Scorpio Season

A year of grief, unexpected beginnings, and finding the courage to create again. Some transformations are chosen. Others change us forever.

After nearly a year of silence, Carats & Canvases returns with its most personal episode yet.

For the first time, DACE steps away from the glittering worlds of gemstones and art history to share the story behind her absence — a year marked by devastating loss, profound change, and the difficult, often beautiful process of finding her way back to herself.

It began on All Hallows' Eve, with the sudden and heartbreaking loss of her beloved dog, her constant companion and quiet co-host whose gentle snores occasionally found their way into earlier recordings. His absence left a silence that extended far beyond the podcast, taking with it much of the joy she once found in creating.

Then, just days later, came the discovery of a new life beginning.

Against the evocative backdrop of Scorpio season, with its ancient associations of death, rebirth, and transformation, this episode reflects on the strange coexistence of grief and joy, endings and beginnings. From the folklore of All Hallows' Eve and the thinning veil between worlds to the comforting, unprovable beliefs we sometimes reach for when love outlasts loss, DACE explores what it means to search for beauty and meaning in the face of heartbreak.

But this is also a story of rediscovery. Of becoming a mother without losing one's individuality. Of confronting professional disillusionment, reclaiming ambition, and daring to pursue a dream rather than waiting for someone else's permission.

And of Silvanité, the Gothic-inspired luxury fragrance brand born from a renewed determination to create something entirely her own — a little world of scent, artistry, and imagination, built by hand.

Above all, this episode is about returning to the things we love, even when we are no longer quite the people we were before.

Because beginning again doesn't mean leaving behind what we've lost. Sometimes it means learning to carry that love into everything we create next.

Join DACE for an intimate reflection on mortality, motherhood, artistic identity, and the quiet courage of reinvention — a journey through darkness, tenderness, and the possibility of finding beauty in the world once more.

To the little soul who was there for every beginning, and whose memory will remain part of every chapter to come. 🖤