Unleashing the Creative Beast!

Gloria and I are both in full-on create mode right now!  Like many of you who buy lampwork beads from us, we are also both jewelry designers...and this is the season for shows, craft fairs and even gift making!  We have been working diligently on jewelry designs while at the same time trying to keep up with listing our lovely beads every day. 

Throughout the process, we've been talking to each other about how it's been going, and gradually both of us were getting more and more stressed.  Gloria had a brilliant idea.  She said, "let's slow down."  Hmmm...sounds simple enough, right? ;)  Why is it always the simple ideas that take so long to realize?!  So we mutually agreed that, FOR NOW, we are going to back off on listing our auctions daily and just list 4 times a week. 

It's amazing to me how taking it down a notch creates such enormous freedom!  Suddenly, I am revived!  Instead of stressing over how I'm going to "get it all done", I'm simply enjoying the creative process again.  AND, I'm very pleased and excited with the jewelry designs coming out of this new, relaxed me. :)  In fact, I'm so excited that I'm going to post a few pictures of some of my favorites that came off the bead board so far!  Hope you enjoy them too...and if you're a local...hope to see you at my open house next weekend!  I can't wait!!!

Dana :)