Tuesday Musings - #2

Todays "musing" is going to be dedicated to my constant battle with, er, myself!  Those of you who have jobs, or who have children or maybe both, will know what Im talking about when I talk about the battle between stuff you know you should be doing and stuff you want to do!!  In my case, its the battle between I know I should be doing the housework, but actually my sewing box is calling me so I cant possibly do the houswork!

Now before I go on I would just like to point out that this argument is very much between me and me and not me and my husband.  He's not bothered what the house looks like to be fair as long as we are happy and healthy and his xbox is working!

Take today for example, Littlest Petal has a horrible cold and is really not feeling herself.  She's slept for about three hours today which is unheard of for her.  What have I done with the time??  Housework?  Sorted the ever growing mound of ironing in my bedroom?  Ummm, no, I've been sewing pretty things for my first craft fair on Thursday evening!  To be fair, I've got myself quite organised too, but the same cant be said for my house!  Maybe because Im a WAHM now, I not only notice it more, but feel I should have the time to it.  However I would like to point out that I have never worked so hard in all my life (my other business The Ironing Lady takes up a lot of my time too - grrrrr!). 

Someone once said to me that tiding the house with children in it is like shovelling snow when its snowing.  Too true!!

I moan about not doing my housework but Im not prepared to give up my sewing time to do anything about it!  Its too precious! 

So I will continue to live in a house more disorganised than I would like but at least my sanity will be intact as I will be at my dining room table, sewing.

Until next time x x

p.s. couldn't leave todays post without mentioning, I WON A COMPETITION!!!  I cannot tell you how amazed I am seeing as I literally, never win a thing.  Most of the time I dont bother entering for that reason but I entered on the amazing and inspiring blog paper-and-string.  Pictures to come when my prize arrives.  I CANT WAIT!

Tuesday Musings - #1!

I thought that sounded quite good as a title!  Kind of got a ring to it and means that every tuesday Im going to put down a few of the things I've been mulling over whilst sewing/shopping/putting the girls to bed!  (my mind is mulling something over probably 90% of the time so this may take some time)

My thoughts this week have been mostly about where I want my little craft business to go.  I've looked through so many blogs lately and seen so many websites and been so inspired by nearly everything I've seen, its made me thing about the direction I want to take, how I want to progress things, what I want to do.

I would love love LOVE to have a workshop of my own.  This is probably not practical until Littlest Petal starts at nursery as it would involve spending time there during the day and Im guessing this could be quite detrimental to a nearly one year old!  Attached to this I would like a small gift shop that people could look round of not only my own handmade loveliness but that of others in my area (or not, but definitely from in the UK) and maybe a few tables and chairs so people can sit and have coffee and cake?  I know I would love a place like this!  However, my first aim would be to have a workshop so I can sew full time and give up the day/night job (the ironing is taking over my life at the moment!).

So for now, Im going to carry on attending the craft fairs and maybe start putting a little bit aside to plan for my dreams.

If anybody knows of anywhere like this, please do let me know!  I'd love to visit.

Until next time x x