Making Some Sales...Wanting Some More....

I'm pretty excited that I've been making some sales lately, which have been coming from co-workers - thank goodness for them.  

Although my website has been up and running for about 2 months now, I still haven't received any sales from there or my Etsy shop yet.  It's a bit frustrating, but I also understand that I need to get my name out there and people need to see my products.  I just wish these things would happen sooner rather than later.

In the meantime, I've been busy compiling some inventory for a Christmas craft show I'm attending in November.  It will be my first craft show and will be a true test of my design style.  Here is one of latest designs - I'm kinda of biased, but I LOVE it.

A Featured Piece...

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that one of my pendants had been selected as a "feature photo" by Sea Glass Artists & Sea Glass Collectors website.

Finding My Groove...

There is no doubt that I love to create things, but I sometimes struggle with what things I should create.  My biggest struggle is creating pieces that people will want to buy.  I know what I like, but will others like it too?  Will they like it enough to buy it?

There are times when I find myself staring at my bead collection waiting for inspiration to hit me.  When it doesn’t, I tend to move on to my seashell or sea glass collection and then back to the beads.  This circular indecisiveness might continue hours or I might start a few things, but not actually completing anything.  Finally, I become overwhelmed by choice – at which point, I pack everything away and go to bed.  Frustrated with myself for another day wasted…

I find myself having great ideas when I’m at work, in the car or at the grocery store – inconvenient times when I’m not able to create and by the time I get home, prepare supper, clean up the mess and finally get a chance to create – I don’t “feel” it. 

My designs change with my moods.  My moods change often.  I need to find consistency.  I need to feel it…