Beader’s Block

I believe I might have the beader’s equivalent of Writer’s Block. I have a kit that I’ve been working on for quite a few months now.  I use the term “working on” very loosely.  It’s pretty much been sitting on my desk taunting me. I hate it when that happens. I feel like I’ve completely lost my motivation to finish it. It went something like this…

I finished the first earring and it didn’t look quite right.  I made the second earring and discovered that I didn’t follow the directions carefully for the stamen of the flowers. No worries!! I’ll just make the earring again. Then I discovered that I used the wrong beads, so  four of the six petals on my earring were the wrong color. Sigh, no worries… I’ll just make the earring again. Half way through, I broke the thread. I finally finished them (Yeah!!) and  I think I’ve worn them once. (I’ll take pictures when I find my camera)

The center piece of the necklace is a more ornate version of the earrings. After finishing the earrings I decided I couldn’t make another flower right away, which was really, really stupid on my part. The pattern was fresh in my head and it would have gone much, much faster. Now that it has been a while, I am going to have to go through the pattern again line by line.  Instead I decided that I was going to get started on the chain portion of the necklace, but The baby was not at all cooperative. It was difficult to get in the groove when I only had twenty minutes at a time to work on it.

This has left me in what I feel is a bit of a beading quagmire.  I think that the pattern is very pretty. It makes me happy to look at the project and I know I’ll feel a great sense of accomplishment once I’ve finished. However, I’m very bored with the repetitiveness of the project, especially when it is doubtful that I’d ever actually wear the piece. I’m most of the way done, I’ve got money invested in the kit and I’ll feel like I’m pissing away money if I don’t finish it. (I also worry that I’ll get grief if I order more kits if I don’t finish this one)

I want to bead something new. Christmas is a coming and I’d like to work on some ornaments. I’d rather not bead than work on this particular project at the moment but if I take it off my bead board and work on something else it is unlikely that I will ever get it back out and finish it.

What’s a girl to do???????