WIP Wednesday - A Little Overwhelmed

I survived the craft show at the start of the month, and sold more than I expected, but that was also the start of the flood of Etsy orders! I'm FINALLY caught up on pony ears and wings orders, except for a few straggler orders (and I'm not going to renew the wings yet, just because I don't want the stress of trying to stitch all those up while doing the other things). Now I have to stitch up ALL the blankets I've stockpiled, finish the half done hooded towels I stitched up over the summer, sew up the prepped notebook holders, and maybe squeeze in some water bottle holders or mini backpacks!

I make everything in my booth, which could be why I never sleep...

Or maybe I make everything because I don't sleep....

Either way, it's a LOT of stuff!

That all seems totally doable in the next 2 weeks, right??? I'm totally not panicking. I was able to ship out almost 70 orders in the last 2 weeks, so restocking should be a piece of cake! Famous last words...

Ok, back to making all the things!

Current Projects and Orders: (in no particular order)  

• Sample Plague doctor NCW - Maybe I should just create a listing with some sample pics, I have the pieces cut out and need motivation to move them up the line!
• Tan maps NCW - had this one 95% finished and realized the lock is really off center! Had to start completely over, and I'm so much happier with this version!
• Red Maps NCW
• Clear test bag
• Strike projects - Rae purse, Flap purse
• Modified Puck Crossbody bag in Vinyl

~~~~~ waiting for preorder fabric, payment, etc~~~~~ 

• HP Nora Handbag
• (4) Moondance
• Phone sling

 ~~~~No deadline/stuff for the kids/myself~~~~~

• ITA messenger style bag

Embroidery Orders/Projects: 

• Puppy Wings  - I made about 40 this year, so I'm ready for a break!
• keychains - a few orders trickling in for these, but I should really restock/stitch new ones for the fall shows!
• Gingerbread purse - Only the strap left!
• Coffin purse

Craft Show Projects (and RTS items): 

• Embroider peekers on hanging towels - (8/30)both hand and large size
• Doodle Dolls - XL, Regular - make new ones and list on Etsy
• Crochet Cowls (mini button scarves) -  List on Etsy 
• Holiday geeky Stockings (0/10) 
• Lanterns (0/14) - all that are left in my stash!
• Embroidered hand towels (4/25) - I bought a bunch of fluffy style towels, and these could go on Etsy
• Crayon Rolls - (0/50) -  went a bit overboard cutting into my character fabrics, so now I have a stack waiting to be sewn, Plus list up some on etsy!
• Posh books - 0/20 - pretty and character vinyl, plus some more snarky ones that can go on Etsy
• Key fobs (restock and stitch new styles)
• Pocket Pals 
• Ornaments 
• Finger puppets -  Olaf, Darth Vader, Kylo, R2, BB-8, Mandalorian, another princess set or Encanto.
• Moondance Jr Legal notepad covers - (6/10)Prepped a stack, will sew them up between orders/projects
• Embroidered blankets - Bluey, Yellowstone, Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Gamer, eeyore, piglet, grinch, Gilmore Girls, paw patrol...
• Mav Packs - I picked up a LOT of kits for these last year, need to start stitching them up!

UFO list: 

Current Crochet UFO's:

• The Child mini version
• baby blanket with Boho style Racoon- 90% done with applique pieces -  need to finally put this together, maybe I'll just put it in a frame!
• Dragon scarf
• Cotton coffee cup cozies - debating doing more of these...
• WeeBee baby doll  - Want to redo the hair, add in face, and a dress
• Chunky Unicorn Blanket 
• C2C (corner to corner) baby doll blanket crochet with some random scarfie yarn - Need to figure out what hook I was using...
• Mermaid tail towel, need to dig this back out, probably going to scrap this one because it needs a lot more yarn and I don't think I can get it anymore

 Fast finishes (hopefully)

• Embroidered MLP tiny bag
• Embroidered Fox pillow cover - just needs the back cut and sewn! - Need to figure out where it got stashed
• Mermaid morning glory pouch (half cut out! just for fun project so no rush)
• Replace connector and rivets on Alice in Wonderland Daryl's Drive

 Ready to go, but will take a bit more effort projects:

• Doctor Who Pick a Pocket - Now that I've made several of these, I should be able to finish this one quickly, if I ever pull it out
• Goldfish Lovey - fish is made, bowl is mostly made, needs put together
• Dragon Lovey - pieces and the blanket done
• Wisteria Wallets - 2 cut and ready to be assembled 
• Bella II in Tula Pink Foxfield - Just needs grommets!
• Sea turtle crochet lovey
• Crochet Worgen 
• Alice in Wonderland Bonnie 
• Tulip pouches - have some cut out (pattern)
• Crochet Giraffe photographer  

2024 Goals:

• New Sewing pattern each month:
• January -- Bellago Caddy - well, that didn't happen
• February -- Ninebark Backpack  It's not cheating, that IS a new pattern!
• March -- Dandelion Double Zip - Where did March go?
• April -- Triskele Wallet - Nope.
• May -- Samaren Purse Another new pattern!
• June -- Purse Pal Done in September, just a little late...
• July --  Shade slayer sunglasses holder (Traudy Triangle Bag)
• August -- Julep Tote (started in August so it counts)
• September -- Amari Tote (also counts)
• October -- Rae from Bag of the Month
• November -- Hiraeth Purse
• December -- Brooklyn Bag
• Finish up at least 1 UFO/WIP a month.  (as I uncover more, I'll add to the list)
• January -- the Factotum that I started maybe 6 or 7 years ago...
• February -- Mini MLP bag I found while cleaning - Just going to add this to March...er, April. I meant May...July?
• March -- crochet project, I might try to hot glue the pieces of the fox I started forever ago and frame them instead of trying to put them on a blanket.
• April -- pass
• May -- Precut Moondance - 2, Crayon rolls - 2
• June -- ??
• July -- Random LoTR pouch I found while organizing
• August -- ??
• September -- ??
• October -- more Precut Moondance, crayon rolls, and possibly the Mav pack I prepped...
• November -- ??
• December -- ??