Working from home means two things (well, much more, like expensive health care, but…) 1. flexibilty 2. time goes by extremely fast.
I don’t know what it is, but time slips away much faster working in my home than it ever did in any office. I’m getting tasks done, but often Friday rolls around and I’m thinking “really? already!?” Tuesday is here and I know I want some concrete results of my time spent.
Remember the photos from yesterday? Well, soon I will have some for the bedroom. I got in there and started sorting, sorting and more sorting yesterday. I have a lot of clothes. In fact, that closet caddy of mine was not built for such abuse. T-shirts, yoga pants, and tank tops all rolled tight and shoved together like sardines.
We took the closet doors down. Hallelujah! Those things were big and clunky, you have to slide both of them to one side just to see half of the closet. In came husband and down they went. Now, there is a big gaping closet in our room, but it’s not half-bad looking. But, I’m thinking of a curtain rod with pretty curtains. This decision will take awhile, I can feel it. I will debate pattern or solid? Neutrals or something fun?
Our room currently is sage. The previous owner was really into painting only two walls in a room. So the bedroom is two walls sage, two walls cream. The sage brings everything down. Don’t get me wrong it looks lovely with our stand-in black and white damask lamp shade, but it just feels so dark in there. We have one window which faces many pine trees and makes everything seem dark green.
I digress, was I talking about goals or the bedroom?
Goals it is!
1. So… with the bedroom thisclose to being sorted, I’m going to start working on “idea boards” with low-cost solutions to the bedroom. Painting will be involved. Goal: finish bedroom, photograph, create inspiration board and gather ideas.
2. I have a meeting tomorrow morning to talk about Hotel room books. My plan today is to gather lots of ideas and inspiration and have a system ready before said meeting. That means: get this done today!
3. Make croissants and photograph. I’ve made danish, but never croissants and I figure the hassle of leavening is still the same, especially done by hand. But, this time around I’m not in a tiny Brooklyn apartment and I have air conditioning.
4. Finish personal website. I’ve been building (with my husband) an online portfolio of sorts to house all of my projects and businesses. Jewelry, graphic design, catering, blogs, etsy shops etc. A place to showcase my work and a place for me to put it all together. I’m still working on an overall “look” for this website and would really like to have it presentable by the end of the week.
5. Get ready for jewelry party on Sunday. I’ve invited some local ladies (and a couple of guys) over for a jewelry home show/party gathering and I need to set the food/beverage budget and menu soon. I want to keep my costs low, but have something really presentable. I’m up for the challenge, sangria is always low-cost but really nice looking, I’ll start there.
6. Photograph jewelry for etsy shop. I have about 5 custom orders that I need to finish before Friday and I’d love to have all of my jewelry on the internet by then too. It’s a tricky balance to have jewelry online and have jewelry in person at shows, but it can be done.
7. Develop new line of wearables (lorrielizabeth, wearable art), this is on the DL for now, but I would like to debut the line Friday and again on Sunday.
8. Find a way to accept credit cards. Okay, this isn’t creative, but I need to figure out an affordable way to accept credit cards. I’d love to use paypal express, but I don’t always have access to wifi…
9. Work on jewelry displays. My displays are always changing and morphing and I have lots of new ideas on the horizon. I would like a display that is more creative and representative of the jewelry I make.
Now, where to start?
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