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Getting Things DONE!
Nov. 28th, 2007 10:09 amThere was a show on called "Monster House" that was all about converting either part or all of a house into a really cool theme that reflected the tastes of the owners. The catch was that the workers had to do it in a set time period to win a lot of cool prizes. When they finished a piece of the project there would be this graphic of a stamp and the echo voice saying "DONE"! Ever since then when I complete a project or a major section of a project. I hear that voice in my head twice yesterday.
Over the past 11 months I have been part of two sets round robin dolls. For those of you who don't know what a round robin doll is, it is a doll or part of a doll that gets sent from artist to artist for additions and embellishment. In one case we were to send two parts of a doll that was never finished to see what everyone else would do with it. In the other we sent part of a doll out (body and start of the head) to see what our fellow doll makers would come up with.
Part of the agreement when you join this sort of thing is that you will move the dolls along in a timely fashion but everyone understands that life happens and things will get held up for the weirdest reason. Like being giving the wrong address or postal code for one of the artists. That was a two month saga in itself. I did get behind due to costumes and other things going on but I always worked on getting caught back up. Since I was working on two swaps at the same time, it got a little exciting when I had say 4 dolls show up within two days of each other.
And each doll came with a journal which the owner would request that we write in. It was interesting what each person wanted us to write about. Some of the journals were hand made and others were store bought but each reflected the owner. That was the hardest part for me to do. The journal was usually where I got stuck when working on a doll. But after doing so many, I am much better at it than I was earlier this year. I also saw some clever ideas that I am going to try down the road.
I also learned a lot from each doll that came through my door. I learned new ways of doing things and new things to do to dolls that I had never thought of. It has been a fascinating experience that I would be willing to do again and, if the group does another one, will.
Yesterday I finished up the touches on two dolls that have been with me since October. I wrote in the journals. I made the parts I wanted to add. I boxed them up to move them onto their next artist. I am now waiting for two dolls in the last challenge. The last doll I have to work on and my doll. I got back my doll from the Orphan Parts swap and I love her. She is totally like nothing I would make but she works on so many levels for me. I also like the journal that I sent with her because now I know a little bit about the dolls journey and the people who worked on her with such loving care.
I am grateful that I took the chance and did these projects.
Over the past 11 months I have been part of two sets round robin dolls. For those of you who don't know what a round robin doll is, it is a doll or part of a doll that gets sent from artist to artist for additions and embellishment. In one case we were to send two parts of a doll that was never finished to see what everyone else would do with it. In the other we sent part of a doll out (body and start of the head) to see what our fellow doll makers would come up with.
Part of the agreement when you join this sort of thing is that you will move the dolls along in a timely fashion but everyone understands that life happens and things will get held up for the weirdest reason. Like being giving the wrong address or postal code for one of the artists. That was a two month saga in itself. I did get behind due to costumes and other things going on but I always worked on getting caught back up. Since I was working on two swaps at the same time, it got a little exciting when I had say 4 dolls show up within two days of each other.
And each doll came with a journal which the owner would request that we write in. It was interesting what each person wanted us to write about. Some of the journals were hand made and others were store bought but each reflected the owner. That was the hardest part for me to do. The journal was usually where I got stuck when working on a doll. But after doing so many, I am much better at it than I was earlier this year. I also saw some clever ideas that I am going to try down the road.
I also learned a lot from each doll that came through my door. I learned new ways of doing things and new things to do to dolls that I had never thought of. It has been a fascinating experience that I would be willing to do again and, if the group does another one, will.
Yesterday I finished up the touches on two dolls that have been with me since October. I wrote in the journals. I made the parts I wanted to add. I boxed them up to move them onto their next artist. I am now waiting for two dolls in the last challenge. The last doll I have to work on and my doll. I got back my doll from the Orphan Parts swap and I love her. She is totally like nothing I would make but she works on so many levels for me. I also like the journal that I sent with her because now I know a little bit about the dolls journey and the people who worked on her with such loving care.
I am grateful that I took the chance and did these projects.
