared, purchased, encouraged, and believed in Blackward Studio—thank you. Truly. From the bottom of my heart.
This year was… messy. Life was heavy, unpredictable, and at times overwhelming. I didn’t always show up the way I wanted to, and for that, I’m deeply grateful for your patience, your kindness, and the way you stayed anyway.
Blackward Studio is more than jewellery. It’s whenua and memory. It’s grief and healing. It’s the ocean, the mountains, the moon, and the stories we carry in our bones. Every piece is made with intention, with love, and with respect for where we come from and who we are becoming.
From my family to yours, I wish you a beautiful Christmas filled with warmth, rest, and moments that matter.
And next year… next year is going to be epic.
There are exciting things happening behind the scenes—new creations, deeper stories, and a vision that finally gets to breathe the way it was always meant to. I cannot wait to share what’s coming.
Thank you for walking this journey with me.
Here’s to a gentle end to the year and a powerful beginning ahead.
With love,
Blackward Studio 🤍✨

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