Someday

I want to make this rainstick. Perhaps even in a jewelry size.

note: I've been off by a day all week. Just pretend I posted this on Tuesday.

Oh.

You know, a blog sort of fits the description of what I've been looking for . . .

Duh.

organizationality

So, like most people, I have a 'to do' list. My problem has always been how to organize it, however. There's such varying categories as:

-minutiae that needs to be done soonish
-chores
-things I would like to do sometime
-stuff that needs doing but I can't do all by myself
-things with actual deadlines
-crafts I would like to try
-projects already underway

For instance, if you organize by date, where do you put the indefinite things that need to be soonish but don't have a deadline? Or recurring chores? If you sort by priority, how do you decide on priority? Desire? Deadline? Practicality?

Listography is kind of helpful, but I really need something a little more . . . something. Sort of like Ravelry, only for my whole life.

And really, I've never seen any crafter/artist type address this. Or maybe I've just overlooked it. What to do? What to do? (other than putting this on my 'to do' list . . . . argh!)

creative taskmaster

I wish I knew of a good 'to-do' online widget. Right now I use listography, but it's far from ideal for that.

BOHs - soak bottles, sketch out ideas
Pansies - add more pastels before sealing
Faces box - second sepia wash
Teapot box - major repairs with ivory
Tea cozy - call Yarns Etc to see if they have the yarn I need
Knitting markers - test rings idea
Mesa beads - finish reaming

I also need to clean up both my craft area - it's starting to get a little cluttery - and the room around it (which is long past cluttery). Also I need to revamp my creativity folder and expand the area for ideas. And, unfortunately, it's time for Gikow's book to go to the library. That's a book I'd like to own.

Also the trash needs to go out. But that's neither here nor, unfortunately, there.

Projects Underway

These are only the projects currently not in hibernation; otherwise the list would itself go unfinished.

Mom's tea cozy - currently 2/3 done, need to get more yarn
Swallow pendant - need to paint the edges, then seal and string
Pansy magnets - not really sure what to do on these next, which is why they're not finished. they need something in their centers, I'm just not sure what
Teapot box - for some reason I'm really dragging my feet on the bottom half of the box (though not literally - that would be strange)

Also I need to decide what to do with my undersea pendant (whether to trash or try to salvage it) and my sea of faces box (it can't live on my mantel forever, but I don't think I could sell it).

Huh. That's not as bad as I thought it was. I feel less overwhelmed now. With craft projects, anyway.

edited to add: also creative simmerings on the contests ennumerated below; most notably sketching out some boh ideas

edited to add II: also the knitting markers. maybe it is as bad as I thought it was.