July 7, 2009
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Talked to the recruiter that got me the interview last week. She said they were impressed with me, but they're pursuing another candidate who had more of the experience they were looking for. *sigh* They might call me in for a second interview, but she said I shouldn't count on it.
Sort of sucks to be hoping that this other person somehow botches his/her second interview. But deep down I am.
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I'm going to end up selling my jewelry. I've been hesitant to this point, mostly because I want my pieces to be "perfect" before I even think of selling them, and I can always spot something in a piece that I'm not happy with. Not things that would keep *me* from wearing it, but I haven't liked the idea of charging for something that I feel has a flaw. (I'm referring to little things, like my loops not being completely uniform or having a couple of seed beads not lying exactly where they should. If something's really messed up, I'll take it apart and remake it. Or not, but I won't keep it.)
But I'm starting to let go of the idea that something needs to be perfect for me to sell it. I've been getting more and more confident in my skills in this arena, plus I really can't keep all the stuff I make. I do love my jewelry, but it's getting to the point that I keep finding items in my jewelry collection that I forgot I had. I mean things I really, really like but haven't worn in so long they've faded from memory.
And I have so much more that I want to make. I have supplies for no less than five projects pulled together and waiting for me to work on. That's not including the ones I have in mind and have the makings for but haven't pulled out yet. Plus the ridonculous number of patterns and kits I have bookmarked that I want to buy once I can get around to them.
Hell, I need to sell some stuff for resupply money. And it doesn't hurt that I made a "footless sandal" for a friend and gave it to her at her 4th of July party, then had two other gals ask if I could make them ones, too.
Now I just need to figure out how I'm going to go about this selling thing.
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I finally saw Up this weekend. It was one of the most beautiful movies I've seen in a long time, and I don't just mean the animation (though that was wonderful as well). I expected to enjoy the plot, since I can sympathize with anyone who wants to travel on an adventure, but I wasn't expecting the touching love story element of it. I don't know how those folks over at Pixar keep doing it, but I hope they keep doing it for a nice long time. I was even excited to see that they're doing Toy Story 3 next year, and I tend not to be impressed with cartoon sequels. But they did such a good job with Toy Story 2, I have a good feeling about 3.
Now, if they'd just do a sequel to The Incredibles, I'd be stoked.
Comments (4)
You could sell on etsy. You already know I think your jewelry is worth selling, so yea, you! And, don't feel bad if you are wishing the other candidate botches their interview, I would. In fact, just for you, I will.
I am sure you will do well selling your jewellry
Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you anyway. I have an interview tomorrow for a job I want very badly but deep down I have this feeling of dread - guess it was the tone and vibe I got from the HR woman who called to schedule it (and the photo of the staff on the website, all of whom appear to be quite a bit younger than I).
Will you be posting your jewelry on ebay at all? Will you be posting a link here? I'd like to see what you have ...
@summerhawk -
I haven't decided yet how I'm going to sell. I'm a bit leery of eBay - I want to sell my stuff, not give it away, so I'll need to see how similar items are selling over there before I do my own. I'm leaning towards etsy, but I need to research fees and such first. But I'll post a link when I have one. (I also have photos on my book-of-faces page, but I was unable to find you there last time I looked.)
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