A LIttle Bit Country

I had Trevor make this super cute frame for me to hold all my headbands. He did such a great job! I had asked him to get me some weathered boards because I had an idea. Being the sweet husband that he is, he generously took time out of his hunt to gather up a few boards from an old rotting pallet on the farm. Still not sure what he was doing it for, he found the perfect weathered look I was going for.
Once put together, I felt that it needed something. At 4:00 in the morning after I had finished my cram session of getting all my headbands created, I looked at the flower arrangement on my table and stole a few flowers from it. I love how it turned out!!

Crafty Things

I made it through my first Holiday fair this past Saturday. I would like to say that it was a success, but that would be an outright lie! I took Friday off of work to complete the majority of my projects for the next day. I worked my little fingers to the bone, and worked all through the night. I managed to make a dozen tutus and about 30 headbands. Feeling very tired, but utterly excited about the day ahead, I dragged my self into the shower to get ready for the three hour drive, and long day ahead.

7 LONG hours later, I managed to sell 4 headbands and one necklace. All my work, and the sleepless night before was lost on the smallest crowd I have ever seen. The fair as a whole was really slow this year. I am afraid to say that I came home with nothing! The money I did make was spent on a deliciously cute hate and two flowers for my hair! and a ton of stuff that I can't use! I am going to post on ksl.com to see if I can't recover some of the money I spent!

Jewelry

HeadBands

Tutus (There are a lot more than pictured...)

Motivation

I love it when you really want to do something, and you keep telling yourself that today is the day it is going to happen. In my life as of late, Today seems to be tomorrow, maybe the next day or perhaps next week? Thanks to a wonderful group of women at work, Today started 4 days ago, and it is going great!

These lovely ladies

Plus This

And this

Will equal This

I am so happy to finally be doing what I have wanted to do for long, but have not had the motivation to do. It's been hard these past 4 days. I know the hard part is not over, but I am really loving how I feel overall. My pants feel a little more loose today. Even though I am dead tired and have had a migraine the past few days, I feel better knowing I am not drinking soda. Trevor has been a big help too! He let me go to the store and buy everything that I needed and did not say a word. He knows I need to do this my way, and it willing to let me just do it. Before I met Trevor I spent a whole year working towards a healthy me and I had pretty much accomplished that goal. Then my trips to the gym were more and more days in between until finally they stopped all together. I wont lie, working out this week is killing me! I hate it! I hate the pain, the sweat, and the smelly guy who always seems to pick the treadmill right next to me. Next week I am in high hopes that it will be easier!

JEEP!

Trevor and I have a new toy!! Hurray! I am already looking forward to next summer!

Oh No!

I am a self admitted procrastinator. I have delusions of grandeur. And, it’s caught up to me again! The Holiday craft fair is on October 17th. Do I have anything ready? NOPE!! I have a million different ideas, and have what appears to be the start of 20 or so headbands, but nothing is done. I can’t believe I have done this again this year. Last year I spent the night before the fair making a dozen tutus. I keep telling myself “Gladys, just get it done, you will not wait until the night before.” No matter how many times I tell myself this, another day goes by and nothing gets accomplished. One year of excitement for the fair has come down to two weeks of nail biting, patience testing, lady full of attitude work!

I have thought of making a check list and keeping it visible so that I have a constant reminder of what I need to do. But, the big tote full of tulle and headbands and craziness in the corner of my living room should be reminder enough. While watching an hour of tv or a movie with my husband at night I think to myself that I should be busy working on my projects, but I don’t. At work I spend breaks surfing the web for cute pictures and ideas, to pump myself up. My buzz quickly fades away. I am excited for the fair, and I am excited to show off my tutus and my headbands. So why has nothing procured my interest? Is it the nervous ping in my belly that nothing will sell, and my headbands will be the laughingstock of the fair? Maybe. Is it the fact that everyone on earth is now making tutus? Possibly. I know my tutus sell. They always do. But, everywhere I turn I see someone else making them! (Although, I still think mine are much cuter. But I am biased.) I think the fear of the unknown has kept my work at bay. It is the best answer I have. It has been what has held me back for nearly a year.

Last night I went and bought enough fabric and enough headbands to outfit a small army. Right now I am really into shabby chic prints. I bought perhaps the cutest shabby flower fabric ever! I also bought a star fabric that is sure to look amazing! I love to just mosey through the fabric store and dream of the things that could be done. I love the smell of a fresh bolt of fabric. I love finding a print that is perfect, but has been pushed to the back of the rack and forgotten. I loves running my hands across different textures and hunting for the perfect one. If I could, I would spend my days sewing and creating dresses, and all sorts of fabulous couture. Because I have such delusions of grandeur it is hard for me to sit down and make anything happen. I used to buy purses and shoes, now I buy fabric. I cannot leave wal-mart without stopping by the remnant section and looking for a perfect scrap of fabric. From this obsession my idea for creating cute and sassy headbands formed. (pictures of these headbands will be coming next week. I need to complete them first!)

I have two weeks. Just 16 days. I need to get this done!