The Great Absence

Hey guys, I just wanted to do a quick update on the blog.

I know I haven't posted in a few weeks. I went on a trip to Colorado to visit my boyfriend and his family. During that time, I left my laptop at home because I wanted it to be a complete vacation from my usual life style. I wanted to focus on spending time with my boyfriend and enjoying Colorado for what it had to offer, instead of sitting on my laptop checking out Reddit or playing video games.

I have a bit of an addictive personality, which I feel to be both a blessing and a curse. When I get an idea in my head, it becomes my life for a few weeks. Its all I want to think about and work on, making me extremely dedicated to my work but I neglect my other projects and priorities. Inspiration comes to me in waves and when the tide recedes, so does my motivation.

When I came home from Colorado, I lost my steam to work on the blog and my related projects. Instead, the next chapter of my motivation went solely towards playing video games and working on my backlog of games. However, playing video games inspired me in a different way.

In one day, I designed an entire Borderlands 2 fabric collection on Spoonflower, consisting of four different fabric designs that I'm really proud of. I don't want to advertise them yet because I'm still tweaking them and I need to get the proofs ordered but it feels good to get some work done. I plan on making another, related collection of Mad Moxxi fabrics today.

On the horizon, I have a quilt that has been sitting in my room for the past few weeks that just needs the binding to be finished. I can't wait to share it with the world because its my first quilt where I made both the top, quilted it and finished the binding.

I also have a super awesome Doctor Who tote bag design that needs to be assembled. I created it using my design on Spoonflower and let me tell you, it turned out great! There is just one problem that has kept me from working on it. Spoonflower isn't perfect. I have received multiple orders that came out of the washer with white splotches due to pilling of the fabric before it was printed on.

The good news is that I have only noticed this problem with Kona cotton so in the future I'm going to avoid printing on the Kona. Spoonflower has been really great about sending me free reprints when issues like this arise, but I do have to wait about a week longer to get the reprint which takes me longer to complete my projects.

Its also difficult for me to work on these projects because I'm a bit strapped for money right now. Its really my own fault. I didn't budget myself like I should have to make it through the summer until school starts and I have cash flow again. And now its hard to justify ordering swatches for proofing my fabric on Spoonflower because I'm not selling enough fabric to break even. The woes of a poor college student.

That's my life right now. Jumping between projects, waiting for the inspiration to hit me just right. Trying to scrape by for the next month or two without very much cash to spend on my projects. But don't let that fool you. Bigger things are on the horizon.