Well, I started working on this…hmm…around May, maybe June, so now 6 months or so later I have finally finished it. My main concerns are how it is going to do in the washing machine. I’m sure the knitting and the wool will be fine as long as the temperature is under 30°, it’s the stitching together that concerns me. Oh, anyway. I’m rather happy with it.

Baby jumpsuit

This week has involved the first Christmas work I’ve done this year. Not too bad starting in mid November, starting to get me in the Christmas mood. And it’s been fun – I’ve just been doing little illustrations of snow, holly and stuff like that.

Hmm, maybe it’s time to start thinking about my Christmas shopping….nah, I have plenty of time!

Trying to be creative when you are tired out can be really difficult.  It’s really easy to just keep distracting yourself from what you are doing, by checking email, Facebook, Bebo or whatever. So on the days that you struggle, how can you stay productive?

I’m sure there are different ways for everybody, but for me, it comes down to being organised. I write out the things I want to achieve, and keep make lots of sketches and notes to keep me on track, but really, you’ve just got to keep going and do your best. Hopefully at some point the inspiration will come back. Or maybe just, write it off as ‘one of those days’ and check your email again. Yeah.