I’ve been thinking about this post for a week, and I kept putting it off because I felt as though it wasn’t really worth making. Each year I like to look back at everything that I’ve made, but this last year I don’t seem to have made anything very much!
Of course there were the theatre costumes for Neverwhere, which I still haven’t shown in their entirety. They took up most of January. May was dominated by several Steampunk outfits, including a ball gown. From August to December I was working five days a week instead of three, and from October onwards I was also volunteering, so I suppose I didn’t really have as much time as usual to make things. I also haven’t been trying to run a business this year, so I’ve been doing more things just for the sake of trying them out, which means I’ve got a lot of unfinished bits and pieces lying around that didn’t really fit into this collage.
I just can’t help looking at this picture and feeling a bit miserable, as though I’ve done nothing with the past twelve months. I love to make things, and it does make me sad when I don’t have time to do it. I think this year, I need to find a better balance.
Don’t be silly Claire, you have made LOADS of REALLY COOL things! Look at them all! You are brilliant! 🙂
Awww, thank you. It just doesn’t feel like LOADS, somehow. Must make more stuff!! 🙂
your definition of not a lot of anything is totally not my definition – that looks like a wall crammed full of awesome things to me!
Thank you! This year there really needs to be MORE though! 🙂