When I Get Bored...

....I make new things!! It has been a very slow week at my store so far, and I have been feeling pretty darn bored these past few days. The store is open for nine hours every day, and those nine hours pass incredibly slowly when there aren't many customers around to talk to or interact with. I mean, there are some customers, but not nearly enough to fill all of that time! Which leaves me with lots of "free" time--I can't leave, but I can work on whatever I want to.

I try to use slow time in productive ways--today, I've been playing around with new ring designs all day. I had been working on some new ring ideas throughout the week, and today I finally created a few pieces that I really like. You can see two of the new rings on this page--well, each "ring" is actually two rings that are worn stacked on one finger, with lengths of silver chain connecting them. So I guess they are more like "ring sets," actually...

I have been wearing both sets for a few hours now, one on each hand, and I must report that I am feeling very much like a warrior princess. There's something very fierce and fun about feeling all that metal on your hands.... So far they are super comfortable and easy to wear, and I think I might be making a few more of these for my store sometime soon! Or maybe they will go straight to my online shop--for them to be sold in my boutique, I would need to come up with a way to display them nicely, which could be tricky. We will see! For now, these two are my prototypes and I'll be wearing them all week so I can make any necessary tweaks to the designs. I think I will be doing a little bit of shopping early next week for a few materials so I can make some more.... And maybe ones made only out of chain?? Updates to come!