Loving What I Do

Is it wrong that I fall deeply in love with what I design?  And I do mean almost everything?  That is not to say that plenty of my creations haven't ended up in the "round file", but as a whole I get pretty darn excited about the fruits of my labor.  Perhaps that is why I, and every other crafter out there, get so frustrated and discouraged when a craft show is less than successful or my Etsy shop doesn't get a sale immediately after a listing goes up.  After all, if I love it doesn't everyone else in the whole entire universe?  What's that?  No...  Well who asked you?  See?  There's that temperamental crafter again.  Where does she come from?  The truth is that none of us would bother to create anything that we didn't love ourselves, but we all have to learn that the sun does not rise and set only for our personal enjoyment.  We have to swallow our pride, put on our big girl panties and throw that particular item in the clearance bin.  As painful as it is to accept that not everyone shares our taste, every failure should be a lesson learned and instead of allowing it to get us down it should make us just mad enough to be successful the next time around.  It's okay to take it personal but don't ever let it dampen your passion!  After all of that rambling I thought you might like to see some of my epic failures!

These are some of the hair pieces that I was certain would be the first to go at my last craft fair.  They're still with me, but I STILL LOVE THEM!!!

  

Creating

I'm certain that I am not alone in feeling completely overwhelmed by incredibly creative and spectacular project ideas.  A year ago I had no idea that I had even a glimmer of craftiness in my being.  Today I am sitting here with no doubt in my mind I can create anything I set out to do.  The problem lies in the fact that I have too many creative thoughts swimming through my brain.  Funny... As I typed that last sentence, I visualized my thoughts speed-skating through my brain.  How completely random yet perhaps a much better description.  I guess the point is that it truly is possible to accomplish anything, but it is probably better to do it one step-at-a-time.  With that being said, I want to share my very first creations on my beautiful Grandmother's sewing machine.  I created them with her in mind and even used her vintage fabrics and buttons.  I hope that they make you smile just as they make me smile.  :o)