I am 52 years old newly empty nest mom. I have always wanted to learn how to make quality jewelry but as a working mom and wife I never had the time. Now I have an open room for a shop and started taking lessons from Metals-Edge in Scottsdale, AZ. I have just started and love it already. I want to set up my bench and hope to get tips and ideas from this forum. My desire is to get good enough to give myself something productive to do in my retirement. I currently own a web marketing firm.