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So many earrings.
A few days back, I sorted out my Swarovski crystal storage boxes. Since they've discontinued sales of their sparkly, sparkly goodies to us hoi polloi, I no longer need to keep my labeled compartments after they're empty and waiting for restock, because there are not going to be any restocks. So there was a great deal of removing empty compartments. I use a set of stacking cylindrical towers (5 high) that fit in a case (6 towers across), and I had nine cases. The clasp finally gave up on one of the cases, so it was handy to be able compress nine into eight by removing the empties.
Sorting all those out means that I've updated my knowledge of what I have. It also means that when I was done sorting, there were 113 pairs of earrings ready for posting in my Etsy shop.
Seriously, it's always been true that the fastest way for me to get inspiration is to set out to tidy up the workshop. It works every time. The workshop never gets all the way tidied, but I'm too happy working on new pieces that I'm fine with that.
It may be an aspect of some ADHD superpower. Probably is. Whatever it is, I've learned to use the power for good, at least as far as making new stuff is concerned.
Do you have a place that's hard to tidy up because the inspiration is so thick there?
A few days back, I sorted out my Swarovski crystal storage boxes. Since they've discontinued sales of their sparkly, sparkly goodies to us hoi polloi, I no longer need to keep my labeled compartments after they're empty and waiting for restock, because there are not going to be any restocks. So there was a great deal of removing empty compartments. I use a set of stacking cylindrical towers (5 high) that fit in a case (6 towers across), and I had nine cases. The clasp finally gave up on one of the cases, so it was handy to be able compress nine into eight by removing the empties.
Sorting all those out means that I've updated my knowledge of what I have. It also means that when I was done sorting, there were 113 pairs of earrings ready for posting in my Etsy shop.
Seriously, it's always been true that the fastest way for me to get inspiration is to set out to tidy up the workshop. It works every time. The workshop never gets all the way tidied, but I'm too happy working on new pieces that I'm fine with that.
It may be an aspect of some ADHD superpower. Probably is. Whatever it is, I've learned to use the power for good, at least as far as making new stuff is concerned.
Do you have a place that's hard to tidy up because the inspiration is so thick there?
