Do you ever feel that outside forces are permanently conspiring against you to prevent you from sitting down and getting on with some much loved crafting and creating!!? Tee Hee! I can't really complain as I've just had a couple of orders come in from a British website I joined earlier this year. It's a bit like watching the kettle boil - I always seem to get an order or interesting e-mail the days I'm out at work at my office job which I do two days a week. Nothing happens for days and days until I go to work, then the little elves come out to play in my e-mail inbox! (which remains deathly silent while I'm at home!).
I've just had an order for some of my Harris Tweed ladybirds (ladybugs), which I love to make. I'm thinking of putting a couple or so in my Etsy shop but maybe I'll experiment with stuffing them with pure sheep's wool which is something I've played around with before. I love the idea of making an entirely natural product. This pure red Harris Tweed is so gorgeous and rich that I've decided to reserve it for making smaller items as I probably won't be able to get it again (due to changes in the Harris Tweed industry, there is not the same variety of colours and patterns being produced - but that's another story for another post!)I also got an order for one of my Harris Tweed Beach Balls which I love to make too. This is all great news but this week is my in-laws 50th Wedding Anniversary and we have the much loved uncles (my brothers-in-law) home from their adopted home of Austria (it's a long story - Outer Hebrides to Austria) to celebrate, and a favourite Auntie from Inverness (my sister-in-law). All in all, things seem to be conspiring against me from sitting down peacefully and making/creating in a leisurely and enjoyable fashion - Aaaargh!
Anyone else have the 'outside forces conspiring against my creativity' syndrome??!* :-)
4 comments:
I totally have this syndrome. As you probably know/remember, parents of small children don't always get much daylight time for ANYthing self-involved, so that leaves me a few hours each evening to work up the energy to get creative. I have some nights where I'm so tired I just can't do it. Then I get on a roll, like I did last week, and end up catching a nasty cold and just can't muster the strength. I want to craaaft!
All the time!! This weekend we are having 2 parties for Anya who turns 5 soon (1 for school and 1 for family), the house is a mess and I have craft stuff strewn EVERYWHERE but I have a craft fair the weekend after, that I need to get things made for - arrrggghhh!! I need to get off the computer and work :)
Hee Hee - I feel so much better - thankyou! :-)
I think the ladybugs would do well in your Etsy shop. They are the one bug most people like :)
I don't have that many things to stop me from drawing, but some days those things do get in the way :/
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