I was trying to produce stuff for my webstore like a real working "labor"...but I forgot, that's not my style...It was frustrated!...like 5 hours in a row in my craft room...it was like bwahhh...I didn't enjoy it at all...the pressure...no fun at all... I forgot my own feeling when making crafts: enjoy... May be I'm not like some people who make crafts for real business: producing, don't care whether it's original or not...just produce, produce, produce...I've seen a lot of "plain" crafts that I don't feel any "personal" touch on it...I said it plain also because I can feel the business comes first before creativity proccess...the products keep repeated and repeated...and after some months...still repeated... I think, I'm more like a "pure" artist...I like the creativity proccess...I enjoy every step of making things...design, making pattern, making procedures, execute, finishing, etc, etc...I don't like making things more than one in a row...I will make it for my production but within 1 row of making, there must be one design in between...If not, I'll be doomed...and it happened... I'm remaking one of my bags today after finishing another design...and after making this bag, I will make another bag again, different...for my sister...a new lunch bag...new design...I must produce things in this kind of way...different design, one after (and before) another... Sometimes, my mind is wandering everywhere...Can't really concentrate...especially when I feel bored...so, after cutting, I play...after marking, I play...after assembling some pieces, I play...Play between the proccess...But I enjoy it... My target is to still to produce but in my own fun way...I must enjoy it so I can produce a great crafts... Some people love the business so much...making money by keep producing and producing, etc...I didn't say that it's wrong or unimportant...I want to be successful in craft business, too...but I guess, I'm still lucky that I'm still kind of person that enjoy doing craft rather than business...So, I can still keep creative while preparing stuff for my webstore...Using someone else's design and pattern is indeed, easier, faster, and may be the best way for constant business production...But for me, I think it's more important to enjoy crafting and the whole creative proccess...I don't want my crafts will be too plain or lack of personal touch...and moreover, lack of unique and have bad quality...  cherio, |
