Oh my goodness!
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Just oh my goodness! Things have been so intense lately. So much to do, so little time. The holidays were like a mad dash to the finish line, only your legs were bound to a hundred pound pole... Its all so draining and exhaustion has no time to settle in since there is still so much to do!
I finally, finally, finished all of my commissions. Got out three armwarmer sets, and a his&her scarf set. The scarves were surprisingly fun to make, and I can't wait to make more. May just make some to list up.
I also have about 11 patterns to work with and learn, and a jacket to complete. My parents got me a serger sewing machine, so that should go fast once I learn how to use it. And now I also have a rather fetching pattern thanks to my friend showing me a place that sells knitting patterns. Will have to work on that too!
My new commissions.
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So, a good friend commissioned me to make her three pairs of armwarmers. I just bought the yarn for all three projects, and to be honest...I am so excited and happy to get the yarn. It is literally one of the only things that is bright and happy at the moment.
On top of this I may have a commission for three scarves.
For Kayla I have to make one Crocodile Stitch armwarmer set, then two strapped armwarmer sets.
Things as they are
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So, my school, being this super awesome school and one of the best to go to for culinary arts, was utterly not on top of things. They sent me a bill near the beginning of the month for 230$, which is my tuition, yet that was halfway through the month. I hadn't been in any classes so it was weird to get billed for them. I think that it is part of my payment plan, so I am still paying. I can pay too, which is all thanks to my friend Kayla. Once I pay for the yarn, and then my tuition, I will have all of 11$ to my name. I'm glad that I got my tuition paid, or rather that I will get it paid, but... I hate being so poor. Its like, really? Its horrible.
But, my family is opening a small thrift like store that I get to work at. IE, I've been forced into it and promised money to go to school, but I have to work there and won't have the time to go back to school because I'll be babying the shop. Joyous news! But I guess at least I'll have some income and be able to buy the materials I want for making things. That's a plus right? Yayme.
Anyhow, I don't know what to do anymore. I want to go to school still, but I'm so done with this whole, "lets increase your tuition when we know that you could barely pay it BEFORE WE DECIDED TO TRIPLE IT!" Then there is that little fact that I've not been able to get in touch with ANYONE who knows how to help me for over a month. They didn't even bother to tell me that my academic advisor wasn't my academic advisor anymore! How kind of them... I only found out because I had a question for her and she basically told me that I wasn't her responsibility and told to piss off and ask someone else. Kind of feeling like this school isn't worth it. I really am. Which is bad since it is considered one of the best school for my career path.
I don't know. Things are just... Terrible. I miss my boyfriend, I'm always tired and in pain. I could sleep for a week and still crave sleep I think. Everything just... bothers me. I want to work, but all I want to do is sleep, sleep, sleep and read.
Anyways, onto commissions...
Mannequins
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Hey guys.
So, lately I've been thinking of buying a mannequin so that I can show off things that I make more effectively and in a more proper manner. Yet I am unsure of what kind I should get or the prices of such a thing. So I've been doing some searches on Ebay for one that I like. This is really hard, since...well I'm broke. All the ones that I like are over 100$, over 120$ to be truthful. They're adjustable and androgynous enough for my purposes. And on top of that I want to get glove and sock displays, as well as a mannequin head for hats and hoods. This is all just so ridiculous for me.
Its hard to stay upbeat lately too. I have all of 30$ to my name, and no sales have been happening to make things less doom and gloom. I know that it is my fault for not being more attractive to everyone who is buying things. I have a few commissions lined up and am waiting for them to be made official. I'm starting to doubt my own abilities, but yet I am still trying to be full of hope and happiness. It could be so much worse, and I know that.
However, I've been trying to get out there more, and as such I have been using twitter (https://twitter.com/DiviCreations) and pintrest (http://pinterest.com/divinitate/) to get my stuff out there more. I am so very hoeful that this will work. So, here is to working hard to get things done!
Remind!
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Note to Sam, remember to remind Trixie about the TARDIS scarf that she wants to talk to you about.
"I'm thinking TARDIS blue with a white border and white tassels."
Woo! TARDIS! Finally something about the Doctor!!
Woo! TARDIS! Finally something about the Doctor!!
Been a while, but its all going okay.
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So, things are starting to look a little less grim for me at home. My mum just got home, and its been a blast just being around her and not being all alone all day long. That has helped me to get a little over the sorrows I've been fighting off for the past two months. Its been hard alone, but now that my mum is home I have someone to talk crafting with who some what understands the words that come out of my mouth. Plus she gets to teach me the things that she learned on her own while away from home! That alone will be exciting to do.
I am starting to, also, fall in love with tassels. Its all so random. I think that it is because of this scarf design that someone showed me.
As you can see it is a fabulous looking scarf. I have an idea of how to make it and I honestly cannot wait to get to it! I have so much to do, and possibly two commissions this month too! Oh how I hope that this is so. I also may have a job at a hotel, though the employer has yet to contact me about it. I left a message for him on Friday, since I got there like fifteen minutes after he left... But he hasn't gotten in touch with me yet...So I have to go back up there, and a lot sooner in the day, to see him. Which is silly, but if it gets me a job other then this then there is hope for school in the winter!
Now, this is my list of things that I have to get done... Its not that insane, I swear!
Blanket for Mal,
Blanket to sell,
Hooded scarf,
Scarf-cowl thing for Dekkard,
Glen's Scarf for Iscy,
Blanket for Mal,
Blanket to sell,
Hooded scarf,
Scarf-cowl thing for Dekkard,
Glen's Scarf for Iscy,
Knitted scarf,
Purple shawl for Mal
Purple shawl for Mal
Then if I get the commissions that I am waiting on then I will also have:
Crocodile Stitch Arm Warmers
Angel Hair Cowl
Crocodile Stitch Arm Warmers
Angel Hair Cowl
Kind of a lot, but I think that I can do more, so I will be doing more... If I can manage that is.
And, as if all of this wasn't enough to make my eyes go like this <__________> I am also reading Animal Farm and Catcher in the Rye again, just for the fun of it. I had forgotten how lovely Orwell was and how immature I was when I was a kid for not enjoying his books. I seriously need to read more, and to have more time. Sleep less perhaps? I don't know. That would be nice, that is for sure. If only it wouldn't make me sick... Pft, sick... As if the weather going from WHOAMYGOSH hot to Ohhelloooooo cool didn't make my nose all plugged and my allergies got Talleyho! at me. Psha right?
Now, moving along... I've a lot of work to do, and only about a hour before I keel over for some shut eye.
Things and how they are at the moment.
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So things are slowly starting to get really interesting. My mum is coming home after being gone for a few months to take care of my uncle, and I am now on a fourteen week break from school to earn money. It looks like my old boss may hire me to help prep for a party that she's going to throw soon. I'm not to sure if that is like decorating or if that is cooking prep. Kind of hoping for the later rather then the former so that I can learn some of her cooking techniques.
Then there are two new places opening soon. Totally applying for both of them when they're accepting applications. Hopefully one, or both, will hire me for the next fourteen weeks. That would be oh so good, and it would make school so much easier for me to do.
However a friend, current or former I'm not to sure how I feel about them at the moment, told me that I should just give up on my dreams. That I will never succeed at having my own cafe. It hurt so badly that she would say such a thing, I couldn't stop crying. Her words however are now a motivational thing for me; I have one more person to prove wrong. I think that is my driving force now, the desire to prove every one wrong, to show them that, yes, it is hard, but that I am fearless and that I can and will make my dreams a reality. It was so shocking to hear that from someone I cared for. It hurt more then words can express. Yet, it is a motivational thing for me now, it means I have that much more to prove. I have to prove I'm not a dumb child to yet one more person.
And then on the other side, the creative, fun and crafty side, of things I have to say that I finished two scarves lately! One is a long fashion scarf and the other is a one wrap around scarf. The fashion scarf will have tassels on it soon, I've just been a little busy trying to get in touch with accounting at my school so that I can pay my tuition. It seems like they're impossible to get in touch with! Like really hard! Its so weird to me.
Also had to restart my pink and white blanket. I wasn't going to have enough yarn to make what I wanted, but now I think that I will, which is a great thing!
Classes.
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So today, September 21, is my second to last day of class for a good three and a half months. Still no new sales, and no more commissions. I've been fairly busy trying my best to make things that I can sale on here when my products start to move, or for on Etsy since its easy to list things on there. I am still just as hopeful that this will all work out in the end, and that I'll be able to move in January, which is my goal. There is a lot of things that I need to do before then, the biggest of which is me earning a lot of money. Though I've no doubt that this will work out. It will just take a little more time and effort then I am already putting into it. Hard work will pay off, eventually.
But, that said I am rather excited for a little break from classes, getting a little burned out of always doing homework and not being able to devote more time to my crafts. So the next three and a half months will be fantastic! Though Christmas is coming up too, which I'm hoping will be a big boon for sales!
