Morning pages, then a longish walk with Erik down the hill to get donuts. Arrived back home a little more than an hour later, dripping sweat but otherwise feeling pretty great. My eye-pillow fill materials arrived shortly after that, so when I’d stopped dripping, I tested them out by filling five eye pillows with a flaxseed-brown rice-chamomile mixture. I didn’t realize these pillows would be so fat, but the weight is nice. After lunch (during which I read a little more L’Engle), I took a shower, then tested one of the pillows. Wonderful! I like the chamomile scent much more than I thought I would, though Erik thinks it’s too strong (no surprise there, however).
In the mid-afternoon I headed over to the El Sobrante Library (strange to drive so rapidly along a route I walked so leisurely earlier in the day!) and spent a couple of hours there with many papercrafting books and a few Chinese and Chinese American history books. By the time I got to the history books I was pretty tired (and hungry!), so I haven’t looked into those in much depth. But I am inspired by all the papercrafting books. I’ve already tried out one of the projects: a small origami-inspired box with lid.
After dinner I also glued my remaining envelopes from my first batch of stationery — I’ve let those sit for too long. Oddly enough I couldn’t find my glue anywhere, so I used Mod Podge; we’ll see tomorrow how well that worked.
My attitude toward the FabMo exhibit and craft-selling in general has become much less feverish now that I have this family-history project to work on. I almost don’t care whether I get into the exhibition (which, I hear from the organizer, is now likely; they underestimated seller interest and are now nearly full up) or start my Etsy shop anytime soon… but the crafting really is a pretty nice break from the more intellectual work. I’ll continue striving for a balance.
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