There are times when you sit down to create and you feel empty, out of ideas, spent of all of your brilliance. But you sit anyway looking at your tools and beads and wire trying to conjure up some jewelry making magic. Nothing comes. Just the very thought of beading motivates you, but in this moment for some reason your mind is dry, dripping nothing. Yes, your jewelry design repertoire is full, but you have been there done that a thousand times. Your claim to fame is 1-of-a-Kind handmade jewelry designs and although making the same style with different beads makes this statement true, you want to give your customers something else, something amazing, outstanding and positively breathtaking. Something that needs no explanation because it speaks for itself. After several minutes of pondering you walk away. Not because you can’t create but because you need something new, different, exciting … at least that is what you are thinking. This need is really more for yourself than your customers because how many times have you heard, “I’ve never seen jewelry like this”. You want to keep hearing that statement for it is what sets you apart from other jewelry businesses.
The reason you are so adamant about coming up with “new” is because that is what is expected. It has become the “norm”, whether your customers know it or not. So now, you do what you always do … go to the internet and browse photos of jewelry, get out your jewelry magazines and stalk the pages, peruse your favorite jewelry websites for fresh ideas till you find something you can’t take your eyes off of trying to imagine how it was done. There she is, that’s it, she is speaking your “create me” language. Eureka! It’s time to go back to your tools, beads, and wire because you are armed with a new design idea. But wait, you don’t have the same supplies or beads or tools the other jeweler used. That is a fact that works to your advantage. You don’t want your creation to look exactly like theirs, you just want to tweak the design to reflect your unique approach to jewelry making. After an hour or two you’re done with your interpretation of what you saw. You’ve succeeded in refashioning someone else’s design to reflect you and your esteemed customers. Your face lights up, your heart is singing and your hands are busy making your next creation. Life is beautiful when it is filled with tools, wire and beads.
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SandraLaraineColeman 