It seems most peoples first questions are : "how do you get your ideas?" "how long did this take you?" "what's your process?"
Most of my design ideas come from the beads or components themselves. I'll see a bead, or combination of beads, and my brain starts dinging and drawing (and yes there is literally a pencil in my brain drawing out the idea), though sometimes a piece just pops in, completely finished. While I can't always make my designs specifically like I imagined them, and things develop as I bead, I never stop until I'm completely happy. I'm my own worst critic so sometimes this takes a while.
There are times where I spend HOURS just looking for beads to go with a pretty stone I found, and others where I just happen to have the perfect color already sitting in my drawer - those are the best because then I don't have to wait to start the project!
I'm happy to take special order requests, and will be upfront and honest about what I am and am not capable of.