u/alderaan-amestris

I’m a side sleeper. My plan is:
Base layer: 8 inch simple innerspring medium or medium-firm
Transition layer: 5cm high density polyurethane foam
Top: plush down / down alternative topper (I like the pillow top feel)

Not looking for specific recommendations because I don’t live in the US or any other country where you can easily get a lot of the well known brands. My basic question is what is ideal for my base layer? Should I stick with firm or medium?

I’m 34f and about to move into the studio apartment, where I will to my great delight, be living alone for the third time in my life. It’s got its pros and cons but overall, I think it’s the right choice for me and my cats. I’m shopping for a mattress and thinking of just getting a full mattress because it’s big enough for me to stretch out and cuddle with my cats but a lot of people that I know are trying to encourage me to get a queen size mattress so that there will be room for my partner if and when I meet someone. At this point I’ve been single for more than four years and I’m not even dating. I just wanna get to bed that’s right for me whether that’s a full-size or a queen size. Not because of some hypothetical future partner that will apparently justify a bigger bed. I just don’t understand this logic. I’m not against meeting someone, but I also just don’t wanna plan my whole life around it. And I feel like a lot of my family members don’t really get that.

With the cost of booth fees it seems like you have to sell things that take under an hour in order to charge low enough and make enough sales per day. I make bead jewelry that takes between 45 minutes for a smaller project and 2 hour and 15 minutes for a larger project. After packaging and mostly booth fees, I calculated I’d need to charge $50 for a small beaded ring in order to make my wage, and $60-90 to make any profit margin. Which feels like far too much for a small beaded product. But I also don’t feel like 45 minutes is a crazy amount of time for these things? How do yall offset the cost of booth fees?? Is everyone making things in 20 minutes?

Basically I’ve been using big eye needles but they don’t last me very long, they break in half after a while or they loosen up. I work with miyuki 15/0s (thinking of switching to Toho since I heard the holes are bigger) and regularly pass through twice with 0.5 Stretch Magic (sometimes with wire, but I don’t really need a needle for that). It’s a bit of a struggle and if the hole is smaller than usual the cord breaks where the needle holds it. Looking for needle recommendations specifically for elastic cord. Keep in mind most beading needles are not compatible with elastic cord (trust me I have tried to pass stretch magic through those eyes in every manner possible but no luck).