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December 12, 2005
And now the fun begins..again..
Whew! I feel better..the majority of stuff has shipped - I found out that I didn't make enough earring sets for everyone, so I'll be making more this week...I have a few of ya'll who won't get yours till later this week, but the beads are set aside and waiting patiently..I'll be workin' on all this today, so it shouldn't take too long to receive them..thanks for hanging with me...
I'm glad to see the fast and furious responses to the new POLL that I put up this morning...I know you've heard all this before - should I do remakes of old stuff or just keep putting out new stuff...turns out that...(drumroll)
the overwhelming results so far today say to do "BOTH!"...very cool...
I've been thinking of how best to dip into the Gallery of Goodies and I think what I'm going to try to start with is 'theme night'...Pick a set and use it as inspiration to make new and old beads from...That sounds fun and interesting to me, and would satisfy your requests for stuff that you haven't seen from me in a long time...I'm not good an doing requests, as we've all found out, so instead, I'd make an announcement like "This week, I'm remaking the Victorian Gold set, look for beads in those colors" and then you'd get your fill of all things VG...I know there are lots of beads to still be uncovered, created, experimented with and lots of stuff to learn, but there's something to be said for getting color sets that you know and love...What I find funny is, I have hesitated to revisit old colors because I feel like it makes me look like I'm being lazy and not coming up with new stuff, but then I don't feel that way about OTHER beadmakers who do it - in fact I LIKE when they revisit old colors and designs, so why do I beat myself up over it? I dunno...but not anymore...nope...time to get a grip and just make beads, dammit...do it, do it, do it...
I have a load of boxes to take to the PO, they're going to the UK, Germany and such, so I gotta go...but I'll be back...and lets see what kinda craziness I can come up with, eh? rock on kiddos...
Posted by Donner at December 12, 2005 12:02 PM
Comments
Woohoo! Can hardly wait to see what you come up with! I love the old color combos!
Posted by: Sandra at December 12, 2005 09:09 PM
Noooooo! Don't ever feel like you'd be perceived as 'lazy' by re-doing your old color combos!!! Every once in a while I wander into your gallery and get caught up in some of those old sets...the colors and designs...but I'm afraid to mention it to you because I know you love doing new things and I don't want you to feel bogged down or bored with the 'old stuff'...but your 'old stuff' is just as gorgeous as the new, so yes...definitely revisit away!!! I consider everything in your gallery a 'classic' design that I for one will never get tired of looking at, what's important is whether you'll get tired of making it.
Posted by: Rachel G. at December 12, 2005 10:59 PM