Fail...

Okay... so between work and almost taking off three of my fingers today, I haven't created anything these last two days... I'm doing great at this whole getting creative/ actually making jewelry thing... Tomorrow is a new day though! Hopefully I won't have any mishaps... I'm starting to think I should have started this whole thing after the Holiday Season...

Random Thought

Okay, so i just discovered that this book came out on December 9th. I feel like it was kind of a sign when I spotted it on the shelf in the craft section of Borders. I know I'm ranting about this book, but I really feel like it's going to help me/ has already started working its magic on me. Alright, more later...

Day 2

Okay, so I haven't created anything today. I'm starting to learn that its not so much as following everything in this book, they are more like guidelines, but to actually get motivated to create something once a day. I can however post something that I finished this morning. I think for awhile you are going to be seeing a lot of similar creations, but I am also going to do my best to do others as well. So, here is what I finished up this morning, It is fine silver with a 23k gold keum boo rat, as well as a cleaver/butcher knife. I will have bunnies with guns soon too, maybe sheep with shears? The good thing is I have a lot of ideas right now, just have to find the motivation and time to do it all. Maybe a change of environment is in need? Okay, I shall post later.

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Day 1 Cont.

Okay so Day 1: Start small and create something that fits in your palm, using materials in your immediate vicinity.
So, here is what I created today. I don't know why I've been upset with rats lately but I have. Here are a few simple pendants and earrings that I made today following the guidelines from my new creativity journal "A Daily Creativity Journal 365: Make Something EveryDay and Change Your Life" By Noah Scalin. This is exactly what I needed to guide me back to creativity. I know my current creations are pretty simpel, but I have the tendency to over think designs and concepts and then I never get anything done, so sometimes simple is better. I have also started some keum boo pendants, once finished I will post them here and will be starting an etsy site soon, yay, for getting my life back together. Ha. I'm starting to feel good and am getting all sorts of jewelry ideas, so hopefully soon there will be lots more to come! Yay for Day 1!

Day 1

Okay dudes and dudettes. Today is Day 1 of me getting my butt in gear and getting back into creative mode. A little side note, after graduation I was super motivated and had so many ideas in mind and decided to cool off a bit, you know I had just graduated, I deserved a break, right? Well, here I am now, 6 months later and I haven't accomplished a thing! So, today is the day. Get ready for some pictures later, because I know how excited all you bloggers are to see what I will accomplish today! Ha.

Okay, so my earlier blog post was a little depressing, so, I decided to post something inspirational! Like I said earlier I made a trip to Borders today! As well as Half Priced books, which by the way is a great store! I needed a pick me up and I found some great books! I found some new books on the ocean and new jewelry books which I'm really really excited about. The book that I'm most looking forward in reading/actively participating in, is the book in the middle of the jewelry books/ocean posts. It is a journal in which you do a craft a day. Or should i say a craft for 365 days... I have a feeling that I might not be able to do it everyday... But anyways, I hope to follow this journal and see what jewelry and or craft by using the helpful tips and guidelines the book lays out for me! I will then post my lovely crafts on this blog so that all my lovely followers or lack of followers will be able to see a glimpse into my creative process. I can't tell you how excited I was when I found this book on the shelf! Get ready to get creative!!!!


The second sets of books I've posted are travel books, clearly. My family is planning a trip in the summer and i get the lucky job of job of planning said trip. I also hope that maybe I will be able to move to one of these lovely places at least for a little while. I have to the urge to travel and the need for new environments. We shall see.

Lost

Ever since graduation I've felt lost. I feel like I'm stumbling through life right now. I had gotten the jobs that I had wanted when I got home, but they haven't worked out the way I had hoped. Deciding to work for Allison again was a big disaster! Her business is dying and her personal life drama has affected it immensely. So working for her, well, has been a big disappointment. At least I have the jump ring maker position to fall back on, which is mindless, but at least I'm making some money. I also recently took up a job at the Kidney Cancer Association... Okay yes, not jewelry related, but it's a charity and I only work there 4 hours a week, plus it definitely helps with my dreadful student loans! I've applied for an internship and am just playing the waiting game right now... so, life after graduation has been kind of not how I thought it would be. I used to be so motivated and so inspired. Now I can hardly get myself to sit at my work bench and create. I get so many ideas and get so excited, but when it comes down to it I can't get myself to produce too much. Maybe coming home was a bad idea, but at the time, it seemed like the right decision. After being gone for four years from my family. But now that it is winter time here in Illinois, i remember why I chose to go to school in the south... Well, enough depressing talk... In a month I will be taking classes again at the local art studio, so hopefully that will help my motivation. Also I am going to borders today and maybe i can find a book on squids or some other inspiring thing and maybe it will click! cross your fingers!