research and try new ideas. If stuck in design ideas...Pinterest is total inspiration, take
10 minutes a day to search certain styles or techniques and you will want to run to
your work table. Learn from others, take those techniques and build your own niche.
It took me many mediums to get to my niche. It will come....design for yourself and
what you LOVE, don't design for what you think others will love. This passion shows
in your work and its the part that will make others love it too.
What do you get up to when you’re not making jewelry/components, running the
website/FB group, packing up orders and working on the magazine? Any time left
for other interests?
I love to cook...I love GREAT food I create awesome dinners every night. It's why my
kids come home on most weekends. I love Starbucks and can be seen often enjoying a latte. I love tennis and play two times per week, it's a perfect balance for my
stress. My kids are older now and I find I can travel a bit more. Pre-marraige days, I
traveled throughout the western states and Mexico and have traveled Europe too.
My hopes this year are to visit some of my online friends in the mid states and perhaps one day get over to UK to see Natalie, the only one of our team I have yet to
meet! Last but not least, just hanging out with my friends and family. We laugh a lot
and really have a fun, fufilled life!
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