So, last month's fan show with Red Snapper was an enormous success, one that ended in us sealing a deal with the venue to become an exclusive deal with them. So happy to say that our little troupe has its very own home at Juanita's Cantina in Little Rock! WINNING!
Before the show, though, I must admit that I'd lost my costuming mojo. Normally, I absolutely love putting costuming together for a show, but I just couldn't make myself motivated enough to work on costumes for this one. I finally FORCED myself into the fabric store and made myself sit down and start stitching. Lesson learned-- when I lose my mojo, gotta force myself to start working. Unfortunately, I didn't force myself in enough time to really get the costumes looking the way I wanted and was stuck tweaking them until the day of show. Looking at the pictures from the show, I'm satisfied, but not overwhelmed with joy at how they turned out, so I plan on doing further work before I present those numbers again.
After the show, got incredibly sick (read: mono AND strep simultaneously; I hit the medical jackpot), which left me on bed rest for nearly a week. Whilst in bed, I scrolled through a ton of vintage advertisements and pin up pictures and ended up getting a TON of inspiration for new acts (one even hit me so hard, I nearly jumped out of bed). And, of course, now that I have my costume mojo going, I can't leave the house to get anything to work on. :)
So, lesson learned again-- when stuck for inspiration, scroll through old pictures to get my brain moving.
Just a couple of thoughts for anyone going through something similar.
