Comments on: Believe in Yourself!! https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:27:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Rita https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610663 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:27:41 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610663 Congratulations Polly! Great getting over fears. I often find it takes courage just to do jewelry making as a hobby. I love your husband’s idea too. My husband always helps with my designs and I appreciate his input. We are blessed with great partners. Thank you for sharing!

]]> By: Daisy https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610632 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:27:06 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610632 Congratulations Polly, you faced the fear and did it anyway! Something I have yet to do but your post is very inspirational

]]> By: Kathy Zee https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610619 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:14:08 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610619 Polly, Congratulations to you for overcoming your fears of making jewelry and starting your own business. Being accepted is a fear many face but you did it and create beautiful jewelry. I love stories like yours that are encouraging and help others to just “go for it.”

]]> By: Melissa Jones https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610606 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:53:01 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610606 This post was perfect for me… I am tiptoeing towards this adventure…I have a sales and use tax license, I have a trader’s license, I have a bank account, I am putting together a blog to display my work, and I make things that some people have bought and more people are interested in, but I am having a devil of a time getting off the starting block. My particular hangup is about “inventory”… but my husband came up with a great idea that when I make something that I really love, to make a second one – one prototype, one to sell… this will make for a slow start but a good one for me, I think. So thanks for a good reminder about finding our own paths.

]]> By: Nancy Vaughan https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610603 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:07:02 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610603 Congratulations on taking that first step and staying with it! Your bangle has great color and the design is excellent.

]]> By: Elizabeth Trail https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610577 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:00:35 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610577 Polly, this is wonderful and inspiring!!!! Thank you!!!!

]]> By: Irene Vrbensky https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610571 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 12:40:45 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610571 Congratulations for your courage! A small step at a time is a perfect way of moving forward. It’s the journey that is exciting and not so much the end goal. Learning your trade and discovering yourself is what it is all about.

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-610535 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:03:45 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-610535 Hi Polly,

Your jewelry truly is gorgeous.

Your friends must be wondering, “Where has this girl been hiding her fabulous talent all these years???” :o)

I’m so glad to hear that you took the plunge and things are coming together for you – kudos to you for really doing it.

I think your story will resonate with so many other people.

So many of us hover on the edge of living our dream – the first step often feels like the biggest one, even when it only needs to be a very small one.

Thank you for sharing how you overcame your hesitation and are now doing it

]]> By: Catalina https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-182592 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:34:47 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-182592 Thank you so much for this blog and articles of encouragement! I have had a business since 2008 and I felt like a failure because even though I was selling at little shows here and there I wasn’t getting it going on Etsy or a website. I kept making excuses about perfect photography, not good enough etc… Then bam came a dramatic move back to our home state across country and it took all I had. But today I said that is it I got to start again and do it right! I am going to do it, website, blog, internet store whatever!!! Made up mind to it! Thank you for all your stories, I know I am not alone. 🙂

]]> By: Ellie https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/believe-in-yourself/#comment-40653 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:28:31 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=16823#comment-40653 I too was afraid to start a website, but when I retired last month I thought, why not? What do I have to lose?
I have been perfecting my “Little Gems” for over a year, it gives me great satisfaction to finally see them on Etsy.
I couldn’t have done it without this blog. Rena, your newsletter was the best thing to happen to me in 2013!!!!!
Ellie

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