Hog Wild Jewelry – Uncommon Jewelry and Accessories for the Free Spirited Woman

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.  Talent will not; nothing is more common place than unsuccessful men with talent.  Genius will not;  Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.  Education will not;   the world is full of educated derelicts.  Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. “  Calvin Coolidge

“If you are determined to gather life’s honey, to be stung so many times that you become numb to the pain, to persevere and persist till those who know and love you become unable to think of you as a fairly normal woman, you will not be called mad.  You will be called authentic.”  September 26, Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach

Wow! powerful words.  I read today in my Simple Abundance book, which by the way, was written in the 90’s.  I saved it from the Goodwill pile and started reading it a few weeks ago.  Even though it was written 14 years ago, it has become a book that I read every day since.  Now that we are some months into our little business the rosy glow of the first few weeks have worn off and it is time to be self disciplined and persistent.  I am the first to admit I am not self disciplined and I would say not persistent.  I prefer the easy way, if it doesn’t come easy, what’s the point! right? I am sure I am not the only one.  Now is the time when we need to do the things that are hard and do them first.  Networking, planning, scheduling, advertising, in other words, putting myself out there. It is so easy to want to just not try and in doing so, is it our subconscious way of being afraid of some sort of success?  Woman can so easily self sabotage because of fears.

Do what is hard and keep doing it.  Eventually, it becomes easy.  Right? Try it with me.

In the past few months, I have been so excited about learning new things.  It seems like having a new baby can put the creative process on the back burner.  Recently, I have been blessed with working with my Mom designing and selling our Jewelry.  Being a Mom of three doesn’t mean I have to give up on being creative.  It now, means I have to become creative in figuring out how to be creative!  Because I do have the challenge of three kids, the youngest being 18 months, I am learning other avenues of creativity that fit my current lifestyle.  I have really been plunged into the world of digital creativity, which includes Photoshop, Photography, Web Sites and now Blogging!  Who knew… who knew I would enjoy it so much and gain such personal satisfaction from doing it!  More on all this at a later time… Thanks, Tamara

Welcome to Hog Wild Jewelry’s Blog!  This is where we hope to share our jewelry design inspirations, as well as, inspire Women from all over the world!  What an exciting journey we are on here at Hog Wild.  We are learning things we never even believed we could do just a few short months ago.  God has us on an amazing adventure and we will be sharing those with all of you.  Thanks for coming along!  Claudia Speed and Tamara Sampson