"I had spent days carefully arranging and sewing my pages together. All the gluing, staining, scraping, tearing and sewing that had gone into the creation of each page were supposed to get covered up with writing? I was very hesitant to move on to this next step. I might cover up something important, or I might mess up my writing. And lastly, what did I even have to say that was important enough for a book such as this?" — @tiffanysimplysharpe

We are often our own harshest critics. Tell us, how do you overcome artistic hesitation? Do you consider yourself a creative risk taker or do you prefer to play it safe?

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Magdalena Pavlović refers to her handcrafted polymer clay jewelry as Stories Made by Hands, a moniker that certainly makes you wonder not only about the story behind each piece but also about what her journey has entailed so far. Wanting to make herself useful during a difficult time, she found much more than a diversion when she discovered and taught herself to create jewelry with polymer clay.

“For me, making jewelry has a therapeutic effect. It calms me down and makes me think better about myself … making jewelry is the only thing that keeps me in one place.” — @stories_made_by_hands

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