Hello, my Friends!
It's already a year as I've opened my Etsy shop.
During last several months I was thinking about should I stay on this level of my jewelry making - to stay a craftswoman, or should I develop my business, so I could only create design and to hire some assistants for hand work.
Really it appeared to be a rather hard choice and I was thinking a lot.
I was looking at success stories of different artists who had started interesting and successful projects for growing their jewelry making business. They took part in exibitions and fashion shows, did cooperation with other artists in different areas - clothes designers, make-up masters, photographers and so on.
It looks sooo interesting and fabulous!
But!
I also can see how much they should work to receive positive result. They have no possibility to have a rest on weekend or to spend enough time with their families.
Maybe someone thinks that own business makes people free, however I know that in many cases it makes them attached and much less free.
During this period my little kid fell ill and he had teething that hurt so much. I had to spend much time with my son playing with him and distracting from that pain. And you know, I realized, that big business is not for me. At least not in this period of my life.
Yes, I could earn more money selling more jewelry. But there are more important things in my life at the moment.
I want to be able to spend my time with my son and the whole family any time they need so. I want to enjoy my job and not to feel the burden of it. I want to make jewelry with my hands and not only to create design on paper as it makes me happy.
So, maybe I don't create as much jewelry as I could, but you can be sure - it's created totally with love :-)
And if you face with the same question - just let yourself to answer frankly. You can receive the same reply or a different one. The only thing that is important - what makes you happy? :-)
It's already a year as I've opened my Etsy shop.
During last several months I was thinking about should I stay on this level of my jewelry making - to stay a craftswoman, or should I develop my business, so I could only create design and to hire some assistants for hand work.
Really it appeared to be a rather hard choice and I was thinking a lot.
I was looking at success stories of different artists who had started interesting and successful projects for growing their jewelry making business. They took part in exibitions and fashion shows, did cooperation with other artists in different areas - clothes designers, make-up masters, photographers and so on.
It looks sooo interesting and fabulous!
But!
I also can see how much they should work to receive positive result. They have no possibility to have a rest on weekend or to spend enough time with their families.
Maybe someone thinks that own business makes people free, however I know that in many cases it makes them attached and much less free.
During this period my little kid fell ill and he had teething that hurt so much. I had to spend much time with my son playing with him and distracting from that pain. And you know, I realized, that big business is not for me. At least not in this period of my life.
Yes, I could earn more money selling more jewelry. But there are more important things in my life at the moment.
I want to be able to spend my time with my son and the whole family any time they need so. I want to enjoy my job and not to feel the burden of it. I want to make jewelry with my hands and not only to create design on paper as it makes me happy.
So, maybe I don't create as much jewelry as I could, but you can be sure - it's created totally with love :-)
And if you face with the same question - just let yourself to answer frankly. You can receive the same reply or a different one. The only thing that is important - what makes you happy? :-)
