well…

I went to bed last night with the sore eye and woke up this morning – it was nearly swollen shut. eek. not cool! the swelling went down throughout the day and it was kind-of normal looking by 1-2, still puffy though. and it is still incredibly sore. I’m looking up symptoms on webMD right now but the only thing that sounds plausible, with my recurring headache and runny nose, is maybe a sinus infection or something? not quite sure why only one eye would be swollen.

I’m going to find out about my shift bid tomorrow – wish me luck!

Fetty of Brooklyn was in the latest Venus Zine magazine, and I gotta say, I like what I see. I love that there’s virtually the same design in three different price brackets – totally awesome for people like me who don’t want to spend huge amounts of money on jewelry.

There was also an ad for Right in the Family Jewels, which has some cute stuff. I want this:

in black.

Ashe Mischief at Dramatis Personae did a great post titled Bringing Back Burlesque. I love the suggestions – after seeing Moulin Rouge I’m definitely inspired to incorporate more of that sort of thing into my wardrobe. Which I was planning on anyways, for sure, but it sure gave me a kick in the pants. After reading Ashe’s post, I wanted to make a Polyvore – here it is:

burlesque my way by declinedesig

I seem to be gravitating more towards mostly-black outfits as of late, opposed to more colorful outfits. I wonder why. I don’t want to become one of those people who only wear all black! AHH!

I mentioned realizing something the other day that helped me feel more creative. It sounds SO silly, but it was super-simple: I don’t think I should try making clothes for other people any more. I think I need to stick with accessories – with clothes, I always end up totally paralyzed because I’m like “what size do I make it? what if I make it a size extra-small and the only person who likes it is an xl? what if my sizes are horribly off and nobody reads the sizing chart first and then they order the wrong size? what if I become one of those people who only stocks sizes under a medium?” and then end up getting frustrated and stuck and just not making anything at all. I think from now one, I’ll be focusing on crocheted items, purses, accessories, etc. (including hats and fascinators – I’m probably going to make a few test runs for myself before I try selling any though) rather than clothing. I think that will be a lot easier for me and make it much easier to avoid getting stuck in a rut, like I have been the past…forever and a half. AND! It means all those shirts I have stockpiled to recon into something else are MINE ALL MINE! muahahaha!

(which also makes me get into a sewing mood, lemmetellya!)

Ok. I’m going to bed now. Hopefully my eye will not be angry at me any more in the morning, hah.