Thing-a-day.com

I’m in shop biz mode. This is part of my MySpace marketing images.

I’ve been so busy lately. On Sunday I set up my shop at HungaMunga’s Art Bazaar in East London. It was nice to see some familiar faces and get caught up. I also took a few items I had not showcased and it was fun seeing the reaction to these (Jebby the Whale and a painting I have yet to post online). I think the whole HungaMunga thing is ace!

Check out my shop at www.maribel.etsy.com.

cards made by moo. Aren’t they cute?

Day 10
Setting up Shop

So, this task took much longer than I thought it would. Haha, if only because I had little to any help in accomplishing it. One person commented with their etsy shop, and I already knew of her etsy shop… because I had hunted it down and bought things already from her! Hahaha. So what to do? Surrender? NEVER. Oh no, my thing-a-day was getting done, whether any one actually uses it or not. So I figured, anyway. Being the amazing person I am, with apparently a very slow Sunday (somewhat of a lie), I scrolled down the author’s page and clicked EVERY SINGLE USER’S profile to see if they had a website listed. If they had a website listed, I clicked through the website to see if they had a linked shop/etsy page. It got tedious at points, but also somewhat of an amusing chase - patting myself on the back for being an excellent internet researcher. I also thought perhaps what I was doing was slightly creepy, but, who doesn’t like free advertising? And well, if they want me to take it down that badly, I will. I’m just trying to do good and bring ‘em money and share the handmade love I swear!

And now that I’ve gone on a completely diatribe, haha, here is the beloved list. Use and abuse it. It might be slightly incomplete because some people have created/recently finished shops since I finished the list on Sunday, but alas, c’est la vie, I’d also be more than willing to add them on if such people request. Enjoy! And shop away!

Day 11
Charging Up

Day 11 made me realize I do a lot of creative/crafty/making things that I just don’t count. For instance, baking cookies, organizing care packages (I just sent out two letters and three packages today… erm), daily positivity lists, taking photos, organizing my craft supplies, and… I just don’t count them. Why not? I’m a perfectionist and I want to do more than um, what I already do. I guess if it’s already daily in my mind, something I would do regardless, it doesn’t count! Haha. Oops. So I go out of my way to do more. Anyway. This has nothing to do with what I actually made (I MADE A REVELATION!) haha.

The thing I made wasn’t perhaps the most creative thing ever, but it was something I needed to do seeing as it was plaguing my mind. I happened to already be sick yesterday - I woke up with very flu-like symptoms, but um, seem to not have the flu and seems to have been a bad reaction to something. Point was, tissues were everywhere, I slept half the day, I had a searing migraine, doubled over in stomach pain, nausea, bones achey, youuu name it. So I wasn’t perhaps in the most inspired mood. I wanted to be, but I wasn’t. And of course, when my body is down and feeling crappy, it said “oh please, Victoria, let’s be sensible and bring your emotions down with you!” And thus, down they spiralled. So my thing-a-day was to sort out my emotions and make a positives and negatives list of a current situation in my life that could potentially create a lot of change in the next few months, so it was kinda important to do. I don’t think I got it all out, as it’s a rather heavy topic in both heart and mind, but I think I needed to at least write the basics of my dilemma out so that I didn’t keep it locked up inside me. Rather, I have it on a neat organized sheet to remind me that anyone would go crazy with all these decisions intertwined with sentimental emotion. And that makes me feel better. Haha.

Oh no picture or actual result, because as I said, it’s rather personal. Which, actually usually doesn’t stop me, but I guess in this situation it does. Which I suppose really says something, hm?

Day 12
Work in progress…

IS STILL IN PROGRESS. OH NOES. Haha. But I know exactly what it’s going to be. I have this goal on my mission 101 list to write three pages everyday stream-of-conscious for a month. I had attempted it once before, while I was still in school, and maybe made it through half a month or little bit more before I just couldn’t find the time (I would often catch myself still struggling even when I did accomplish it… inbetween periods, on breaks, in classes). So, I decided I’m going to start up this goal again tonight. But, I’m going to do it right. The point of the goal, or writing stream-of-conscious in general, is to free up the mind of creative restraints and just let whatever is in you out, more open to invention. And I’ve taken to meditating the past few nights to calm myself down, also um, one of my goals… hahah but I didn’t start that one intentionally! I just needed it. Anyway, so I figure, after I meditate and clear my mind a bit, I’ll write out everything inside me, and really really clean myself out. Which will be a wonderful cleansing process. And what better timing than right before I go to sleep? So cheers to that. I’ll post my results tomorrow!

Here is the mother load of stitch markers. My normal number that I make is 5 but these were the last of the beads so I used them all and made 8 stitch markers. These will be great for those that are big spenders and want more than 5. I love these beads and it’s sad to see them go.

I didn’t draw anything today, but I did sew my first stuffed toy for sale on etsy! I slapped together this flyer with photos and my shop banner. Shameless self promotion indeed