Stalled....

4/5/2019

I haven't been particularly busy taking doll photos this week. Not only was I working on finishing six little Willie outfits, but I also have a bunch of projects hanging over my head that I'm not the least bit enthusiastic about doing, and that totally kills any creativity.

Plus I spent two hours in the dentist chair this morning. Which reminded me that I also had a date with the dentist two years ago today, and that visit actually inspired some photos.....

"Would you like something cold for your pain??"

After six hours, the freezing is finally out, and thankfully I'm not experiencing quite the pain as last time. Even so, today I'm perfecting the art of procrastinating doing the things I don't feel like doing.

Like making two wigs. My David is away for a faceup, and will need a wig when he comes home. I thought I'd go the easy way and buy one, but no one has the wig I want in the right colour. Which I suppose is 'good news' since he would look better with a homemade wig anyways.

And then there's Isis who needs a better Victorian hairdo. I crocheted a wig cap with little 'side-burns', in the hopes of making a more realistic upswept hairstyle. And I emptied the entire mohair drawer and went through all the bags of different colours and lengths, to help me decide which ones I'm going to use.....

Then there's one last project which is really messing up my creativity. I had agreed to paint yet another custom train set for Christmas, but I didn't come through. Now I'm staring at an upcoming birthday which I really need to make it for. Seven days to go, and have I even started?? No. I know I should just buckle down and do it, so I can get back to fun things, but that kind of logic isn't working. So nothing is happening.

I guess I better just force myself to start.....so I can get back to taking fun doll photos....
I've been stalled long enough....

5 Comments

Dorothy

4/5/2019 01:48:54 pm

Dear Martha, with all you do, you deserve some down time. It will all fall in place.
I love how the stuffed animals and Ringo are trying to comfort her.

Martha

4/5/2019 02:08:27 pm

Thanks! It just feels so weird when I'm not actively working on a bunch of stuff, especially in the evenings. I'm not used to actually 'watching' TV. Usually I'm just listening as I do handwork.

Sara

4/5/2019 06:31:20 pm

I prefer to listen to TV too, and do “something” even if it isn’t technically something productive. One thing I like to remind myself when I’m staring down tasks I don’t want to do is that one: they probably won’t be as bad as I think and two: they probably won’t take so much time or effort as I think either. Doesn’t always work for me, but if I listen when I remind myself I find I get things done quicker. Get well soon!

Lorns

4/6/2019 01:59:01 am

Dear Martha, I think I would start with the train set as you have a clear date to finish that ready for the birthday and see if there is anything else that needs a paint touch up while you have the paints out. You could then have a hairdressing session for both of the other two when David comes back from his face up and perhaps do something you would love to do in between.

Renate

4/6/2019 11:58:49 am

Well, regarding the wigs : I sometimes have that feeling, too, that I "want" an item for my collections, but can't buy one, at least not the style or quality I want, but also have no current motivation to make it myself (though I can do it, when I'm motivated). Mostly, I don't force myself to start on it, because I ask myself "what's the problem, if I don't have it finished soon? Who cares, if I don't make it at all? It's my hobby, and hobby should be fun. There are so many "must do" in real life, so I don't need that in my hobby." Someday, I will be motivated, and I will have fun doing it. And it will be finished in much shorter time and with a better result, than when I would have forced myself to do it. - And if I never should be motivated and never will do it - who cares? Generally I will have some hundred new ideas by then, and will always have fun picking a couple of them out to start on :)

Regarding the train : maybe take it as a lesson for the future : never "promise" and set yourself under pressure with keeping the promise. Better plan the gift just in your mind, but don't say a word about it. That way you can do it, if and whenever you are in the mood for it, without feeling any pressure.

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