Decision points…

Ever notice how sometimes things don’t get finished.  Projects don’t get fully knit up.  Piles of clutter sit, and sit, and sit.  I don’t know about anyone else, but for me, it usually means I’m dragging my feet on making some decision.  Maybe I’m not sure what to do.  Maybe I don’t know where to put the stuff.  Maybe I’m worried I’ll mess something up.  Once I realize that I’m delaying on a project, I can usually put on my big girl panties and tackle the decision in question.  Sometimes it takes a bit more… like hubbie suggesting very kindly that he would like to see some of these projects I feature actually finished.  I’m betting you would, too.  Ooooooo!

So today I broke into hubbie’s collection of sandpaper and pulled out paper for wet-sanding.  Imagine my relief to find out that wet sanding was a type of paper and not a technique.  Whew!  Once past that (decision point) I sanded down the modge podge on 8 coasters.  (Yes, my hand was cramping and I worried it would stay in that funny position.)  I then broke out the heavy-duty glue to take care of the wallpaper curl on the one coaster.  I followed this with a bit of paint on the edges of the backsides where the cork may not cover… so they look more finished in the end.  In all, this probably took about an hour.

I’m thinking I might do a final color glaze on the fronts (decision point?) before another coat or two of modge podge.  I can then finish them off with the cork on the bottom.  I just won’t do it tomorrow because I’m going to Stitches West… my annual yarn trek/nirvana/buying spree.  Just to be very clear, there is no dithering with that (decision point)!