| I love learning new crafts. I don't like everything I try out, | | | | This site offers me the chance to design necklaces, |
| but generally I am pretty happy just doing something | | | | bracelets, and earrings all from the comfort and |
| new. I've taught myself to knit, learned to scrapbook, | | | | financial safety of my home. I scroll through the |
| can bake a mean soufflé, and build a bookcase. My | | | | available strands and pick one; it moves over to the |
| latest adventure has been as a jewelry designer. I've | | | | cyber-tray. I try a few pendants and charms until I find |
| learned two things; one, no one should ever let me | | | | one I like; it moves over to the cyber-tray. Finally, I pick |
| loose in a bead shop and two, there is a better way. | | | | a few gems or accessories to complete the look. |
| Bead Shops are Dangerous | | | | When I am done, I can save my design and think about |
| Don't smile; you know what I mean. I am not | | | | it for a bit before I decide to purchase or to change |
| concerned for the health of my body, but rather the | | | | something. For me, it is a perfect situation. |
| health of my bank account. I find it very easy to walk | | | | Join the Fun |
| into a bead shop and wander around for entirely too | | | | I know that there are a number of sites on the Internet |
| long only to find myself leaving with a bag full of beads, | | | | that seem like they do the same thing, but they don't. |
| wires, clasps, and goodness knows what else. | | | | They are essentially virtual bead shops. What makes |
| By the time I leave, I have spent way more than I | | | | this one different? Once you place your order, |
| should, and the really sad part is once I get home I | | | | someone else makes the jewelry. That's right; you |
| can't remember what I wanted to make, and if I do | | | | design it and they make it, exactly the way you put it |
| remember, I can't seem to get it right. Maybe it is | | | | together online. |
| because I don't want to spend hundreds on specialized | | | | Just think about it. You are sitting at lunch with your |
| tools? Maybe it is due to the fact that translating the | | | | girlfriends and one comments about your magnificent |
| image in my head to the tray is not my forte? Or | | | | new jewelry and you casually say "oh yes, I designed |
| maybe the fact is that it just never seems to work | | | | it myself." Jaws are going to drop! You can even offer |
| out. | | | | to make them something special for their birthday if |
| Online Option is Safer | | | | you really like them. |
| I have found a way to indulge my delight in new | | | | Well, there you have it. Now you know how I became |
| hobbies, create jewelry I love, and stay out of the | | | | a jewelry designer with the help of an excellent |
| bead shops. I discovered an online jewelry designing | | | | website and a fear of bead shops. Come and join in |
| firm that has a program I can use to make anything I | | | | the fun! |
| want without having to fiddle with actual beads. | | | | |