Taking a Break from the Creative Process

When my craft obsession first got so big and I realized that I was going to need to start selling the stuff I made, I never realized how hard selling was going to be. 

Take today for example.  I have 4 or 5 scarves I made while on vacation two years ago.  Yes, two years ago.  I had intended to post them to my shop within a month of making them, but I’ve been putting it off for two years now. Why? 

Partly because I’ve been taking pictures of said scarves since 10:30 AM.  It’s now 1:36 PM and I’m still editing them.  I realize that I took maybe 30 minutes to go drive through at McDonald’s and get a double fish filet, fries and an iced tea, but still.  Why does it take so long to set up a shot, take several versions and then edit them???  I don’t get it.  Is it just me?

I guess it’s not the creative process that gets me down.  My MIL (mother-in-law) asked me to make her a crocheted Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz for a friend of hers two weeks ago.  I had him done in two days. Yet he’s still sitting in my living room waiting to be mailed to her.

Back to the scarves.  After I finish the pictures, which all need to have specific names so I can upload them to my Zen Cart FTP files so they all show up with the right product, I have to figure out how I’m going to describe each product, or scarf in this case.  That means I have to open up my word processing file, which I fondly call “Catalog” and enter each one in to it, come up with a catchy description and measure each one so the descriptions can be accurate. 

Then I can list them on my Sherri Crochets & Crafts site, Etsy, and ArtFire.  If they were patterns, I’d also list them on Lulu.com and Ravelry. 

So I just took a break from photo editing to vacuum the dog fur off the living room carpet and to start this week’s laundry.  Then I had the brilliant idea to do a blog post.    Which means I’m procrastinating again, doesn’t it?

Off to work on it some more,
Sherri