Progress and New Ideas

I've amassed a huge list of things to do with myself in the coming weeks before the darn convention, and right now I find that I'm feeling a wee little bit overwhelmed.

Most of it, however, is my own fault. I keep putting stuff off that I shouldn't, and it's making my life more and more difficult.

For example, on the weekends I've been trying to make myself sit down and work on the multitude of things that I NEED to get done for Sci-Fi on the Rock IV, and it's just not working. I keep finding excuses to do things I don't need to, like play D&D or sit and watch DS9, or work on models, or any number of other things that I decidedly don't need to be doing in place of what DOES need to be done.

The list, at the moment, of things to be done;

- A table cloth
- a change apron (I don't like fanny packs, so this is what I'm making...the things waitresses always have.)
- a jewellery tree (thankfully, I just finished that)
- about another 50 pairs of earrings
- jewellery displays (only 2 out of about 5 are done)
- business cards
- posting my new work to artfire
- getting in gear and actually spending an evening at the flea market to see how things go over
- finishing one of my costumes (haven't even STARTED)
- sewing an icepack rig so that I have a useful way to keep one on my shoulder while I work rather than stopping every hour (torn rotator cuff makes things horrible.)

- and any number of other things that I just haven't gotten the motivation to do.


It's nothing but laziness on my behalf, and I know I'll get it sorted out in the next few weeks, but I only HAVE about another 6 weeks until the convention, and I need all the time I've got, compounded with school, and work with the military. I really, really need to get moving on this stuff.

What DOESN'T help is that with the recent nonsense going on with Canada Post has delayed my Ring Lord order by nearly a week now, and a lot of the stuff I'm working on is hinging on that order. But I fear I've been using that as a bit of an excuse, and I need to get myself OUT of that particular rut right away.

On the bright side of things, the aformentioned jewellery tree has brightened my day, though the prospect of patina-ing it has only irritated me. Patina-ing it with nothing but a BIC lighter is also making it worse.

The one thing that is making me happy right now is that I can make a lot of the things on my list, particularly all the fabric related things, without spending any more money. The sheer volume of fabric in my closet is staggering right now, and I have GOT to use some of it up. Now I just have to hope that I have a few bolts in about a three metre length to actually MAKE the damn tablecloth useable. I'm one for hoarding fabric, but I usually buy it in about a two-metre length for use in small projects. That's where I run into my trouble. I'll have to see what I've got in a useful amount of fabric before I determine whether or not I can justify going to the fabric store. I really, really don't want to, but I might not have a choice.

I also have to do another batch of candles. Ugh.

On that note, here's some quick pictures of the jewellery tree, one of it filled, and one of it empty--





I will almost definitely update again later today to see what else I've managed to get done. I'm dedicating the day to getting things done. We'll see how that goes.

- Tara