Trying to appreciate what I can do, not feel bad about what I can’t

Between being away so much, then coming home with a cold this time, I wonder how I even still have a booth filled with stuff.

Lots of stuff.

I even made new fairy dolls to bring in.

As well as jewelry.  These bracelets are vintage charms I added to the chains.  I made a couple of charm necklaces too.

A couple dozen new paintings on old text.
A bunch of old books, and cute creations.

With a rusty truck.

The upper shelf sometimes gets neglected, but this month, I took every single item down and started over with new merch.

Speaking of new merchandise, I’m trying something different.  Here is a tray full of stone and silver rings.  I hope my guests enjoy oohing and awing through them as much as I did when I picked them out.

The schroomies are restocked.

Mostly just in neutrals.  I don’t know why I have so few spring toned ones.

Actually, the whole, overall feel isn’t quite as springy as I’d like.  Although there are plenty of tokens of the season.

There is also a lot of neutral areas.  More August than April.

While I am thrilled to have filled the space, and to have so many new items to fill it with, I am at the same time disappointed in the overall look of it.

Notice that I’m mostly showing you close up vignettes?  

Because to get everything in there and ready before I went to Georgia and Florida, I had to cram the furniture into place and say “good enough” instead of taking my time and planning it out better.

Kind of a “make it work” situation instead of a creative process.  I seriously need time to empty the whole spot and rethink it, like I did on the upper shelf.  A clean start.  

I don’t know if my customers would notice, or if it’s just me.  Or maybe it’s just my mood?  But I’d love to have a couple of days to switch it up completely, not just rearrange and add to what’s there.

Maybe May? 
In the meantime, I’ll try to just feel proud of myself for pulling it together at all and getting new creations tucked inside.  It’s been a rough, sad few months lately.  I still cannot believe my beloved sister is gone. And so quickly from diagnosis to death.  

Yep, I’ll go easy on myself as much as I can and just be glad I have any display at all.