YIKES! REINDEER!!!!

Today is a painting day, but these little guys are on my mind.  Last year I made a fabulous, colorful pompom chain and made these felt reindeer to hang on the chain.  I sent it to my daughter.  She loves Christmas as much as I do and she loves cute, colorful fun things, too.  These look like they're going to prance away!!!  I love them!  Yes, I love my own creations!  They make me happy.  The down side is they take a little time to make, but hey, what am I doing that I can't turn out a few of these goodies every now and then??  I'll get my goods and sit down with TCM and watch some really good movies and have an entire herd!  Well, that was my thinking last December.  Once daughter received her reindeer chain, she asked me to make about 175 for her to give her friends.  175 chains, that is.  That means about 8 reindeer on each chain.  That means, oh...... round about 1400 reindeer.  Okay.  Sure.  I'll get right on this.  Which reminds me.....  Waaaaay back in the late 1990's, I made a cute little purse and sent it to daughter.  She went bonkers "OMG that is the cutest thing I've ever seen!! You need to sell these!!"  I should have TOTALLY ignored that last sentence, but again, Hey - what was I doing?  So she and I cooked up the idea of selling purses.  All I had to do was sit and make the purses and she would sell them.  Sounds good.  Unfortunately, it got a little out of hand.  She is a fantastic marketer and refuses to take "no" for an answer, has many contacts in prominent places, and eventually my purses were being sold in high end stores, carried by celebrities, and even appeared in a film.  So I had everything that was necessary for huge success.  Everything but the production.  Each purse was a one of a kind and that can't be reproduced in a factory setting.  Eventually, I was my own sweat shop.  I had no life.  All I did was sew purses.  And go nuts.  Daughter and huzbin tried their best to get me to re-define the purse and get it made in a factory, but I really didn't have the drive and energy to do that kind of hard core business.  Good thing they didn't mind too much, although I did look in my rear view mirror every time I went out for about a month after I issued the "no mo purses" statement.  Daughter and I have similar trait - we tend to go overboard on the fun things we like.  Good thing the fun things are small and silly.  Like reindeer.  And stop rolling your eyes - you'll be putting out your reindeer before you know it!!