Getting over herself -OR- How to be a better blogger
I’m a perfectionist. Maybe not in the classical or stereotypical sense, but I frequently hold myself to inhuman standards. I also love to talk (blame my mother, she taught me how to talk… and talk… and talk… and listen, too, but really talk…) Put those traits together and you get a would-be-blogger who’s never satisfied, so has a stack full of unfinished drafts. Sometimes it’s something as simple as having the right photograph (something I am really bad at producing) because some posts really need the appropriate image, but more often than not, it’s because the concept of the blog post is just too big and should be segmented into smaller more regular posts. Most of the posts in the draught pile are outdated by the next time I review them.
In fact, the last one I was working on (titled “He’s Fever Boy and I’m Snot Girl”) is now out of date. I still have a runny nose, but no longer a side kick and a Sudafed induced stupor. Since then I have gotten a few things off the ground, including the beginning of a new lace stole pattern, a trip to London, a 30-day hot yoga challenge and my portfolio. Just some of the basics of this busy girls life.
Actually, a good portion of my portfolio is up and running. Check it out here if you’d like. I have to make a banner image for it to put in this here blog. I’d appreciate any feedback you all may have. There are even some shoe concepts that I drew up in Illustrator. I’d have to say I don’t know enough about shoe design or foot anatomy yet to make terribly convincing sketches, but there are some conceptual elements there. This round of sketches, I’d have to say were mostly about having fun and experimenting.
I can’t wait to get to know the process more. I’m taking an intensive workshop with bespoke shoemaker Paul Thomas to make my first pair this June. Planning that trip is as much of an adventure as navigating the insanity of London will be. Through the kind benevolence of the knitting community, I have found some knitters to stay with during my trip. I’m preparing goodie baskets for my hosts as we speak! I’m hoping to visit some of my old friends out there on the weekends as well, and all the coordination is quite complicated, but I have hope it will all come together.
Life is good. So much better than when your sinuses are drowning you or giving you a headache. I’ll try to keep my posts more frequent and up to snuff,
