How about that bottom line?
That one gets the shaft.
It’s the line that tells us that we spent too much, or that we paid too much for that show with the splashy top line numbers. It’s the line that shows our time spent reconciling our receipts.
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As a member of the jewelry industry I reserve the right to critique it and be annoyed by it even when I’m participating in it. That annoyance drives me to seek out more ethical and sustainable solutions to all of our issues.
And there are a few things more frustrating AND easily fixable than the use of plastics. It’s why I started the hashtag #WatchingMyWasteLine
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Use liver of sulfur to oxidize your jewelry at home!
Yes. Yes I have seen those videos showing how to oxidize silver with an egg, but considering how expensive eggs are at the moment (greetings from early 2023) and how I am generally opposed to wasting food, I’d like to recommend using a good professional tool for oxidizing your jewelry. The best part is that this method is my favorite for oxidizing jewelry that combines sterling silver and karat gold.
Introducing my favorite oxidizing substance - Liver of Sulfur
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How about that bottom line?
That one gets the shaft.
It’s the line that tells us that we spent too much, or that we paid too much for that show with the splashy top line numbers. It’s the line that shows our time spent reconciling our receipts.
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I am the worst at asking for help
For the first 5+ years of my business, I rarely ever contracted out work. I did my own stone setting, my own website updates, my own books, my own IT troubleshooting, my own marketing, my own SEO, my own ad management.
I was scrappy. I was hardworking. I was good at research.
I was burning out.
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Because what we as jewelry makers do is enjoyable (bending metal! Using fire! Hammers hammers hammers!) it is easy to think of what we do as “not work”, but is there anything else in your life that you’d like to make space for? Friendships? Family? Social lives? Travel? Exercise? Time to sit and stare out of a window?
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