Jewelry-making

I have taken up a new hobby--jewelry-making. Mostly earrings. I love to use sterling silver and real semi-precious stone beads, like tiger's eye or amethyst. I sometimes also use glass beads and other metals. Do you know how crafts or hobbies strike at the worst possible moment? (If it doesn't happen to you, consider yourself lucky.) I stayed up until 1:30 one night in a jewelry-making frenzy. It's like, I have all this other stuff to do, finishing up a novella and a novel, and a hundred other things, but my brain obsesses over making cool and unique earrings. Or hair sticks. I have long curly hair but I had never used hair sticks to hold it up before. In Atlanta I found a handmade pair in a small shop. Turns out I LOVE them but I can't find any in my area. So I've figured out how to make them myself and I have all the pieces. I only need to figure out one small glitch...