I know a lot of people say that, but I'm really feeling it lately. I have so many things I want to make to list, but I don't seem to be able to find the time for some of them. I also sometimes have a problem making things that are seasonally appropriate. It seems all I want to make things for is the holiday or season that has just passed. That is not very helpful.
I have a lot of things planned for my Etsy shop, but what I really need to do is to sit down and get some stuff done. One of the problems is that when I make something new is that I also need to keep track of time when I am working on them. That is helpful so I will know how much to charge for time. I know that there is a great debate when it comes to charging for time but I won't go into all of that here.
It makes it take longer for me to make some of those new things because I also like to keep notes of how long each step takes me. This is something I do in case I don't need to do one of the steps or in case I find something else to use that cuts down on the time. I've also had timers reset themselves before when I would keep stopping and starting them. Some of the things I have planned will also take a while to create.
I am not sure if I want to crochet or do some hand weaving when I am making my beaded bracelets. I got some blank C shaped bracelet bases that I plan on covering. It was interesting trying to find something to use for these. A lot of people just join the ends of their beaded tubes to make them into bangles. This would work fine if someone could try it on and make sure it fits, but it is a bit more tricky when dealing with people on the internet and not being able to easily fix a problem. I tried asking people to measure their hand for me but that doesn't always work out.
I'm also going to be trying different ways of finishing the ends of the tubes I will be making. The plan had to be to use bead caps to cover any parts that might be showing that aren't the best, but the ones I purchased don't fit onto the bracelet blank. Another idea for the bracelets was to use Memory wire in the center, but that would just make making each on take that much longer.
Though speaking of memory wire, I do have some plans involving that. As I posted a few months ago, I want to make some more Kukui nut bracelets. I still have to time myself though. I also have to go back and try and calculate the price of materials. This will be interesting since I can't just go to the store to get some more, but it seems kind of ridiculous to try and factor in the price of a ticket to Hawai'i. As much as I would love to be able to take a trip over "just to buy supplies" I'm sure no one out there wants to fund that for me.
I am also on the lookout for some beads I can use to make some crochet Poinsettia earrings. They will be similar to the cherry blossom ones I had made in the spring. The original plan had been to get the gold hoops and gold earring finds, but I can't find the gold hoops. All the silver beads I have seen in the store look very cheap to me, so it wasn't so easy as to just make everything I had planned to be gold into silver.
There are also plans on messing around with thinner thread and the clear beads to make some snowflakes. That will take a bit longer to test out different stitches and bead combinations.
So many words, so little production. I really need to work on that.
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