Official Complaint :-p

**bustagasket** · 07-08-2009, 02:51 PM

Would you please all stop being so bloody talented and knowing how to do everything and do it well, it is so frustrating when everything goes over my head

and i look at what i can do until i got back to class and i just want to scream.

Studying books was never my strong point although i love reading them and pour over the pictures but i just dont have a mind where things sink in unless i am physically doing it over and over. I should have started this years ago and am kicking mysself that i didnt pluck up the courage to.

I get so bloody frustrated that i sit here in tears wondering if i will ever be able to pull this off, especially when i hate trying to sell anything.

I nee a ruddy miracle lol

**Lindyloo** · 07-08-2009, 03:51 PM

I know how you feel Su. It's no wonder that some of us don't feel confident enough to put any pictures of our work up. But I've decided that visiting the forum is a compromise between feeling inadequate and learning new things. And so far, I have learnt something new every day. So it makes it really worthwhile.

Yesterday I learnt about rummaging through skips for free scraps of copper to practise on (yet to find any though). I've learnt about the use of baby wipes on PMC for a highly polished finish. I've learnt what the fins on a barrel polisher are for. I've learnt how to keep my tools rust free. I've learnt how other jewellers make their money. And the list goes on and on.

So fight off those feelings and keep acting like a sponge.

Linda

**bustagasket** · 07-08-2009, 04:16 PM

Yeah i love learning all th stuff but i want to put it into practise lol

**Coco** · 08-08-2009, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Lindyloo

I've learnt how to keep my tools rust free.

Any chance you know how to get rust out of clothes?

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Please stop being so hard on yourself. I feel like that from time to (lots of times). I'm sure most people here do. It's all just practise, trial and error and hanging in there. So there. Aye.

**ps_bond** · 08-08-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Coco

Any chance you know how to get rust out of clothes?

Lemon juice!

**The Bijou Dragon** · 08-08-2009, 02:25 PM

Su, practice makes perfect... you should have seen some of the stuff I made when I first started... I'm totally ashamed now but I know it was all a learning process!

Please don't cry, I know exactly how you feel, I often see things I think WOW... I wish I could make that and then start comparing someone who's been doing silver stuff for 40 with mine and it just ain't right. In 40 years time, people will be looking at my stuff and thinking the same as I am now and the same goes for your stuff too!!

Don't make me come to your house and duff you up you silly mare

**bustagasket** · 08-08-2009, 02:53 PM

EEP!!!! I get upset from frustration very easily but pleaseeeeeeee sdont beat me up mrs :-s

**Coco** · 08-08-2009, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by ps_bond

Lemon juice!

Really? I might just give that a bash then! Wait it's not gonna do something awful like turn the rust stains bright pink is it?

**bustagasket** · 08-08-2009, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Coco

Really? I might just give that a bash then! Wait it's not gonna do something awful like turn the rust stains bright pink is it?

only if your names Coco...............oopsie

**Petal** · 08-08-2009, 08:39 PM

This recommendation comes from my MumIL

- The one thing with ANY stain is NOT to put it in the washing machine before you've had a go at trying to remove it, because it won't get the stain out, it will fix it in. To get most stains out make up a paste of washing powder and brush onto the fabric with a nailbrush or toothbrush, then wash out with COLD water, then put into the washing machine - that usually does the trick. For really stubborn stuff a drop of eucalyptus oil onto the stain - then a quick scrub and into the machine .

I've had countless foodie stains removed from my favourite clothes !!

good luck
Jules x