How It's Done

Today I am supposed to be making jewelry or something else that I wont have much time for this week, and not to say I haven't accomplished anything, but it hasn't been jewelry for sure. I have found a few possible places online to advertise, and have enjoyed laughing at my dogs, and I've even watched a few good t.v. shows and relaxed a lot! But obviously, I am striking out on inspiration and the creativity needed to truly make something worth looking at.

This is actually a huge reason I started this blog. I need to save up all the things that inspire me somewhere so that I don't waste a day searching online for them that they may awaken my spirit. Not that I thing time moves to slow, but for the sake of having this blog further advanced, oh that it could be 6 month from now.

Maybe that's something I need to think on: what kind of items would I like to be making in 6 months? I already know from my online surfing that what I do is not up to the level of ingenuity and creativity that I want, need, envision it to be. This past week I enrolled in a jewelry casting class. I think this will be a huge step in my jewelry design.

Here are some silver-casting etsy-ers that I envy the skills of.
"Curve, Stacked" by Metalicious


"Geometry Dots Ring" by grocgroc


"Love Knot Tree Bark Ring" by bcyrjewelry


"Cat Lover" by RicksonJewellery

"Furni Mini Stump Silver Pendant" by Roadkill

The Beginning

My name is Stacey. Stacey Suzanne. It took me years to learn to like my middle name. Similarly it me years to find who I can be as an artist and have confidence in that person. The other half of my design name is my husband Lucas. Luc is an awesome man, childish as always, but that's why he understands me. I have never grown up and I don't know what will happen when I have kid's. I am afraid that either I won't grow up, or I will.

At one of my favorite websites for inspiring comments I once read this:

"Childhood is a strange country. It’s a place you come from or go to – at least in your mind. For me it has an endless, spellbound something in it that feels remote. It’s like a little sealed-vault country of cake breath and grass stains where what you do instead of work is spin until you’re dizzy."

-- Lyall Bush

You can actually thank Starbucks for that quote. If you spend much time there you may be familiar with the conversation inspiring quotes on the side of their cups. These can be seen at TheWay I See It.