Auntie Meme?

My own meme I am passing on to my fellow artists, regarding craft.

4 tools I'd be lost without:
1. round-nose pliers
2. wire-cutters
3. chain-nose pliers
4. bent-nose pliers

4 of my favorite materials:
1. sterling silver
2. wood
3. stone
4. silk

4 of my favorite stones:
1. Larimar
2. peridot
3. garnet
4. ametrine

4 materials I'd like to work with:
1. Ruby
2. Larimar
3. London Blue Topaz
4. Tourmaline

4 things that inspire me:
1. beautiful design
2. nature
3. fluid shapes
4. certain materials

4 things that influence my work:
1. cost (sadly)
2. color
3. the purpose of the piece
4. trends

4 places I'd love to see my work:
1. television (ie. on gilmore girls)
2. on Sigourney Weaver, hands down the coolest actress EVER (actor, actually; the woman's got skillz)
3. in the Sundance catalogue
4. highlighted on some cool, trendy website or magazine

4 reasons I started my craft:
1. it's fun
2. it's challenging and makes me think
3. i enjoy looking at jewelry
4. i love rocks

4 things I'd like to do as an artist:
1. learn more
2. improve
3. take more risks
4. support myself

4 things I wish were better understood about my craft:
1. cheaper is not better; neither is more expensive
2. workmanship is important
3. it can be really time-consuming
4. all materials are not the same

4 things I love about my craft:
1. rocks
2. pretty colors and combining them into a pretty object
3. making people happy
4. satisfaction at a job well-done

4 things I don't like about my craft:
1. overhead and when materials are overpriced
2. the difficulty involved in finding and obtaining some materials
3. when people are negative or rude
4. when other designers misrepresent what they are selling, either on purpose or because of ignorance

4 things I just feel like tossing out there:
1. gold mining is bad for the environment (and often at the expense of the indigenous peoples beneath whose land it is found)
2. it can be very difficult to match 2 different pieces of the same natural material
3. big business marks jewelry up 500% - 5 times the actual cost of goods - or more
4. pricing an item is the hardest part of selling what I make...writing the descriptions on my website is the second! ;)