How can I create designs for jewelry?

You may notice that I haven't written in here for almost a year.  My Mom has still been creating jewelry, but I haven't been helping much.  I'm pretty old now, and I don't feel that well, so I just sleep a lot.  But my Mom took this picture yesterday that perfectly illustrates my relationship with the little boy that she adopted last year. He's gotten better, but he still is always trying to get us to play with him.  I'd think he'd know by now that we girls don't want to be bothered by a little boy.  **sigh**

Also I thought I'd throw in a picture of one of the most recent things that my mom made.