it takes as long as it takes... (can i get an amen?)

I believe in working every day. (Well, almost every day.) Even when I am not physically working, I am making plans to work. I am creating in my mind. The creating in my mind part can drive me crazy after a while. It keeps me up too late way too late. Keeps me drawing pictures on scraps of paper that I later can't find. Has me writing out to do lists and then editing them. Ultimately the creating in my mind frustrates me because it is much easier to create there where everything I need is close at hand.

Here's the thing: I don't work every day. I can't. I design in spurts. I may not design anything for a month and suddenly in one day design 20 to 30 sets. But when I am not in the midst of one of my spurts, I worry. Will I ever design anything again? Maybe my well of creativity is dry? Maybe that last spurt was a fluke? What was I thinking starting a jewelry design business during a recession? And so it goes on and on in my head...

And then like a proverbial "amen" from on high, I am suddenly possessed and cannot stop myself from creating new pieces. And for a day or two or more I am in creative heaven and there is no talking to me, no answering the phone, no stopping me, no nothing but the frenzy and the bliss of the creating...

("Denim Diva" - Azurite, Swarovski Crystals, & Sterling Silver!)