Make 100

In an effort to ensure that I keep putting out posts, I have already typed up a few, and just set them on a staggered release schedule (so I don't forget). This is the first of the scheduled updates.

I have been looking at the Kickstarter website a lot, just browsing through campaigns and projects to see what is out there.
The past couple years, in January, they have had an initiative towards making things in editions of 100. For example, making 100 of one particular item for your campaign. I have been tempted to translate this toward my crafting.

Up until now, I have been just making things randomly. Of course, things ordered take priority, then for a while I was busy making one of every color for some of my bracelets, to have pictures for my Etsy listings. But other than that, I usually just make whatever strikes my fancy at the moment.
This can pose problems. I order my rings based on what projects that I am wanting to take on at the moment, and then have to wait for them to come in. By the time the rings get here, the drive and excitements have usually waned, and I end up with rings that just sit around since I only ordered those particular ones for that particular project.
But, I can try incorporating the Make 100 initiative of Kickstarter, and use it to make 100 of one of my chainmail items. I don't want to do a campaign, I'm just using it to guide my crafty mojo, when I need to figure out what to make.

Now that I have decided a direction to spark my crafty mojo, here comes the hard part of figuring out what to make 100 of.
I already have lots of bracelets, so I'm wanting to make something else. As crazy as it sounds, I am leaning toward one of my larger items, and thinking of making 100 dice bags.
Any feedback? Is there something you guys think I should make, instead?

Picking back up

I know I haven't posted in forever. I have actually been meaning to for quite some time, but then life gets in the way! Here is a brief rundown of everything since my last post.

After my last post about broken pictures, my husband and I took a 2 week trip to Australia and New Zealand. It was an amazing trip, and I would love to go back some day!
A few weeks after we got back, I started having stomach issues (like I had had previously, only worse) that sent me to the ER. I got a CT scan, and then was admitted to have my gallbladder removed immediately. Apparently it was 4x the size of normal, and had started to die off inside.
At that same time, I started a new position at work. It's more of an escalated group, but not quite a promotion.
Now that things have smoothed out, I have been wanting to put up a post, but there is so much that I have made and wanted to talk about, that I just didn't know where to start. So, I just decided to go with what I have some pictures on, and figure it out from there.

Here is some of the chainmail that I have been making (you know, that I have pictures of).

My pictures are broken!

I have been so busy lately, with my Kickstarter, then with studying some more to get a certification for the day job, that I haven't been keeping up with this blog. I logged in this morning to show a co-worker my Qingming project, and I found so many of my pictures are broken, thanks to Photobucket!

I am in the process of fixing them all, so please bear with me in the mean time!

Wow, it has been over a month!

I have been so busy lately, that it has been over a month since my last post!

As expected, my time has been taken up with my Kickstarter. I have been making things left and right in an effort to get the rewards completed and shipped out as quickly as possible. I am past the half-way mark on my rewards list, and I have stared shipping out some of them!
I will get some pictures of everything, though, I promise!

Here is a picture of some of the dice bags that I have made for this, so far. I have a few others that are not in the picture.
They are missing the draw string and clasp, but that's it.

Thank you!

Thank you to anyone who checked out or spread the word of my Kickstarter campaign. It was a success! The next month or two will be spend furiously making my rewards for everybody. I'll post pictures of everything here so everyone will be able to see what I'm working on.

So far, I haven't been working on much. I have gotten a new position at work, and my spare time at home has been spent working on the Kickstarter. I can't wait to share pictures of all the rewards, though! I am going to be getting a head start this weekend.