I absolutely love designing and creating jewelry and spend a good portion of my free time doing this. Since it is where the majority of my time is spent outside of work, I thought I’d share my ‘area’ with you.
To make jewelry, you don’t necessarily need a lot of space but I will admit that I’d love it if I had more. 🙂
On weekends, the first thing I do is start by making myself a cup of coffee.
My favorite coffee mug!
After I’ve made my coffee and I am feeling slightly more coherent, I proceed to my first stop almost every morning….Etsy! I check for any sales or conversations (this is what Etsy calls their email message system). I check the front page bc they are typically always beautiful. I look through the most current treasuries, I look through my items and renew some or add new ones and then possibly do some of my own shopping. 🙂
When I say my workspace is small, I RRRREALLY mean it. I work on a vinyl covered card table. I’m not complaining because I definitely make it work but it does get tight when I am working on a big order.
Those blue lidded bins in the back are my supply bins. I have a total of 10 of them and they are all pretty filled. Yep! I enjoy beads and beading supplies. The pink, green and purple items in the front are my usual tools, the ones I use most frequently. It’s definitely cluttered but I find my way around just fine.
Here’s a closer shot of those bins… Look how full they are (remember, there are 4 more)! I started out with six but had to expand because I was having such a hard time finding anything, I would get frustrated and quit working and never got anything finished.
Here’s a picture of some beads I recently used on a custom order of a friend. That furry rug looking item they’re laying on is a bead rug, it keeps the beads still so they don’t go rolling around. This is especially important when you live in an older home that is slanted just enough for beads to roll off the table. My fiance got me this little piece and I love how handy it is!
So there’s a sneak peak into my work station. Nothing exciting but it is my little sanctuary from all the regular world stuff. I have to admit, I like my little space. ❤
Jewelry by Jillian 
