above is a small selection of my favourite outfits for the past month, the whole year’s worth can be viewed in my Year of Handmade flickr album, here…
Wellhowyagoingyeahalrightthanksyourself??
OK, so wearing my own clothes and shoes really has become like second nature. I think I’ve reached the stage in the challenge where it almost feels over, where I’m plodding along with it, can see that light at the end of the tunnel so I’m just kinda wishing it would hurry up and get here! I’ve started ticking off the days one at a time. 90 days to go!!!!
The stages I go through with every single time-based challenge I’ve ever undertaken are always the same, so my current feelings of meh-ness shouldn’t really be a surprise. To start with there’s the honeymoon period where I’m all fired up with excitement, followed by a slightly difficult period of adjustment once the initial euphoria is over, then a stage of acceptance where I’m just ok, still enjoying the challenge and coasting happily along on an even keel, then I slowly descend into an impatient restlessness. Well, a year is a long time. I’m sure as the end gets even closer I’ll get a small mental boost of excitement at the thought of successfully completing the challenge. I hope so!
And it will be so interesting to compare how comfortable my old rtw shoes are on my feet compare to the self-made ones I’ve been wearing all year, whether they really are totally amazing or whether I just remember them with rose-tinted spectacles as being more comfortable and better than they are and I’m just hypercritical of my own self-made shoes and feel like every single fault stands out like a whopping huge glaring error that simply must be able to be seen from a mile away, just because, well you know, that’s how makers are. I have a sneaking suspicion it will be the former, but we’ll have to see.
Speaking of shoes, to be honest, they are never far from my thoughts these days! 
my white oxfords are proving to be my current favourites… they go with everything and I think they look quite nice and well made too, if I say so myself. They even look a bit fashionable. My new white sandals are proving very useful too. I think I can even cautiously predict that if there are no disasters I won’t need to make any more shoes. Although I probably will. *sigh* you know what they say. Makers gonna make. It’s a weird affliction, and there’s not much point in fighting it.
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