I'm gonna do it, doggoneit!

Thanks, Tamara!

Life is not a dress rehearsal! Go for it.

think Karen has some good suggestions.

Why don't you take this chance and sell us on your jewelry? I would like to see photos--there are many people here on Gather and we all have relatives and friends and even ourselves who might desire your jewelry. Then please send us a website to find out the details like cost and how to order. Can't wait to see and hear more.

Thank you for all the encouraging words. Web site is in progress and I will post some pictures of some completed pieces here shortly.

This is so much fun! :-)

Angela

Good luck to you. Hope you have another income, also. It is tough sailing for awhile until you get established.

A plan...

I knew I forgot something! LOL

Just kidding. Actually, the PLAN was to stay at the horrible but lucrative job for another two years and get my hands on the stock that would make me financially independent (although on an extremely small scale). Couldn't do it, though. Not for another day. Hubby, who has been the homemaker for the last few years, is out pounding the pavement looking for a job, and I am working on learning HTML and "growing" the web site (http://www.coyotecreek.com and please be gentle with me!) while working on producing some jewelry items. Mostly just costume jewelry this instant, need for hubby to get that job to get my hands on more precious metal to work with. Right now I've got a boatload of glass, some pearls (the lovely lumpy, bumpy ones that have some personality -- not those "plastic perfect" ones that look all the same), some gemstone beads and some silver, silver plated, and gold plated findings.

It's a start. :-)

Good luck with your new venture!

Angela? Fancy meeting you here. :) When I said I was going to look for a bead group and you said there was one, you didn't happen to mention that you were in it. I've seen your jewelry and should have known. I love it and hope it starts selling like the proverbial hot cakes. I love those bumpy pearls, too.

Thanks, Katie. I appreciate your vote of confidence. I actually have sold my first piece now, though I haven't made it yet. I'm waiting for some pretty pink translucent alphabet beads. My good buddy Bridgett from "that place" was showing a friend of hers my rather crappy web site, and she ordered a custom baby bracelet. Woohoo! :-)