Monday, January 24, 2011

Confessions of a procrastinator.

So back in November I had a craft show. I had more orders for things than I had purchases. Which was fine. I LOVE doing custom orders. HOWEVER, NEVER EVER EVER give me an order and say, "I don't care, just whenever you get around to it will be fine". Because let me tell ya, that automatically goes into the forget it file. Not on purpose, mind you, but that little sentence almost gives my brain permission to just dismiss it. Well, I had my stack of order cards sitting in front of me and all but one needed to be done before Christmas, which was fine. But I also had my Christmas gifts to make. So I finished up the "Had To's" and left the "Whenever" one. I kept staring at it and told myself I would get it done as soon as Christmas was over. Well, I stayed at my parents for the week after Christmas and when I got home, I poured myself into my son's Big Boy Room redo (more on that to come) for his birthday which was only two weeks away at that time. Note: Order for the outfit being pushed to back burner. My sweet friend e-mailed me this past week and I went into panic mode. Why? Because I had had the fabric for a month! So I made it real fast and I threw in an extra shirt so the outfit could be worn longer than first intended since she wanted a winter outfit.I uploaded the pic after I was done on my Facebook page and my page lit up with comments. (So exciting for me, since I am a little self-conscious about my work and I really hope and pray that people like it.) Then I got an order for another one, WOOT WOOT!! I actually put the pic in my "My Creations" album which led to a comment or two on this diaper bag:

Which led to an order for this diaper bag:


(Note: HORRIBLE picture. It's a shame that the sun is not up at 1AM!)
I took it to church to deliver it the next morning to my sweet sweet friend who was my best-attached at the hip, called her my sister-friend in high school who was in town visiting her mom for the weekend. She loved it by the way. I did too!
So I guess this is one case where procrastination paid off. However, I want to kill the procrastination habit this year. Any suggestions?

2 comments:

  1. I adore C's outfit. She wore it out Friday night for my Grandma's birthday dinner! Thank you for all that you do for me. I know how busy you are, but I just can't help bothering you for more stuff because it's all so beautiful!

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  2. I am glad you like it. I don't mind you bothering me, I love making things for you! You are my #1 customer! :-)

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