Adventures in Handmade Jewelry is right. Here's my latest and what I learned from it. Design is very important, but like all good designs it must work. It must function well and enhance the time you spend using it. I bought these cute little wooden cubes recently and had a design all done and finished. I loved it. Isn't it cute? I even had a name for it picked out (no, not Jeff). Then I tried to put it on. And realized I couldn't. It wouldn't bend enough to do up the clasp easily. Take a look - The most flexible part of the design is where the flattest part of your wrist is. Uh. Wrong. The bendiest part should be at the sides of the wrist. Right where I put those cute little cubes. Cute, but not bendy. Not comfortable all that much either. What happens to jewelry that's difficult to put on or wear? It sits in the drawer and collects dust. Or it gets tossed away if you're the letting go type. So back to the bench. This design works much ...
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