The other part of the problem is that I don't have somewhere that I can store my designs and easily access it. It's in a bag in a box in a cupboard in the kitchen and when I only give myself ten minutes to get ready and out the door for work (I know, I'm working on this), the last thing I have time for is searching for a pair of earrings hidden in a cupboard in a bag in a box in the kitchen. But I also know firsthand that when I wear my stuff, I usually get asked about it.
So, in an attempt to solve this dilemma, I spent the better part of yesterday constructing a display. It's nothing more than a cardboard box covered in pretty paper and cut up window screens, but it serves its purpose. It seemed like a pretty simple project, I figured I'd be done in a couple hours. I really wasn't expecting to spend the whole day on it. What happened? Well, first I ran out of paper. Then I ran out of glue. Then it was lunch time so Ryan and I went out for a couple slices of pizza, more paper, some coffee, and glue. We got pizza, Paper Source was out of my original paper so we got coffee, then I decided to just start the box over with a new paper, and totally forgot to buy glue. Thankfully, Ryan refuses to throw out any of his old art supplies from college and I found a very old but still useable glue stick and production proceeded rather smoothly. Then I had to cut up the screen. With this guy around.
He's pretty much like: "Oh, an empty box! Better sit in that. Look at this pretty paper! I should make sure it's secure by scratching at it. Hey, what's this mesh looking stuff? I better inspect it by chewing on it. Oh look! It comes apart! I should grab one of these strands off the table with my teeth and run out of the kitchen. Oh, are we playing chase now? Yay! Choking hazard, what's that? Ooh look! Small pieces of black wire. You don't seem to be using it right now, so I'll knock it off the table and bat it around the kitchen floor. Then chew on it some. Why do you keep yelling about choking hazards? Hey, I was playing with that! Fine, I'll just wait until you aren't paying attention and bat that piece of black wire off the table. What? You've got like 10 pieces, I think you can share. Oh, Ryan's putting food in my dish, nomnomnomnomnomnomnom..."
I probably spent about as much time chasing after Dexter and pulling wire and bits of screen out of his mouth as I did constructing the display. But I'm not gonna lie - he does look really cute sitting in the box. Anyway, by the time I got the back panel of screen and one side panel secured, I was over it. I hadn't eaten, I was feeling shaky and I really needed a break so I put everything away and maybe I'll finish the last side panel today. Or I'll edit and post new pictures and listings on Etsy since the light box experiment was a success. In any case, the display works as is and this weekend is proving to be rather productive for Scarlet & Madrone.
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