i've been a bit distracted.
can you blame me?
I spent last night in a garden on a warm, sunny Portland late afternoon (yeah, those are rare around here right now) hanging out with my favorite new local band, HyDrive. Apparently they were planning to record yesterday until everyone woke up to the sun shining - instead, they decided to find somewhere great to do a last minute show and it just so happens, Tin Shed has happy hour ALL DAY on Sunday. Lord help us.
I've got such a creative group of friends I'm running into the same problem I had when I was here before - everyone's got something going on that I'd like to support and in the meantime, I forget that I'm here to do that, too.
I've been working a lot, too, and gettin' in some good loving but I let my own self go for a bit - yesterday I ran home and blitzkreiged my room, which had turned into an unbelievable disaster - I had an epic goodwill score earlier that week, which turned into basically a giant pile I didn't address due to busyness (my life last week involved a lot of running home, grabbing a shower, and running back out - everything, sadly, got neglected - not least my yoga practice).
On a bright note - among a million other things I scored these amazing Italian leather boots in just my size - it amazes me that someone would want to hand these off - the leather on the boot leg is the softest, butteriest stuff ever - feels like kid skin! I probably paid about a dollar for these.
Because of all the chaos, I guess, I've been completely uninspired to make much - I've been sneaking some knitting in here and there but the jewelry hasn't been coming to me at all. When I finally get a chance to sit down alone really all I want to do is pick up the needles and get these socks done for mom on mother's day. Sit, be alone, watch a movie and knit. And to think I complained about a lonely winter...
The fortunate thing is that I realize this sort of thing happens to me periodically, and when it ends a whole new round of inspiration will kick in. Still, it's kind of a bummer - i was going pretty strong this winter but with no new product, well, that means several things, including one very important one: without new product, there probably won't be any new sales.
I guess I can look at this positively and accept it as a break. Because I need one.
In the meantime I discovered yet a new Etsy shop that I absolutely love this morning - meet HerbanDevi, who makes amazing clothing for girls like me - you can yoga in 'em, dance in 'em, or go out in 'em. And they're ecologically sound, too.
I'd be right into these pants were I not a financial disaster right now - perhaps the biggest reason I can't seem to create anything is that I'm out of most of my silver sheet and wire - and I can't afford to buy anymore at the moment, since I had to spend my most recent Etsy income on a new digital camera.
Love how that works, huh?
