Procrastination Junction

I spent all of my Saturday sewing, cleaning, entertaining pickle, and rearranging our shop downtown. By 1AM, I gave in for the night...then started over again this morning. Ridonkulous. The main reason - I'm a procrastinator - big time. Which is exactly what I'm doing right now...I should be packing up the goodies for Little Mabel's trunk show in Juneau - or sewing more goodies - or something. But instead, I am sitting on the couch listening to some crime show el husbando has on. I was in my craft room working on more baby goodies, then I was suddenly overwhelmed by the massive amount of sh*t in this room. I've blogged about my "hoarding" before, I only hoard fabric, crafting supplies, and woodworking stuff - I promise. In my overwhelmed state, I was thinking about how many people could benefit from this stash of stuff.

Some things you might not know about my crafting/hoarding (and you probably don't want to know):

1. I have enough fabric stashed in my craft room to provide each one of my Facebook friends with a yard or two for a project. Some of the fabric is over twenty years old...yes, I've been hoarding that long.
2. My first sewing project was a patchwork pillow in Girl Scouts - over thirty years ago.
3. I'm a lazy sew-er - not gonna lie...I will find the easy way to make my project.
4. I have over 100 unfinished projects in the craft room - handbags, clothing, furniture, home décor, gifts...you name it, I've procrastinated on finishing it. Do you want to finish one for me?
5. I've had my craft room organized at least a dozen times over the years, but it always ends up in the current state...probably because of #4.
6. My first woodworking project was a wall sconce in seventh grade wood shop class. I shaped it like a bowling pin and gave it to my Grandpa Ed, who was a master at woodworking. I'm sure he was super impressed.
7. Moondeela is the name for this blog and my old handmade products line started over ten years ago. The name Moondeela comes from my old friend, Matty who thought I should give my parties/events/projects a name. 
8. Our Grandma Fox taught Uncle BAD and I to crochet when we were in grade school. My brother picked it up really quick and crocheted an entire skein of yard into one long curly-cued rope. I teased him mercilessly and I "may have" thrown it on top of the old diner in central park. He never crocheted again...but he can build everything else on the planet. :)
9. My favorite handmade projects are the ones that make people smile.
10. I taught myself to make jewelry ten years ago, after purchasing a $70 necklace from Nordstrom. I love to make jewelry, but I have to be in the right mood for it to be creative and perfect.
11. My husband used to have a tiny 25SF space to use his "tools" in the craft room, but I took that space over too...so I now have 225SF of overwhelming-hoarding-madness.
12. I thought I would still have time to craft (or do anything) after we had a child. Bahahaha...that's hilarious!
13. I love vintage fabric and lace, but I hoard that too...and refuse to use it. What the hell am I going to do with all of this stuff?!
14. I get my best creative ideas while driving, in the shower, and while working out. None of these is a convenient place for writing/sketching out the ideas.
15. If I could build acceptable clothing out of duct tape, I totally would...I would rock it.
16. In my senior year of high school, I was a slacker and took car care, woodshop, weight training, and PE all in the same quarter. I spent the entire woodshop class smiling at the handsome teacher, making a baseball bat out of ash, and a solid oak wall rack...that ended up weighing 40#.
17. When I was a 'tween', my Mom sent me to a summer sewing and cooking class...after the class, I came home and made dresses from her sheets. She couldn't really be mad, she wanted me to be creative.
18. I can't wait to teach pickle to create stuff with her hands. Hopefully she'll be able to finish all of those half-finished projects!

Here's a little Tuesday afternoon smile for you...girls being creative!

Now, go build something with your hands...even if it's just a sandwich. Or come clean my craft room.