Morrigan

So, its been a few minutes since I posted that I was starting a journey to creativity but I have made no progress. The last few weeks have been rough. I finally had a few hours today to actually get some stuff done. I feel like I have made a significant stride by simply starting. It is, by no means, even nearly complete, but I feel accomplished even with the limited amount of cleaning I got done. Mind you, if you look at the previous post you’ll know that it was a disaster before. Now I work in piles. So please bear with me as I know it looks messier than when it was piled on the shelves here. I will take the stuff on the right and it will eventually be neatly packed away. I am taking a break and I tucked everything under the left nook so that it was out of the way for now. To me this is PROGRESS! And lots of it. I actually got the first step done which is action instead of waiting. As I sort through this I’m finding things that aren’t even crafts in this area. Just miscellaneous stuff that appears to just get lost in the shuffled but I am struggling to find places for them. Some things I may get rid of but some things I just need to get to where it belongs. Some important steps that will come as I get things more sorted out is I will be 3D printing some paint holders so I can organize my paint better. I may find a few other things I’ll need to create! I have used plenty of sorting systems but I feel like they aren’t doing what I need. If you have recommendations for how to better create and sort a creative space I’m all ears. View the full article

To start my creative journey I feel I need to sort my creative space. Now, I’m sure I will reflect on this as I go but I went ahead and took pictures of my disastrous space so that I can focus on the little things and get things sorted. I feel like, while I do this I may get distracted so I will need to write down any project ideas I get as I go. These project ideas should help in motivating me to complete my tasks. Let’s start with showing you my space so you understand what I’m working with. Part of this space is currently a sort of shared project space which may need to be changed so that I can sort my area better. I know, for sure, that part of this will be pulling these areas closer to myself, coming up with backings to these shelves if I want them away from the wall and maybe more of them. I feel like if I have the extra up then maybe I can display things better as my desk is very crowded at the moment. So some things that I will work on: One section at a time. Figuring out the best sorting and labeling system. Moving the areas to better suit my needs. Creating backings for my shelving areas so I can move them away from the wall. 3D printable items for sorting items like paint. Ways to make things accessible. Focus on getting things sorted but not hidden. Get rid of my pants hidey hole lolol I may come up with others but for now that is all I can think of. If you have ideas or suggestions please feel free. Please ignore the pants hidey hole. When I wear pants I normally take them off and shove them in there. This is a habit I need to stop doing lol. As long as I get home at a reasonable hour (which at the moment isn’t looking good) I will start this tonight and update. If I don’t I’ll see what I can do. View the full article

Time is often limited in my day to day. I don’t currently have a 9-5 and am working 7 days a week to make sure my household’s ends meet. This leaves me with mere hours in my day to myself, my hobbies, my family. When you have hours, at least for me, I get this sort of paralysis. I’m not sure what to fill my time with. I tend to squander it by floundering on the millions of ideas I have in my head and getting nothing done. I want this to end! I am 40 and I want to actually be productive with my time instead of mindlessly staring at my computer screen as if it will give me the answers. Spoiler alert, it doesn’t. As such, my first journey to start sharing with you all is getting this site done and getting my physical hobby space organized and settled. This is a big task for me. I have a lot of physical hobbies and not a lot of it is currently sorted. Tonight I’m going to get images and video of the space, this will include my computer desk, so that I can share with you my journey and thoughts on how I did it. This won’t be a fast process as I will still only have my limited time through the days. Each day the I get something done will come with an update the next day! I hope you are all as excited as me for the journey to come! View the full article

So as life would have it, I’m getting older (Turned 40 last month) and things are still as hectic as ever. I’m starting to take count in what things I still enjoy and what things I have started to resent. It is amazing how time can really show you how thankless some things you poured your heart and soul into can be. With these realizations I have decided to focus my efforts on things that I still enjoy and consolidate down to a more succinct internet presence. Its hard to admit it, but I have let go of over 15 domains, some of which I’ve had for nearly 20 years. That’s INSANE considering that I loved websites both making them and maintaining them. As time wears on I have figured out that while I still sort of enjoy it, it was really just doesn’t hold that “new car smell” that it used to. Even as we speak I’m wholeheartedly annoyed with making this post. Things look wonky and everything needs a background… when in the hell did this become so difficult? It took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to get the right background on the header of this site, let alone figuring out the individual pages thing. I guess WordPress was always a little unwieldy to me and that’s why I would use Invision Community. Unfortunately I just can’t afford to keep up with it or justify the expense though it would likely help keep me from doing my head in because of WP. (This is a note that I KNOW that this blocky BS looks terrible, I’m working on it and it will hopefully not be this way forever). It is possible that if things change I will move back to Invision, for now its just not in the cards. NOW! Back to the subject at hand. One of the biggest things I’m consolidating are many websites into this one. It makes sense really. My Morrgasm of stuff! You’ll be able to get to things from here as I finish them. Redundant websites (such as morrigansmadness.com, ladypirate.net etc) have been redirected to here and this will be sort of my new mecha home page where to find me and anything I make. Additionally, I will be using this site as the primary site for my future endeavors, wins and fails. I am trying to settle into a routine enough that I can begin streaming video games I play on twitch and share them onto Youtube. Share the projects that I work on here at home including my new dice making endeavors, with my 3D printed model paintings, new purse making ideas and even eventually I may get into crocheting. You never know where things will take me. Completely possible to take me back to my teenage roots of cross stitch and embroidery. I guess if you don’t want to read the above, the long story short is I’m going to focus a good portion of my efforts on fewer sites, this one being my primary. Does this mean that Morrgasm is the only site I run and operate and stuff now? No. I have a few other projects including a site for my significant other called Home Brew Gaming, a site called Tales from the Dungeon and a few others that are still being run, maintained or otherwise still up. It does, however, mean that I won’t be maintaining 17 different sites at once trying to keep up the motivation for each of them individually. I’m excited to really focus on something that I can be proud of instead of spreading myself thin. I hope to finally really get the site of my dreams made. View the full article

As it stands, legacy members (those that have been here a while) should have been auto upgraded to add these items without donating. As with the community we may change this in the future but for now you should be able to upload a custom image. It does still say its patron only but that is not the case.