Crafting - A Study of Percentages

That's right folks, we're going to do some math today. Though, I'm probably not the one who should be leading the lesson as a few days ago, while speaking with a couple of women, I made the mistake of saying "to play four on four on four courts we'd need 20 players". Yeah, em-bar-ras-sing.

So, if the numbers don't quite add up here remember it's more for entertainment purposes than anything.

On to the percentages......When I craft and make whatever, it falls into one of four categories:

Retch - meaning that is so ugly I should have to apologize to the paper/stamp creators for subjecting their products to such icky-ness and I will not post it on my blog (or I will just 'cause I have to for a dt commitment but I'll regret it forever) or give the creation to anyone ever

It'll Do - meaning, yeah, s'alright, s'okay I guess (it has a sub-category called Meh for the cards that aren't quite bad enough for Retch classification), no big problem giving it to anyone, but usually reserved for people I really don't like that much

Hey, That's Actually Pretty Good - meaning when it was completed, I liked it, I probably gave it one of those "not bad" facial expressions accompanied by a nod when I was finished, I usually give these creations to my immediate family so I can see it again

I Love It - meaning, holy crap, I made something I really, really, really like

Now, to break it down, 15% of what I make falls into the Retch category; 74% is It'll Do; 10% is Hey It's Actually Pretty Good, and 1% is I Love It. And to break it down even further, if I made 10 projects, 7 would be okay; 2 would be destined for the circular file (as I try to find email addresses for apology notes to manufacturers); 1 would be good and, given the law of averages and such mathy sctuff, none would have me wallowing if my own creative brilliance.

And all that used to be okay by me. But now, I'm finding it's not. Completing cards that are almost always destined for the It'll Do category leaves me feeling mojo-less and unsatisfied.

Take this card for instance.....

Super cute digi from A Day For Daisies, great fall paper......but nothing special happened.  *sigh*

I am still going to enter this card in a bunch of challenges though.  'Cause that's the other part of not being happy with It'll Do cards, I don't feel like I should enter them in challenges.  I used to enter just about everything I've made but now I only want to enter really, really good projects.  Cards from the HTAPG category in the very least.

But sometimes I just miss posting rambling gobbledygook on my blog, and don't have anything good made, and want an excuse to avoid doing some housework so, Card Challlenge Land, here I come.

P.S.  Know that I'm going to give that hairy twine a bit of a trim when I'm done this.  How that stuff manages to grow that much from the time I complete a card to the half day or whatever it takes for me to take a pic I'll never know.

For:

A Day for Daisies:  buttons & bows
MilkCoffee:  paper piecing
{Pin}spirational:  inspirational photo
Card Mania:  use at least one button
Cards For Men:  string
Created With Love:  fall colours
Cutie Pie:  a cute one for the boys
Ooh-La-La:  for men
Paper Nest Dolls:  happy fall y'all
Love to Create:  inspirational colour photo
Challenges 4 Everybody:  anything goes
Dream Valley:  autumn
Pile It On:  warm colours
Di's Digi Design:  fall colours
Scrap-Creations:  fall
The Male Room:  animal, avian or aquarian
Simon Says Stamp:  anything goes
4 Krafty Chicks:  anything goes
Crafty Little Fairies:  autumn colours
Delightful Challenges:  happy fall y'all
Paper-Crafting Journey:  for a boy
Just For Fun:  colours of autumn