Archive for the ‘the way I work’ Category
I am the kind of person who would LIKE to be sentimental…but just can’t manage it. It seems so unfeminine, to be almost utterly lacking in sentimentality. I don’t look at old photos with any sense of warm-fuzziness, I don’t look upon gifts as talismans or signs of love (though I do remember who gave […]
I am currently suffering a severe lack of strength and energy, lately. I have been managing…barely…to do the most basic parts of my routine. Listing items on Etsy daily, for example. Eating, showering…biking if it isn’t windy…and that is pretty much it. I haven’t even been watching TV or going for groceries like usual…I’m really […]
The Far Grove has been busy today, due to a friend who has something of a following at her blog mentioning the shop. 6 hearts in one day and 4 items sold…I definitely don’t put it down to coincidence. So, thanks very much, Res. I really appreciate it.
Also since I’ve checked Etsy a few times […]
It’s very hard to update the shop blog when I’m not at all feeling like making hairsticks or other jewellery, as I can’t talk about shopping or Etsy stuff all the time and when I don’t feel like making things, I don’t feel like talking about making things, either.
I think it’s unfortunate that ‘making things’ […]
I used to browse through pages and pages of the Treasury at Etsy. Now I never touch it at all. I don’t know why that is…I think the novelty of it just wears off. I also find that I keep seeing the same items…and most of all the same *sellers*…featured over and over, and that […]
I hate remaking the same items over and over. Reeaaallly hate it. When I have to do it, I start to wish I didn’t have to make jewellery at all. So I try to avoid it. That’s why almost all of my hairsticks are one-of-a-kind. It’s not to preserve artistic integrity…if that can be an […]