this from trixiedelicious, and this from mincingmockingbird. Also, selling some of my stuff has kept me in vintage cross stitch leaflets, Cinematic Titanic dvds and, well, stuff I found on etsy... Hmmm. :)
But last week I sold four of my favorite stitches, and the area where I store my completed stitches (and by that I mean a Ziploc bag in my closet) seems so... empty. I don't know what I would do with all the stuff that I make if I didn't sell it, but at the same time it makes me a little sad each time I sell something that was an original design like
this one.Does anyone else experience this?
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Hey Jamie! I get what you're saying, and I kinda think it does have to do what I'm saying. Maybe. :)
And of COURSE you're special. :D
Awww! Don't think of it as losing some favorites, think of it as making room for MORE favorites! Just like those moms that kill their children :)
EP, I would venture a guess that you are the first person on blogger whose first comment references infantcide. Nicely done. :D
i feel ya...because some of the things i listed i didn't make to sell in the first place. then when my favorites sell i'm like "well, guess i can't keep that one" but truthfully our house was literally overrun with embroidery & cross stitch it was getting kinda out of hand! and emergency pants you almost sent me into a giggle fit!
i understand not having an original design and being bummed about it. but in all honestly i love it when my favorite pieces sell! it makes me feel like i have connected with another person out there.. which makes me very happy. i do have a stash of piece i will never ever sell, they stay in my apartment. i even had a friend try to buy one off of me and im like nope! sorry :) glad to see you posting!
OK, so I'm not the only one. :) Now I just want my ideas to get _smaller_.
I'm not sure that I would have an emotional attachment to your last stitch - very funny though.
I do hate parting with some of my art. I won't sell some of the stuff. Only prints - an advantage my type of art has over yours.
SO I am totally lame and never put your blog and your craftster together.... yes I am lame...
Not so much for what I've sold on etsy, but sometimes with gifts.
By the way, "snarky stitches" is a great name.
sometimes I am in l o v e while making the item of indulgence, and then - I make one for myself if need be, and I can release the other into the world - to roam free and play with all the other cool fibery bits
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