This is the life I chose.
The jewelry thing is rolling. It is slowly but surely building steam. I've got several shows lined up and a few commissions in the pipeline and I'm shipping out Etsy sales more regularly. I just ran a half marathon over the weekend and am looking for the next race so that I'll keep running. I think I might start transitioning to trail running for the summer. I started another round of 101 burlesque last week. I've turned down or at least deferred a couple of costume commissions lately and there's another one I'm now considering as I do some preliminary research on it just to see if I can do it. I'm also waiting to hear back on their timeline to see if it's even feasible. Then there's AL3P costuming I need to start like months ago, probably. I'm about to start laying down a short story I outlined last year. Oh, right and it's April, which means gardening needs to happen at some point.
I'm reeling just thinking about all those things at once. But this is what I wanted, right? This is what success looks like. And it's only going to get more packed as things continue to grow and build. I have to learn to juggle while walking on a balance beam, essentially.
By the way, if any of my Star Trek costuming friends have some helpful resources on making a Next Generation men's gold uniform top (not the spandex jumpsuit from earlier seasons, but the shoulder-pad-errific two piece wool ones from like season 4 and later), I'd love to have your input, fabric suggestions, etc! I never watched much Trek and definitely not much TNG, so I'm starting from the ground up here. I've found the pattern on roddenberry.com and haven't even begun to dive into the resources on the Starfleet 1701st forums yet.
I'm reeling just thinking about all those things at once. But this is what I wanted, right? This is what success looks like. And it's only going to get more packed as things continue to grow and build. I have to learn to juggle while walking on a balance beam, essentially.
By the way, if any of my Star Trek costuming friends have some helpful resources on making a Next Generation men's gold uniform top (not the spandex jumpsuit from earlier seasons, but the shoulder-pad-errific two piece wool ones from like season 4 and later), I'd love to have your input, fabric suggestions, etc! I never watched much Trek and definitely not much TNG, so I'm starting from the ground up here. I've found the pattern on roddenberry.com and haven't even begun to dive into the resources on the Starfleet 1701st forums yet.