The Judi

Jon's been bugging me to make his mother a pair of earrings for Mother's Day, but he doesn't like any of my ideas. He's clearly sick of hoops. I suggested quartz briolettes, but he said she liked color. I suggested red, and he said "subdued color." Sigh... But finally, tonight I was inspired.

I made these:

They have color, but not too bright color. They're not tiny, but not huge. They're not hoops! I have to admit, it actually feels good to make a pair of earrings that are not hoops. I mean, there are so many possibilities with hoops (and I'm halfway through making myself a pair of red and black agate self-hoops), but I was starting to think I was getting into a rut. I've also been craving a pair of blue earrings. I'm sort of sad to give these away (as is usually the case). These are made with Czech glass teardrop beads and silver wire, btw.

Anyway, today marked a big day for me. I made a double sale! And not to either one of my sisters! But she was a friend of my sister's (see the Pamela) from yesterday. She bought TWO pairs of earrings...the Pamelas and the moonstone and silvers (not sure if I posted them, but they are very similar to the Ursulas - just with white moonstones around the edge and 6 of them on each side instead of 4). I made a teeny profit, though after the paypal fees, packaging, etc. etc., I'm clearly not going to get rich at this hobby. BUT I can now buy more supplies! Yay! I'm thinking of saving up for a kiln.

Speaking of which, my next PMC class is tomorrow! I can't wait to see how my earrings turned out. Tomorrow, I'm going to use a 5 yen coin I have (with a hole in the middle) to base another pair of earrings on. I've been looking for some coin beads with holes in the middle, but couldn't find what I was looking for. So I'll just make them myself!

Well, that's all. This weekend I did try not to make too much jewelry, but I got moonstone madness. This morning I was making a pair and I realized that I was in FLOW. I've read about flow before and have experienced it from time to time, but earring making totally puts me there. I think I've found my passion in life.