Are you like me?
I have the most amazing ideas jumping around in my brain, so many great things I want to make, new crafts I want to try. But I rarely find the time to sit down and do any of it.
When I had my own handmade business I found it much easier to justify as it was work. It was ok if I spent hours or days perfecting a pattern or working on an intricate masterpiece but now that I do craft for the sheer love of it I find myself feeling guilty if I spend time creating instead of cleaning.
Pinterest has become my friend, I will pin instead, it doesn't create a mess and I can quickly flip the ipad cover closed if I am sprung. That doesn't help my itchy fingers or frustrated creativity though.
Being a mother of 4 boys means there is a LOT of mess in my home (without my craft stuff) and it can become overwhelming very quickly if I don't spend several hours a day cleaning and doing laundry. With only one child not at school I have found that setting him up at a table in my studio with pencils, papers, scissors and the mandatory glue that every preschooler seems to must have or it isn't really craft, means that I can get 40 minutes to an hour in every second day. Not enough but I guess every little bit counts, right?
That youngest little man will be off to school next year so in the meantime will I keep stockpiling amazing fabrics for quilts I dream of making and delicious wool for half crocheted projects ;). Maybe next year, in between canteen and reading duty I will get to finish some things!
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