Knowing when to stop....

[calanneh]

When did each of you learn that powerful lesson of knowing when to stop??

I am bad about working on a project and then adding just one more little touch.....and messing it all up! I have done it more than I care to admit and I did it agian today!

I was working on a belt case for my leatherman and I used my stylus to do a nice simple outline of Texas in the leather. Got the leather wet, traced the image a few times, let it dry. It looked very nice, but as the leather dried the lines pulled tighter and smoothed (is that a word?) out a little. It would have been just fine, but being me..I grabbed my stylus and went over it one more time......

And accidently added an extra loop to the Rio Grande and hosed up Galveston Bay.....LOL!

I was able to fix it, but once again I proved to myself.....I should of left well enough alone.

In the attached sword frog pic, I laced this darn thing for over an hour (with pretty good results) and it looked fine the way it was. But then I thought, 'I bet a cool celtic knot stamp would look nice at the bottom'. The stamp slips as I strike it and I get a double image of the stamp!!

I had to work a bit more and I added a border that kinda masked the double image, but the damage was done. I should have left well enough alone....

Anybody else care to share?? I know I ain't the only one with this 'just one more' addiction......

William

[jbird]

I am guilty to I push the envalope almost every time it has not bit me to bad yet, that itch to "improve" is hard to get rid of. And some times I get a bit nerves about waiting for things to dry. We are in the same boat on this one.

Josh

[Dags3777]

Some times " Less is More " Darryl

[rawhide1]

calanneh

I feel your pain!! I do that with alot of stuff. Right now I haven't been doing much braiding or anything else due to the freestanding treehouse I'm building for my kids. They would have been tickled pink with one thrown together. But not ol dad!! It's 9'x9' and 6' ceiling and the gable roof adds another 4' of head room. The whole thing is about 9' off the ground. When finished it will have a 4ft walk around deck, finished woodfloors,a loft, and be wired. The *amn thing just keeps getting stuff added to it. And it's driving my wife nuts!!! Luckly I've used alot of reclaimed lumber. The kids will really enjoy it if I ever get it done!! And I promise I will screw something up before I'm done. Thats just one exzample of me not knowing when to stop.

Mike

[calanneh]

Damn Mike!

Will you build me a treehouse too?!?!?!

William

[Go2Tex]

bwahahahaha!! Misery loves company, don't she? Been there done that so many times I don't even wanna count 'em. I guess it comes from being a bit of a perfectionist, never satisfied, always trying to improve on something. And sure 'nuf, 9 times out of 10 that last little touch is the one that SCREWS IT UP!.

Hey, thanks for sharing. It's nice to know I ain't the only moran that can't leave well enough alone. heh heh

[badger]

I want a treehouse!

Karl

[celticleather]

If I quickly grow a tree, can I have one too?

[carr52]

I was just going to make a messenger bag like the one Indiana Jones carries. Plain and simple, no carving. Well one thing led to another and Indiana Jones turned into Henrieta Jones.

Tom

[calanneh]

I was just going to make a messenger bag like the one Indiana Jones carries. Plain and simple, no carving. Well one thing led to another and Indiana Jones turned into Henrieta Jones.

Tom

Well, I'm sure Indy would love it too......