simply-crafting

Well today is the day that I intend to take a whole bunch of pictures of my jewelry.  Why?  Well because I found a site that lists a whole lot of places where I can advertise my jewelry for sale and I need to get some good pictures of them to upload onto about five different sites.

As a crafter and creater I do fine, but as a photographer I don’t do so well.  All the pictures that I currently have of all my jewelry are pretty crappy.  So I have decided that I’m going to haul out my digital camera and try to take better ones.  So far the sales of my jewelry online isn’t going so well and I think part of the problem is because I do not take a good picture.

So I have decided that today I’m going to spend a lot of time making these pictures just right.  Hopefully then I will have some very pretty pictures to show people and hopefully this will create more sales.

Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with one of the mothers down at the bus stop.  She asked me for a price of what I would charge her to make her a homemade quilt.  Well I gave her a price and she informed me that it was way to steep.   Honestly for all the work that goes into a homemade quilt I think my prices are quite reasonable.

So I told her to go find a homemade quilt cheaper than that.  She informed me that she seen one that was at Zellers for a lot less than I quoted her.  So I told her to go buy it.  Honestly if you don’t want to pay my prices that’s fine, but don’t insult me by telling me I’m charging too much.  My time is most certainly worth something.

So I have come to a decision.  Even if she decides that she does want the quilt at that price, I’m not going to make it.  The reason for this is because I think it would be a never ending problem with her over everything.  If she’s going to be that hard to get along with about the price I would hate to hear her opinions on the quality.

Well I’m finally going to do it!!  After years of wanting to learn how to tole paint I have finally decided to take the plunge and to dive right in.  Last night I bought a couple of beginner magazines on learning to tole paint.  I plan on teaching myself how to tole paint just like I’ve taught myself to do every other craft I do.  I plan on reading this books from front to back and then go purchase a few small pieces to get my feet wet.

I know I should really finish the other projects that I’ve already gotten started on.  But I’m becoming bored with them and think it’s probably time for a change.  When I told my husband what I was planning to do, he just shook his head and started laughing.  I think he’s wondering how long I’ll stick with this until I get bored with it as well.  We will just see, now won’t we??

Wow I can’t believe how fast time flies by and how quickly it’s getting away from me.  I was seriously amazed that I haven’t posted here in the last few days.  I wish I could come in here and tell you all the a lot of excitement has been happening in my life and that’s why I haven’t been here.  But that’s not the case.   It’s just a case of life getting away from me.

I have been busy with the kids, the housework, going back to work and yes, a little crafting.  In the evenings (when I’m home) I have been busy working on the counted cross stitch for my friend.  I don’t have any pictures of the results yet as most of the work I have been doing is white on white which is not to photogenic.  But, when I get more done, I promise I’ll be in here to post.

Well, until then, I will talk to you all later.

I’m really starting to get annoyed with my little self.  I have the worst habit of losing things.  And most of the items I tend to misplace are either craft items I’m working with or patterns that I’m working on.  A few years ago I started a knitted afghan pattern.  I was doing quite well with this pattern until I lost it.  So I put the yarn away and kind of forgot about it for a while.  Then a little while later I started on a different knitted afghan pattern and….well  you all know where this is headed.

Well I’m here to report that once again I’ve done it again.  Only this time it was with plastic canvas pieces.  Not the pattern mind you, but the pieces that I’ve already cut out.  So before I can continue with this project I have to go on a search and rescue mission for some plastic canvas pieces.

Now you know why I am starting to get annoyed with my little self.

So as I said earlier, my crafting looks like it’s going to be put on hold for a little while.  I did in fact start my new (old) job on Sunday and have figured out that I’m probably going to run out of time to do as much crafting as I have been able to do in the past.  That’s the reason why I haven’t posted in a few days either.

Honestly even working part time has put me in a tail spin.  Between looking after the kids, doing the housework and working, there just isn’t enough hours in the day for everything.  And although I do love crafting and earning a small income from it, I have to figure out what my priorities are and unfortunately at this time crafting doesn’t top the list.

But no worries, once I have everything in my “real” life under control I am still going to find a way to try to fit a bit of crafting in.  So please bear with me until then and hopefully soon I will have some crafting results to blog about.

Well I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is, is that I was just rehired by my old boss to go back to work.  My work means more money.  Now on to the bad news.  Because I’m headed back to work, I won’t be doing my crafts quite as much as I have been.  With trying to divide my time between the kids, the house, the job and my blogging activities I can honestly see that some of my crafting projects will end up on the back burner.

Hopefully after a couple of weeks of working I will be able to determine where my time should go.  Once I get into a regular routine I should be able to squeeze time into crafting.  Oh well life happens.  Not crafting for a while won’t be the end of the world, but I know I’m going to miss it.  So I will have to try to find some extra time.

Well I haven’t been in here in a while.  And I hope you are asking why?!  Well I’m going to tell you anyway.  The reason for my absence is because I have been very busy starting a cross stitch for a friend.  When I finally found the cross stitch pattern, I took the finished product down to her for her to see if she liked it or not.  She liked it so much that she ordered two.  Thankfully only one of them needs to be completed for Christmas.  This particular pattern takes about four to six months to complete so I had to get started on it right away.  So for the past few nights I have been extremely busy cross stitching away.  When I get more done on the piece I will take a picture and post it.  I can’t wait for you all to see it!

It’s almost like the crafting gods were smiling on me.  On Friday I decided to spend some time looking for that pattern of a cross stitching project my friend was interested in.  I didn’t want to show her the finished project of one I did before I found the pattern.  If I had not found the pattern I did not want to get her hopes up of me being able to create this certain piece for her.

Well I’m happy to report that I did indeed find the pattern I was looking for!  And I found it in the first place that I looked.  So I took the finished piece to her to show her what it looks like and she loved it.  She loved it so much that she ordered two.  Thankfully she only wants one ready for Christmas.

So between these two cross stitching pieces I need to get done and the jewelry orders I need to get done, I’m going to be one busy crafter.

Well I have to say that I’m starting to get a little busy with all my crafting orders.  About a month ago I received some orders to make some jewelry pieces for people for Christmas and then yesterday a friend of mine ordered three family tree cross stitches from me.  This is super duper news for me!

There is only one problem with the cross stitch orders, I kind of lost the pattern.  Now I know it’s here somewhere, but where would be the big question.  I did tell my friend that I can’t find the pattern right now, but I also promised her I would look for it.  So can you all guess what I’ll be doing today??  That’s right!  Pattern hunting.  Hopefully I find it today so I can get started on these orders.  But if not, at least my craft stuff will finally be organized right??