As my regular tweeps on twitter will know, I am currently in bed with a lap top and hot water bottle for company. I have a hurtie hip as the craftyguidelets (aged 2 and 4) would say. As I’m not going anywhere fast (or at all), I thought I’d have a quick blog.
Over the last few months, I SHOULD have been preparing for my second non-Guiding craft show, and my first without cards. I’ve been making lists of what I should make, how many, where to source the materials, how to price it, thinking of new ideas, buying more materials. Now with 3 working days to go, I’m having a panic about stock.
Today I’ve finished a personalised Christmas stocking for an order, but that is it. Four handbags are on the office floor almost finished. Bunting is ready to be cut out. Another string of bunting just needs to be sewn onto the tape. I have five naked cushions that should have covers. And as for the army of owls I wanted to have, I haven’t even started. I’ve also got a lovely idea for lavender bags, and two more ‘Worry’ bags to make to send to a school for an order.
It’s my own fault. I’m definitely not in the ‘little and often’ club. I’m an ‘all or nothing’ girl. I plan, I procrastinate, I make lists. I’m the most organised disorganised person around. I put on a good show of being organised, which I suppose is what I’ll do on Saturday. I’ve got a 2’ x 6’ table to fill, and I’m sure I’ll fill it. This isn’t my livelihood. All profits go to the Guides, and if I look at my stash, I’m sure I’ve got enough to present Craftyguider properly to the locals. I’ll have business cards, Guide publicity and a winning smile (that’ll scare ‘em!).
A positive Doozer will be manning the stall on Saturday. I might even make the ‘little and often’ club badge as my on-stall crafting project. As a Guide leader, I promise that I will do my best which is what I’ll do, and I’ll wear my badge with pride.