back in the swing…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. I lost my momentum sometime this spring: very little jewelry making and no blogging, and it’s taken a little while to get the motivation. However, I’m feeling quite active tonight – I made 5 pairs of earrings while watching TV and have started working on updating the website (moved to a new host) and working on the etsy shop. A couple of craft shows have also occured and I have one coming up in 2 weeks that I’m really excited about, plus Bead Fest and Intergem are in a few weeks! Happy beading and Happy Independence Day.

no motivation

I told you all about the new beads I received this week, and I was so excited to come home and work with the beads, but when I got settled at my workstation tonight, I was completely uninspired. I looked at the hydro quartz, but I decided I didn’t have the right colors to make something with it, so I pulled out some pearls, but they weren’t the right size.

I then pulled out a couple of different sterling bead styles and – nothing. I’m feeling very discouraged, usually when I get new beads, I start working with them right away. I think I’m going through a design funk-I have ideas, but not the right colors/sizes to work them out. It made me realize that a lot of the beads I’ve bought lately were very special, but I’ve neglected my basic beads – I need to build up my basic shapes and sizes. Lucky for me, Bead Fest is around the corner.