More craft frustration

[wiseheart]

I intended to make two tags with little messages for The Thing of Beauty today. The first one, a double card, turned out quite nice and was done in no time. The second one, though...

First I managed to mess up the writing on the otherwise completed (and fairly pretty) card - I left out a letter from the most important word. I tried to glue a strip of white paper with the corrected word on it, but it looked... well, shabby. So I tore up the card. After doing some serious housework slaving, I decided to redo the card - and tore it up as soon as it was finished. It turned out really gauche. So I thought third time is the charm, and since the message was clearly cursed, I exchanged it for a different one. Card #3 is... acceptable, although still not what I've hoped it would be. But I refuse to redo it a fourth time!

Other than that, I helped Mum cleaning the kitchen board on which the spice jars stand, rearranged part of the shelves that serve as our pantry - all noodles are now safely stored in glass jars - cooked lunch (Easter ham served wonderfully in a noodle dish with cheese sauce and a salad), finally stored away the craft supplies I bought yesterday... and not much else.

As a funny card I once saw said: Getting old is not for weaklings!

Addendum: I also realized something odd: AO3 counts my posted works as 152. I've just checked: I've posted 177 stories there. Not that it would really count, but it's strange nonetheless.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

{{{hugs}}}

[meathiel]

Sometimes things just don't work out as planned ... no worries!
Maybe you should have left the card for the next day! ;-)

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I now try to put all writing on seperate pieces of paper or card, which I then glue to the finished project. I have ruined too many cards by misspelling or otherwise messing up the writing. I also tend to stick greetings at an angle, because apparantly sticking things in straight lines is also beyond my skill level. ;)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Now, why does that sound so eerily familiar? *g*
I've learned my lesson re: writing, too. I'll never write on a finished card again!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. But this way it is at least finished, which is a relief.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I so feel with you! Ruining an otherwise perfect card is a personal fiasco! I am often messing up words, or not writing in straight lines... especially since I am getting older!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yep, one gets clumsier with the passing of years. I'd just love to paint some more eggshells, I even have them coloured in reserve — they've lain there for decades, literally — but I'm wary of the whole thing. My hands might no longer be steady enough for such delicate work.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

I feel for you, have had many such days myself. Frustrating.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is, but at least I'm done with the project now.