I’m not really sure what has happened in the past year, but my motivation and lack of focus has brought this locomotive to a near-standstill. I could site multiple reasons for this: New grand baby in the house, a small health scare, overly cramped crafts room, COVID-19, being fed-up with poor quality shrink plastic, dismay with Etsy, etc. But I’ve never gone so long in-between making items and getting them listed. Initially, I blamed the photography, because that is what I thought it was, but it clearly is not the picture taking. I have been in this holding pattern for a year, no, closer to two years. This year, my sales on Etsy have topped $190. That is what I used to net in a week! LOL. And the thing is, I don’t seem to care. What does that mean? Am I out of love with making jewelry? Am I trying to do too many different types of media? Has my motor died? I just don’t understand it. It’s bewildering and I miss just making stuff and getting it listed for any who might like it. My idle time was spent feverishly sketching ideas on paper and giving it a go when the opportunity arose to sit and make it. I think possibly it may be that I have branched out into trying new media like polymer clay, recycled tin, and cardboard, but even then I don’t know. I feel like I make something and then don’t list it because I feel like nobody will like it. Isn’t that weird? I never used to care; just list it and keep on creating!
Forgive me if I’ve bellowed about this in any of my other posts, I’m just really quite out of sorts right now and trying to find some direction. Putting it in writing might help me get there.
Perhaps I should force my own hand and make myself list at least one new item on Etsy by the end of next week. Just because. Even if it is a simple pair of shrink plastic earrings or a simple cuff bracelet.
We shall see!
