So I'm not sure what this picture looks most like. The choices as I see them are: contemplative, homicidal, approaching despondent, glued to the tv, listening intently to the stereo, or poser. What do any of those have to do with jewelry? Not a thing, but as I sifted through my pictures I found only this one fit for dissemination. Plus, it is serving some cathartic purpose for me as I mourn the loss of my puff (the one tuft of hair I have in this picture). I recently cut it off and well, sometimes I miss it. Almost everyone else, from my nephew to the guy that runs my favorite Mexican restaurant, seems happy to have seen it go but every once in a while that makes me want it back more. Ahhh, to stand out once in a while in a sea of anonymity... but enough about my hair!

My foray into jewelry design was purely accidental. Like so many others, my job as a Software Developer came to an abrupt end when a third of the company that I worked for got laid off. Well, politely canned is more like it since we were given no hope of ever getting our jobs back. The job was super stressful so I appreciated the time off for the first few weeks, but reruns got old and even my dog started to get tired of me lounging around all the time. In an effort to keep my brain from eating itself from the inside out and to keep my dog happy, I looked for a new hobby. I started with seed beads and though I found them fun, the end result just wasn't interesting enough. On a whim I bought a pair of pliers and some rings one day and hoped I could figure out what to do with them. After some practice I began making the jewelry that you can now find in the IDD catalog.

What's different about this jewelry is that it is made from several different sources. Some of the beads and charms are from actual bead stores and others are yard sale and thrift store finds. I clean them up, polish, rip the guts out of them and then rearrange those guts into new jewelry. I haven't found some internet marketing pot of gold and don't expect to. IDD simply helps me continue to create jewelry and other miscellaneous fun things.

So why not support an out of work Software Developer or a woman entrepreneur? How about a cute vegetarian or a woman owned by a demanding dog? Can I interest you in a crunchy activist-type peddling her wares? (Psst.. does anyone know where I can find a seminar on how to sell myself?!) Or, if you're like me and just can't afford jewelry right now just window shop and drop me a line if you want.