Last month I listed everything I got done day by day for the Christmas selling season and in preparation for the craft show. It helped me keep track of how I was doing and how much I had left. I always feel that I am not doing enough. This will be like a food diary; a true picture of how much I was getting done to prepare. I still have my to do list for the month.
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ew buttons on cup cozies - Stiffen  all crochet ornaments
- cut out Tardis baby bibs
- cut out flannel baby bibs
- sew flannel baby bibs
sew 37Â cup cozies now cut outÂ- Sew Tardis baby bibs
add ribbons to all ornaments- Crochet 4 Â men’s hats
- Crochet 2Â Women’s rose hats
- Crochet 5 Granny Stripe Scarves
- Crochet 5 Granny Square Scarves
- Crochet stars
- Crochet hearts
- Sew 10 superhero capes
- Sew 10 aprons
- Cut out 8 Â aprons
- Organize my side of the maker space
- Sew 6 flannel baby blankets for crochet trim
- Sew pillow cases for crochet trim
- sew 3 craft show aprons
Sew 20 burp cloths ÂI’ve currently sewn 16- finish owl hats that need eyes, wings and beaks
- Sew tags on all the scarves and hats
- Anything else I can think of!
Oct 1. Â Thursday
- Sewed, topstitched and buttoned 57 cup cozies
- Sewed eyes on Minion 6 minion hats, and 1 ninja turtle hat
- Did the hand work on 7 heart ornaments
Oct. 2. Â Friday
- 20 minutes posting on Hootsuite
October 3 Saturday
- Posted on Hootsuite
October 4 Sunday
- took the day off and made cake!
- listed 3Â items on Handmade@Amazon
October 5 Monday
- Listed 24 items on Handmade @Amazon
- sewed patchwork bibs yellow 6 they are ready for batting and backing!
- shipped order
- dropped off hat…
Tuesday
- sewed 10 patchwork bibs  (lots of work but they are really cute.)
Wed.
- Crocheted 2 hats 1 teal and 1 copper
Thursday
- Cut threads and finished quilting on patchwork baby bibs
- Sold two adult blankets and 1 baby blanket
Friday
- listed 10 baby blankets on Amazon/handmade
Saturday! Tons done today.
- Figured out the craft show display
- started painting some of the craft show display pieces
- watched more of the Influence/Impact summit.
- we have watched about 10 of the interviews so far and the knowledge we have gleaned is incredible. I love the fact that it is free!
Sunday
- Cut and pin Burp clothes
- watch Influence and Impact Symposium
- Crochet head band
- work on crochet triangle scarf/shawl
Monday October 12 Columbus Day
- Iron and sew burp cloths
- I put the tags on and cut the threads
- Finished three blanket scarves
- watched Dave Ramsey on Influence and Impact
- Started crocheting a hat
- wove in the ends on the teal hat
And THEN the week happened….
Saturday and Sunday
- worked on displays and floor plan for the craft fair.
- Spent time with family and enjoyed the weekend.
- Date night on Friday night and went to the Vintage Market Fair, twice! Once on Friday and once on Saturday.
- I had breakfast with friends, lunch with my Daughter in law and Dinner with Dale. When I told him I had eaten every meal out. He said not to get used to it, Â but we had a great date night.
It is now Monday again, the 19 of October! Â :0)
- 3 headbands finished
- 1 scarfy shawl or shawly scarf
- 1 sweater/poncho in reds/pinks/brown
- crocheted/finished three hats, black/white, red/white, black/white, rust,
- finished one owl hat
Tuesday October 20
- Crocheted three hats
- sewed tags on 30+ hats
- took inventory of hats completed and tagged 67 hats total
Wednesday
- wrote blog post
- working on crochet hats
- posted on hoot suite
Thursday October
- Tagged and inventoried hats
- put belly bands on cup cozies
- sewed 10+ coffee press cozies
- sewed hot pads
The guinea hens stopped by our house this morning.
Friday
Dale picked up d rings for me… they were the wrong size
Saturday October 24
- cut out 10+ aprons and linings
- Sewed 2 aprons
- sewed 4 pot holders
- cut apron straps
- sewed buttons on 8 coffee press cozies
Sunday October 25
- Did absolutely nothing for the business.
- Switched all the kids beds around in Preparation for Thanksgiving.
- Cleaned and vacuum the guest room and closet.
Monday October 26
We are getting close to the end of this month. I am doing a bad job of documenting my work. I am getting loads of sewing and business things done.
- I got Square up and running again on my phone. It allows me to accept credit cards
- cut out linings for aprons
- cut out baby bibs
- sewed 14 baby bibs
- Set up Hootsuite for the week
- sewed buttons on 3 coffee press cozies
- received the order for d rings…. they were the wrong size
- ordered more d rings online
- crocheted one baby bow tie
Tuesday
- top stitched 14 baby bibs
- cut out baby bibs
- sewed bow tie baby bibs
- added snaps to baby bibs
- Total number of bibs finished today (
- cut out capes (
- crocheted man’s hat
Wednesday
- sew capes
- sew aprons
- cut out superhero capes
Thursday
- Finished 12 capes with tags
- Sew ties on aprons
- Take a huge long nap followed by going to bed early and sleeping all night!
Friday the 30th of October
- sew aprons
- iron aprons
- Compassion village
- family game night with homemade pizza! The pizza was great and we started a new game. It was hugely funny or we were being silly.
October 31st
Here we are right at the end of the month. I did get more done than I thought I did. I am starting a new list for November and I will get that posted soon.
Talk to you  later,
Karen