Anyway, I bought a bunch of great beads today, in some colors I don’t normally go for. I  made a necklace for my grandmother’s 80th birthday. Granted, I made it in rather bad lighting, which only got worse as the sun went down, but upon inspection under the bathroom vanity light, I think it turned out pretty great. I’m tempted to make a second one as a prototype… But I think I want this one to be special and one-of-a-kind, just like my grandma. The funny thing about the necklace is that I bought several different strands of beads that all appeared to be lavendar in the lighting at the bead show, and now as I sit here looking at the completed necklace, it seems to be more of a periwinkle blue color. In fact, the bedspread that the necklace is laying on is a light blue pattern that looks like clouds in the sky…and the necklace is practically the same color. I’m sure in the sunlight it will look different, and no matter what color it really ends up being, it still looks nice.

And if I wasn’t feeling totally lethargic and sloth-like right now, I’d take a picture, upload it and show it to you.

Ah, what the heck. Lemme see what I can do.

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Okay. I kid you not, my camera just DIED. I took about four pictures and was about to look through them really quickly to see if any were postable, and my camera died. I’m not at home tonight, so I don’t have my charger with me. Sorry, peeps. I tried.

Anyway, just wanted to pop in with a little beady update. I have big plans for this place, I promise…

Oh, and while you’re waiting for another post, don’t forget to check out my official Etsy store! I’ve only listed one item so far, and I still need to write up a profile (and apparently some store policies?), but it’s a step in the right direction. And who knows? Maybe one of you will meander on over there and see my one item and go, “I need that!” And then I’ll be like, “YES! Someone wants to buy my jewelry! I’d better get cracking on making more and posting them up on the site!”

See? You could play a crucial role in my success, here.

Do it.

For the past week, whenever I’ve thought about this endeavor, I mostly felt all kinds of discouraged. I haven’t had time to do much with it, and to be totally honest, I haven’t had as many ideas for posts as I thought I would. Granted, I haven’t had time to think about any post ideas, either. But I’m still hopeful.

I’m hopeful because I know that people like my bead jewelry, and people (generally) like my writing, too.

I’m hopeful because I have an amazing husband who is encouraging me to stick with this thing.

I’m hopeful because I know there is a lot of potential here.

I’m hopeful, but I’m not under any delusion that I can make this place bloom overnight. I’m not even very optimistic that I can make it bloom in a month…

But I’m going to stick with this…even if I only manage to post a few things in a month’s time.

And I’m going to implore you, my few readers, to help me out. Send me ideas for topics to write about, things you want to know, people you think I should connect with or interview or whose products or methods I should feature. And send the link to this site to anyone who might like it or have ideas of their own to contribute, too.

It would be SO much fun to turn this into some kind of collaborative place, don’t you think?

Let’s do it.

…Please?