Devine Designs Jewelry

I had a really fun time in Sarasota, this past weekend. What a great show! I met some very interesting people, and made contact with a few Etsy shop owners and team members, so I may have a new local team to join too! Check out my new custom designed lampshade/banner: Then, I think I get overwhelmed after 2 days of talking with people. And with my alone time on the drive to and from the show days, I had alot of time to think; and think maybe too much. My overall thoughts are that there are too many people making jewelry right now. How do I compete? I'm thinking that I have to really think out of the box, go above and beyond what other's are doing. I need to sit down and do some crunching of numbers. For instance, just how many pieces of jewelry can I actually complete per week? How many shows should I be doing? Maybe I should think more about retail, and increase the number of galleries my work is in. My concerns about Etsy. Should I stick within a specific gen...

I didn't think I would blog today, or should I say, have to time or topic to blog about, but I do. First of all, I went for a recheck on my foot Monday, they gave me another contraption to wear, which hurts my foot more, didn't do the ultrasound that I was suppose to have last week and want me to go to physical therapy. I wonder if our insurance company was charged for the ultrasound. They seem to be overwhelmed with patients and work at this practice. Not sure what I'll do. I made 4 more pairs of earrings. No photos done yet. One of these pairs will be going into my Etsy shop. They are cute petite Hill Tribe silver earrings. Very dainty! I'm trying to make more stuff for the salon that wants me to bring in earrings, and trying to have enough items for shows that I'm doing. Next weekend I'll be doing a 2 day indoor event that I'm really looking forward to doing. This morning went to the post office thinking that I only had to mail one package and to my great...