Becoming a Dryad: My new most comfortable cosplay?
Not long after that, the volunteer coordinator came up with a really fun idea to make a Dryad Quest for patrons to participate in. I dived in head first to help out with that since I had already planned on making a dryad character! I offered to design the costumes for all of the dryads and help them make decisions when planning their costuming.
Doing Too Much for a Needle Book
…This is how putting up a pegboard in my office turned into spending 3 days hand embroidering the cover of a needle book.
I thought it would never end!
When determining the length I saw that I should multiply my final length by three to account for shrinkage while braiding. I don't know what happened but that was a BIG mistake…
Crafting Burnout: Kicking and screaming my way through it.
After recognizing the signs of burnout in myself I made myself pack away the unfinished cosplays, set aside the projects I was stressing over, and took a break from crafting. You know, the thing I’m trying to build a business doing. It sucked, and I didn’t want to do it.