Whirlwind

I haven’t had the time to really devote to posting to the blog since we have had a whirlwind of visitors. Haven’t been sewing much either. Thank goodness for crochet! I can always make hats while people oooh and aaaahhh over the new baby. My latest visitor is my 7-year-old niece who I have taught to knit. She has quite a knack for it..must be in the genes.
I’ve been researching the difference of wholesale and consignment and how to go about getting your things into stores. So much work has to be done. I guess owning your own biz and being a craftsperson is never “easy” work.
Tomorrow my new camera arrives. I am so excited about taking better pictures. Hubby and I have deiced to switch my sewing room and our bedroom so that I we can have the bigger space as the workspace. That way he can have his workspace there also (he’s a writer) and I can have my sewing table and also I’ll be able to create a place to take pictures of the kids indoors. Since the rainy season is about to begin this is really going to come in handy. A fellow ebayer told me how to create a great backdrop and I really admire her pictures. I haven’t tried it yet but she has told me to buy 6 yards of white vinyl and a piece of Plexiglas. Basically have the vinyl attached to the wall and run onto the floor and then place the Plexiglas on top of the vinyl so that the kid stands on that. Once the lighting has been put into place the kid will look as if he is standing on a really shiny surface.
Pretty cool.

Schedule

Oh I need to get these kids on the same schedule. Currently most of my work time is during naptime. And today the kids are napping at different times. I need to figure out what I can do creatively work wise when these types of situations arise. For example right now Logan is asleep and Zane is refusing to shut his lids. He is sitting in his little infant-to-toddler rocker and I am rocking him with my foot while I type this. My FIL was very impressed with this multi-tasking skill that I have acquired. So I ask myself what can I be doing work wise instead of putzing on the Internet? There has to be something I can do sitting down and rocking with my foot….I thought maybe cutting fabric. But that involves bringing all the supplies downstairs…and then it’s turned into a production…with the cutting board, fabric, pattern, scissors and pins. Research stores and blog is all I have come up with. But I believe deep in my soul that there must be more.
I used the Paypal shipping feature today for the first time. Yesterday when at the Post Office Logan decided to throw a total temper tantrum. And of course it’s on the day that everyone and their brother is at this po-dunk PO….normally it is dead in that joint. And it wasn’t even about anything….just proving that he is indeed turning 2 in a few days.
Earlier today I attempted to make my very first long sleeved collared shirt. It’s still in the making but so far it’s looking pretty cute. The first ones of anything are always for Logan so I will take pixs and post them here so you can see my latest creation.
The 2 sets I have up on ebay right now have been sitting without any hits and only 2 watchers. I hate that feature on ebay. It’s torture really. 2 people are watching…are they going to bid…is the set going to sell…..torture I tell you, torture. Don’t tell me who’s watching…leave it as a mystery. I become too obsessed with watching the freakin’ ebay page myself. Plus when I’m on ebay and looking at stuff I add things to watch and then totally forget about them sometimes…other times I watch something and decide to bid once I know it’s exactly what I want. Which are these people who are watching my auctions?? I hope the ladder. Maybe they just haven’t made up their minds yet.
Let’s hope.
Well I hear my little prince calling from upstairs, “Hello, mommy! All done Night-night! Mommy! All done night night!”