I've been quilling again!
When my lovely mother in law suggested
I crack out the old quilling stuff and join her in a table at a Christmas craft
market, I happily accepted.
my top seller: snowflake ornaments
But, I am a slow quiller. I don't know
how long it takes other quillers, but to make a really nice card it
can take me about three hours in total, and I imagine that would be
slow. Maybe I just need more practice.
Which brings me to the point of this
post: after weeks of scrambling to make as much as I could for the
market, I ended up with 23 cards, 24 snowflakes, and a bowl full of
gift tags, and that's it. Some of the cards were lovely, but several
were definitely not up to my standard as I had rushed through making
them. While the amount was plenty to fill my little space, if I was
ever to take part in one where I had more space, I would be horrified
to have had that little stock of such varying degrees of quality. As
I thought about this a marvellous idea came to me: what if I had made
just one card a week for a whole year before I do a market again?
I'd end up with at least 52 cards to
sell, of a good quality, and I wouldn't have to panic or rush myself.
Snowflakes are easy, quick, and fun, so I could handle making lots of
them in the weeks leading up to a market, and not needing to spend
nearly as much of that time on card making would mean I would end up
with more of the snowflakes made too!
So that's what I'm going to do,
starting this week: one good quality card a week, and I'll share them
here on my blog.
I'm compiling a list of themes/subjects
for these cards as a sort of 'inspiration bank', so that during the
semesters next year I don't end up in a busy school week with no idea
of what to quill, I can just make a withdrawal from my inspiration
bank and get going. Is there anything you'd like to see me create?
I've already decided that one week I'll
do a framed piece instead of a card, as one of my ideas is just a bit
too complicated for a card, but framed items can go up for sale in a
market too.
I hope you're all looking forward to
watching this challenge unfold!
One customer suggested that she'd like
to see an orchid, so I've popped that at the top of my list. Need to
do a bit of research on that one. Please let me know, either here in
the comments or on my facebook page, what you'd like to see in
quilled form. When I've got all 52 card ideas I'll share it.
Stay tuned also to my Facebook page for
a Christmas give away!
xnata
