I've been making jewelry since early 2009. My mom got me into it when I came home on R&R from Afghanistan. My husband and I were deployed together, but he was working evenings/ nights while I was working days, and I was BORED! I'd always been pretty crafty, switching from painting and drawing in school to scrapbooking in college, and finally landing on jewelry now. It wasn't until getting out of the Army in March of this year that I got really serious about my jewelry. I had a stockpile of beads and jewelry that I had never really done anything with, and I wanted to put myself out there. My skills had progressed and my work was looking really good, so I got an ArtFire store. I was also moving back home after getting out of the Army, and mom had a friend who was looking to open a small store, so I had my jewelry there as well.
But I also had my son. A very curious and rambunctious toddler. Working in the store was becoming hard to juggle. Between naps and feedings, I was hardly getting to be there at all. So I left some of my work there, but had to step back from taking a more active role. So, to keep my jewelry "out-there" I got a .com in addition to my ArtFire site. This allows me to more easily manage my growing business and my growing toddler. My items will be coming out of the small store next week and will be coming onto the websites, so keep an eye out for some interesting artwork.
So that catches you all up on where I come from and what I'm doing now, and opens us up to talk more about (mis)adventures in business, parenting, and juggling the two.
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