Lena, I hear you on the left over candy. :clear: Have you thought about starting a different doll? I know you feel you need to finish this one. It’s waited this long. It can wait a bit more while you do a different one to get your hand back into the doll making. Just a thought. Sending you virtual hugs.

I have no idea what’s going on with my Etsy shop. My views are down by over 50% from this time last year. I’ve checked the stats and my key words are on point. I’m not sure what has changed. Is it Etsy and their search algorithm? Or are people just not searching for stuffed dragons this year? It’s not the end of the world. It’s really a hobby rather than a serious I need to make this work business. Just very curious about what’s happening.

I’m managing to get 2 angel ornaments done in a day without their hair taking long breaks to rest my wrist so I can continue to work. I really wish I could just go until they were done. :rolleyes: But, I can’t unless I really want to then have to take a week off from doing anything while the wrist heals up again.

Lena, I’m so sorry to hear you are locked in. Is there no way you can move? Maybe working on the doll would help you see more clearly what you can do about your situation. I don’t know, of course, I’m not you. Nor am I in your situation. I hope you can find a solution soon.

Yup, Etsy has made a lot of changes. They are trying to turn it into typical big box retail and us poor individual makers are struggling to find our niche. I haven’t given up, but I am talking seriously with DH about what to do next. In the meantime, there are angel ornaments to make without hurting my wrist in the process. So, it’s slow going. I’m doing them kind of production line style. When I get the first ones to the last step and completed, I’ll post a picture.

Lena, Red Riding Hood and the wolf sounds like fun. Hope the kids enjoy. Poor girl suffering from abdominal pain. Diverticulitis is zero fun, but treatable with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory meds. Both my mom and my brother suffer with it from time to time. Sorry about your bad weather. Can you keep the house a bit warmer and dryer so as to not have the physical symptoms? Stay indoors, warm and dry if you can. Tho’ with a dog to walk… bundle up.

Still working on the angel ornaments. I’ve got 4 more to go on this step, then back through the line to do the finishing details. No snow here yet, tho’ it’s getting closer. We are just below the snow levels right now. However, we are having rain and hail.

Lena, sorry about WC logging you out. I haven’t had that problem, but do you want me to see if it’s a global problem? Freezing rain is definitely worse than snow. Coffee and knitting sounds like a great option.

Onto the next step with the angel ornaments. They all need hair. LOL And a hanger. I’m trying to decide if I can manage beards on the male ones. My son and 2 of my nephews sport beards.

Lena, thanks for the tip. Unfortunately these are so tiny, I’m using a wooden bead for the head. I may just use a marker to color in a beard. Or even, leave it off entirely. After all these are just ornaments for a tree. Not a lot of detailed inspection going on.

Actually, I frustrated my self yesterday. I was thinking I only needed a few strands of embroidery floss to create the hair. I cut 4 lengths because I actually pull them apart and use the strands. No, I need 12 lengths to have enough to cover the wooden bead. *sigh* I’d spent a long time going thru my embroidery floss to find the hair colors I wanted and now I have to go back and match colors to get enough for each one. Oh well, I still have time.

Lena, thanks for the marker idea. Nice donation. Sorry about your oldest daughter’s loss. Hope she can find peace.

The angel ornaments are coming along. only 1/3 still need hair. Then it’s onto adding the hangers. I spent a lot of time yesterday looking for some way of packaging them that was cute. I’ll probably just use wrapping paper of some sort. Didn’t find anything that looked reasonably do-able and was something I’d have fun making.

Lena, will we get pictures of the wolf and red riding hood? Sounds like you are making good progress on your Yule gifts.

I just finished all the angel ornaments. I even found a pillow box that was the right size that I can print out and assemble. I purchased the pillow box file from an Etsy seller for $1.50. I can’t show the box, but here is the collection of angels.