Weekly Desktop Part 35 – Made in England by Gentlemen

For example, have you noticed the frequency of my postings? When I first came back to blogging, I set some realistic goals – one 52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion post and one Baby Bump Update post a week. I don’t think that’s too much.

However, as I progressed and got back into my blogging routine, I found myself wanting to play catch up on my 52 Weeks posts. That urge to get back and run with the rest of the “pack” of bloggers doing the same program was starting to consume me. Slowly, one post became two and two became three. The past two weeks, I’ve had four total posts a week. That’s a lot of blogging!

I don’t know about you guys, but for me, blogging is not always an easy thing. Sometimes it takes me a bit to really nail down the idea of what I want to say, then find the words to say it, and then find an appropriate image related to the blog post. (I do the last one mainly because I like pictures. While I’m linguistically inclined, pretty blogs still call my attention more immediately than a meaty, intellectual blog. Not that I’m calling my blog “meaty” or “intellectual”…)

What I found is I’m yet again spending my time on the things I shouldn’t be… maybe even, as Megan has mentioned, procrastinating with “work”. Here I am, doing something that doesn’t make me immediate money and delaying the real work I should be doing.

I don’t usually mix my baby related posts with the jewelry posts, but as I’ve found our baby spending increased this past week in preparation for Baby Girl, I’m reminded we all need to learn to take a step back and re-assess our current direction. If I don’t do billable work, our baby fund is that much less funded. The smaller our baby fund, the less time I get to bond with Baby Girl, the sooner I must return to work, the less there is to throw back at our debt snowball, the less time to actually think about how to bring my jewelry business back with a bang. Realization can be such a kick in the butt.

And this lesson… *this* lesson in particular… is one I find myself re-learning over and over and over… well, you get the picture. So, no worries my friends – I’m still here, I will just be cutting back my posting to the original plan of 2 per week: one baby related and one jewelry related, with supply destashing posts thrown in here and there once I get the new light box setup. I hope you continue to stick around for the ride.

What lesson do you find yourself regularly facing?

This post is part of the 52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion {affiliate link} series by Tara Gentile of Scoutie Girl. If you’re interested in participating in the group, pick up her e-book today! {affiliate link} You can start at any time.

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Part of the process involves thinking about the background I use to shoot my jewelry photos. I know I’ve struggled with selecting backgrounds and improving my current look. With this “break”, I’ve felt that it was time to think of a new look, a new feel for my jewelry before I come back full force.

This past week, I decided to be deliberate about searching for a new background. I originally started photographing with flowers as a prop. I know that I’ve always loved flowers:

But you have to admit, sometimes their beauty can be distracting.

You also already know I favor feathers:

But “been there, done that”… a lot!

The thought crossed my mind to use a bed of glass beads:

Yet, I figured it would make it difficult to photograph the jewelry laying flat. Which has left me to narrow down my new background selection to two choices. This first one I found by chance:

I’m in love with the idea of the bokeh background, but I’m not sure how I feel about the glass as a “stand”. I think changing the color of the glimmers to something that will compliment the colors in the jewelry would be a good idea, too… in theory.

The other choice was to go with something dark, but with a pattern like so:

Right now I’m partial to the brown mat. But I need your help bloggy friends… looking at these photos, I want to ask your opinions. What do you think about these last two photos in regards to a background? I want to avoid buying props for both backgrounds, so I’m looking for some direction from you!

This post is part of the 52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion {affiliate link} series by Tara Gentile of Scoutie Girl. If you’re interested in participating in the group, pick up her e-book today! {affiliate link} You can start at any time.

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