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January Update - Almost done with Etsy orders!
3 years ago
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Hello here with another monthly update ♥ Thank you all very much for reading my updates and following + supporting what I do. I really appreciate all the interest in my work ♥ Don't forget you can also follow and support on my ko-fi for exclusive updates and wip pictures. I will post sneak peaks and behind the scene pictures of the things I make. I am also planning to make tutorials and videos to share how things are made ^__^ https://www.ko-fi.com/sweetsushi
I've been continuing journaling my work and I already feel it works better that I've changed the 10+5 hours to 8+4 hours. It's such a minor change, but has a big impact on me. I feel more accomplished with what I've done, so that's a big boost for my mental state. However winter depression really hits me hard this time though. I have a difficult time finding energy later at the day and my focus early on the day is really bad. I feel I still have allot on my mind and lots of struggles that keeps me from being productive. Especially in January I had so much to process from the past few months and just recovering in general, so it was hard for me finding my way back to work. I have been extremely exhausted and just a very bad concentration for the past couple of weeks. But I am happy I have taken care of allot of things, like posting these updates, making a schedule and contacting my clients.
For January through February I planned to finish my Etsy orders, so that's what I've been doing in the past couple of weeks. I first started with a new prototype hat, which I then took a little break from (I once again kind of underestimated the time needed & was already overtime :P) to pick up some other orders. I finished 2 more miku hats and also a bunch of other inkling hats! Soyeah I've been a busy bee and I am happy that it won't be long until I have finished all orders. Just the 2 new octo hats which I am in the progress of making a prototype for and then 3 more inkling hats!
I have been 2 months without an income due to my shop being closed. So after I (almost) finished all these orders I am planning to open shop again on Friday February 24. I think I will be needing untill the end of the month to finish my current orders, but I am not expecting to receive orders right after I opened shop. I will then slowly update my items in my shop with updated photos. It still needs allot of work and editing though.
You can find my shop on https://www.ateliersweetsushi.etsy.com
Once I've finished my orders and opened shop I will be working on my kigurumi projects. I am hoping to finish one kigurumi in 4 weeks and then after each finished kigurumi I will spend a week on Etsy orders and then back to the next kigurumi project. We will see if this work flow works. It depends mostly how much orders I will bring in from my Etsy (which is mainly my income) and also how long it will take to finish one kigurumi. Kaida's onesie is first in line and I am very much looking forward to work on this design. After I finished that one I will have a better idea of what kind of workflow will work for me. I am also introducing new improved patterns that will include better custom sizing for each individual. I am pretty excited to finally be able to work on these projects and share the finished designs ♥
I have a few concept designs that still needs to be finished. I have tried to schedule these in, but I've been so tired lately that I haven't found the time or rather energy to make them. But these shouldn't take long at al! So I will be contacting my ko-fi clients soon with an update about their commission. If you read this, I want to apologies for the delay! I hope you all have still a bit of patience with me ♥ Once my Etsy orders are done I should have a better overview and less distractions, so I can focus a bit better on these side projects.
So that was all for this update! ^____^
my last update
LINKTREE
site ♥ https://www.sweetsushi.nl
ko-fi ♥ https://ko-fi.com/sweetsushi
my webshop 🛒 www.ateliersweetsushi.etsy.com
follow me on ✎ twitter.com/SweetsushiDraws for art content
follow me on 🧵 twitter.com/SweetsushiSews for sewing projects
Personal Update
I've been continuing journaling my work and I already feel it works better that I've changed the 10+5 hours to 8+4 hours. It's such a minor change, but has a big impact on me. I feel more accomplished with what I've done, so that's a big boost for my mental state. However winter depression really hits me hard this time though. I have a difficult time finding energy later at the day and my focus early on the day is really bad. I feel I still have allot on my mind and lots of struggles that keeps me from being productive. Especially in January I had so much to process from the past few months and just recovering in general, so it was hard for me finding my way back to work. I have been extremely exhausted and just a very bad concentration for the past couple of weeks. But I am happy I have taken care of allot of things, like posting these updates, making a schedule and contacting my clients.
Splatoon Hats
For January through February I planned to finish my Etsy orders, so that's what I've been doing in the past couple of weeks. I first started with a new prototype hat, which I then took a little break from (I once again kind of underestimated the time needed & was already overtime :P) to pick up some other orders. I finished 2 more miku hats and also a bunch of other inkling hats! Soyeah I've been a busy bee and I am happy that it won't be long until I have finished all orders. Just the 2 new octo hats which I am in the progress of making a prototype for and then 3 more inkling hats!
I have been 2 months without an income due to my shop being closed. So after I (almost) finished all these orders I am planning to open shop again on Friday February 24. I think I will be needing untill the end of the month to finish my current orders, but I am not expecting to receive orders right after I opened shop. I will then slowly update my items in my shop with updated photos. It still needs allot of work and editing though.
You can find my shop on https://www.ateliersweetsushi.etsy.com
Kigurumi Pajamas (Onesies)
Once I've finished my orders and opened shop I will be working on my kigurumi projects. I am hoping to finish one kigurumi in 4 weeks and then after each finished kigurumi I will spend a week on Etsy orders and then back to the next kigurumi project. We will see if this work flow works. It depends mostly how much orders I will bring in from my Etsy (which is mainly my income) and also how long it will take to finish one kigurumi. Kaida's onesie is first in line and I am very much looking forward to work on this design. After I finished that one I will have a better idea of what kind of workflow will work for me. I am also introducing new improved patterns that will include better custom sizing for each individual. I am pretty excited to finally be able to work on these projects and share the finished designs ♥
Concept Designs
I have a few concept designs that still needs to be finished. I have tried to schedule these in, but I've been so tired lately that I haven't found the time or rather energy to make them. But these shouldn't take long at al! So I will be contacting my ko-fi clients soon with an update about their commission. If you read this, I want to apologies for the delay! I hope you all have still a bit of patience with me ♥ Once my Etsy orders are done I should have a better overview and less distractions, so I can focus a bit better on these side projects.
So that was all for this update! ^____^
my last update
LINKTREE
site ♥ https://www.sweetsushi.nl
ko-fi ♥ https://ko-fi.com/sweetsushi
my webshop 🛒 www.ateliersweetsushi.etsy.com
follow me on ✎ twitter.com/SweetsushiDraws for art content
follow me on 🧵 twitter.com/SweetsushiSews for sewing projects
For my part no worries with the concept design. For me it is just the preparation for your next opening of custom wear to get the hoodie :3 If that happens this year even better :D