Hi and welcome to my letter W post in the #AtoZChallenge. For today’s topic, I chose “works in progress”. You know, those unfinished projects lying around forever waiting for me to get them done.
Right now, I have several works in progress with respect to my polymer clay. The most striking example is, of course, the mobile I’m creating for the baby girl my sister is expecting. I have yet to bake the last of my figures to go onto the wire, but I still also need to buy the wire for the actual thing.
Next up is of course the slice of a tree trunk I have had lying around for at least a month, waiting for me to build a forest scene on it. I initially thought of putting the polymer clay hedgehog I crafted about three weeks ago – which also took me forever to create – on it, but now I’m thinking of doing a squirrel.
Anyway, did I show you all the hedgehog yet? I don’t think I did. Here it is!
Lastly is of course the tulip I intended on crafting for my mother. Well, I tried. I mixed all the colors, which went well, but crafting the actual tulip was harder than I thought. That plus time pressure made me eventually give up and send my mother a polymer clay dolphin from my collection instead.
One reason I prefer to have smaller projects, is that having too many works in progress overwhelms me. This may be a reason I rarely have blog posts in my Drafts folder longer than a few hours to get back to later. Besides, if I start something then forget midway what I wanted to create, that’s a problem too.
Eventually, when I have had an unfinished project lying around for too long, I’ll discard it and start another, hopefully smaller, project.
A Multitude of Musings 
Do you have a plan for a series after the A to Z Challenge? You have handled this one so well!
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No, I don’t. I don’t think there are any in May. That being said, I do hope to keep on writing (nearly) everyday.
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Astrid, the discipline of writing “something” every day is one of my best stress relievers and greatest joys. Keep it up!
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I’m so glad the discipline helps you! I agree, it’s a great way to release and relieve stress.
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I love this cute hedgehog. Too many unfinished projects also overwhelm me too.
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Thank you so much for the compliment on my hedgehog. I totally understand having many unfinished projects lying around can be overwhelming.
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You’re welcome my friend
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Aww…that hedgehog looks so adorable Astrid!
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Oh, thanks so very much! 🙂
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I have a bad habit of sometimes starting another project before I finish the one I am working on.
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Me too. That’s how I end up with a couple of unfinished projects lying around. It’s not always a bad thing, but it can get overwhelming when too many unfinished projects pile up.
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sorry the tulip for your mom did not work out! I love that you have multiple projects going at once! That way you can pick up one, and then if you get tired of that you can choose another, until you are ready to get back to the first one again!
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Thank you. Yes, I agree. Sometimes, I like to finish a project in one sitting, but it’s also cool to have unfinished projects that I may want to sleep on.
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