happy beads!

happy beads! please check out Profusion's blog. she has has featured one of my bracelets that happens to be graced by one of her happy beads!

thank you Lene!

the focus

many times it's hard for me to focus at the task at hand and even loosing sight of the big picture. from small every day things to the dream of finishing my studio and concentrating on being a metalsmith. i think i need to have a big stickie posted to my forehead, 'susan! focus!' or many be little flashing subliminal messages in my glasses that says don't let the little petty issues take up that much space in your tiny little brain, there's is only so much room! think about what you need to do and maintain course! yea right... we can always dream, the tricky navagation is to acheive those dreams.

copyright infringement

i need to vent a bit about copyright and the blatant stealing of jewelry designs. it finally happened. and i'm very upset, yea upset is a good word, there are a few other choice words that come to mind but i probably shouldn't go there. emailing administration at Etsy.com may come to no use. and the thought of hiring a lawyer makes me not want to even see one. so what should i do? i have already emailed the 'infringer' and she pretends she has no clue. that's nice.

soooo.... creating more jewelry may help. peace.