It's a new year.

A new year with new projects, challenges and promise.

My goal for the winter months was to make at least one new piece a day. Considering some necklaces can take up to 8 hours to complete, that was asking a lot. I find myself making a lot of simple bracelets and earrings while the ideas for the more challenging items sit rather impatiently in my brain. I did complete a necklace that I'd been thinking about for a while but it's a rather simple variation on the byzantine weave. It's byzantine sections connected by tiny wooden donut beads, 1/4 inch in diameter. I've also got a store on Etsy at www.sweetpeacreationz.etsy.com in addition to my regular web shop at www.sweetpeacreationz.com.

So, I guess my jeweler's new year resolution should be to go ahead and indulge in my muse and stop worrying about the amount of time it takes to make something. So what if I have no inventory when "show" season rolls around again? What do you think? Should I create beautiful and unique, but time consuming, jewelry or stock up with the pretty but easier and faster pieces? Maybe I should alternate? To reward myself for making X number of bracelets, I get to indulge myself and make a more labor intensive but dazzling necklace. That sounds like a plan to me! Your comments would be welcome.