New Beginnings

  The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.   John Pierpont Morgan

My name is Amanda.  I just got married on April 16th and have decided with this new phase of my life, I will no longer stifle my creativity in search of monotony.  Growing up, I took a great interest in art, poetry, prose, music, and more.  I would spend hours creating collages, writing music for piano, gaining inspiration from nature, filling journals with poetry.  Along the way over the last few years, I have lost the drive to create due to time-consuming schooling or job situations.  I am at a point in my life where I finally have some freedom to play around, learn, seek, and build.  I want to go back to who I used to be - where spending hours making something fulfilled and excited me.

The first step of my journey begins with my jewelry shop.  I have opened a web shop at http://midwinterbloom.etsy.com
There I make and sell earrings and hope to expand into other types of jewelry later, primarily necklaces and maybe bracelets.  I am very new at making jewelry and am essentially self taught minus a few tutorials on YouTube laying the groundwork.  I have a LOT of room to grow and perfect this talent, but more importantly, I have found something I enjoy doing that could also lead to some extra profit for my household.

To follow are some pictures of some pieces I have created that are for sale.