I have revolutionary ideas about consumers designing their own jewelry that I have been developing for years. Few people see what I am talking about and the rest think I’m nuts. Sometimes I start believing these naysayers. For the past week I have thinking I should hang it up and go totally corporate, say good by to jewelry software, and become an Oracle developer. Well it’s been months really. OK, I’ve been like this all my life. I put my foot down a few years ago and said I was finish the goals that I start. It’s hard to believe I’ve had my own business in the jewelry industry for 5 ½ years.

As my ideas get better and I have more experience with jewelry I times are getting tougher in the industry. Stores are going out of business and people are more interested in Best Buy than jewelry. Consumers are so educated that the products have turned into commodities. Asia is cranking up production, doing great work, and crushing manufactures here in the States. Franchises make it difficult for the independent to survive. The trends are not good at all. But, I see something different. What happens when consumers have a chance to design the jewelry themselves? Look at how incredibly popular beading is. Heck, there are no consumer jewelry design packages right now. There has to be room for one person in the world to make some cash at this software.

I see past these tough times for the jewelry industry. There is always going to be room for jewelry. Just thing what’s going to happen when all these electronic devices start getting so small they can be put into jewelry elegantly? Cell phone or mp3 player in your custom earrings? Why not? I think the number of medical monitoring devices will fit into this category as well.
It’s very hard to decide when to quit with these ideas. What if I’m a few weeks away from the finding right ingredient to make this all come together? How do I stay motivated?

The deeper I get into this, the harder it is to get out. I really think I have a great business plan for free jewlery design software for consumers. I need to get this plan on paper and criticized! I know. I need to talk to a lot of people about this. This is one reason I started a blog.