It has been a tired, scattered kind of day. I finished a dozen necessary pouches, and have a little pile of fairy skirts ready to sew up tomorrow, but I don't feel like anything got done today. I am in good shape for the sale on Friday and Saturday, and I plan to run specials and make deals and (hopefully) sell out my stock. This is the first year, since I started doing these sales 4 years ago, that I'm just not super jazzed. Yes, I'm excited. Yes, I'm looking forward to the sale. But, in the years past I've wished I had more sales lined up, and this year I'm so very thankful that I only planned two. Next week, I'll be done with my abbreviated Holiday Market season. (Whoop, whoop!)
This year is different in other ways, too. In the past, I've sewn boatloads of brocade handbags. Piles of them. Stacks. This year I haven't sewn one. I have a few from last year to brighten my stall, but... the whole assembly line effort.. the brocade fluff everywhere.. it just didn't sing to me this year. I will pull out my collection of brocade to make a few bags as Christmas gifts, but there will be no mass production. I'm feeling really good about this.
Most shocking, is that I've set a deadline for special orders for my Etsy store. November 30th is my end date. December 1st, I'll finish up any lingering special orders, and then the rest of the month is mine to play, sew, and create to my own little whim.* I just can't wait.
*Okay, there is some significant volunteering going on in December, but I'm excited about that, so it doesn't count.