Yesterday I mentioned that I was suffering from sore muscles from working out on the property. I was thankful for the rainy day as I thought it would be a good time for me to try and take up a craft.Did I mention that I am NOT a crafty person. Oh how I would love to be able to make some of the things I have seen on so many blogs. I sometimes wonder if being left handed makes a difference? Excuse number 99. I like to pretend I can create things, like some eccentric artist... a little this... a little that and voila!
Oh I have fumbled my way through knitting and have made a few things.....sweaters,and scarves. I did make my youngest daughters coming home from the hospital outfit. I felt pretty good about that. I took up cross stitch for awhile.... that was when I quit smoking, I needed something better to do with my hands other than putting food in my mouth. So again I made a few things..... Once I got the no smoking under control bye bye cross stitch. Sewing.... I took sewing lessons in school....I sucked.....my dust cloth looked like a rag....the shirt....the collar never matched....zipper...who needs a zipper anyways ....you'd think I would have given up then.....oh no....when I was pregnant with my first daughter I wanted to make a floor to ceiling canopy and skirt with linens for the bassinet, I don't know what I was thinking, but with my sisters guidance I accomplished it.... Oh I have dabbled in candle making, ornament making, I made Christmas wreaths, and arrangements for the table. But you know I have never found anything that I have really had a passion for. You know I think I take up hobbies because I think that is what is expected.....sounds weird I know.....I try to prove to myself that I can be crafty. I mean really as a woman am I not suppose to know how to do all these things? One of the most pleasurable things I took up was belly dancing .....Yeah out of the blue I decided I wanted to take lessons.....what a hoot. There I was shaking my thing.....Shakira I am not..... I never got into scrap booking or stenciling other than the one time I stenciled the walls in my girls bedrooms. I go to craft stores or fairs and I see all the wonderful things people have made and I say to myself....."self you can do that"..... I would get all motivated and geared up to try it and well...it never seemed to turn out how I visioned it.
Now my MIL bless her heart, got wind that I am interested in stain glass. She had dabbled in it for awhile and I am told she made some pretty neat stuff. Anyhow, she has allowed me to use her stain glass tools so I can try my hand at it. Today she even went to the library and got me out a couple of books. Bless her heart. I think before I even attempt to take that on I need to do some reading and investigating. But I think I am going to give it the old college try but not today.
I went out on the hunt for something new to try. I explored a variety of stores, bought a little of this and a little of that not really knowing what I was going to do with it all, but it all looked so "Crafty"..... at the end of the day...this is what I came up with.....
Well there you have it.....my attempt at making cards. I like the "Believe" one the best.... for a beginner they're ok. I would do a lot of things differently, like add more texture for one......but they are my first attempts so I won't beat myself up about it....it passed some time...and I realized with some more practice I could do this. But I don't think it will be my hobby....After ungluing my fingers and cleaning up all the little bits.......I think I will put up with the sore muscles and stay outdoors.....rubber boots and weed whacker here I come!
Happy Thursday!
15 comments:
I like them a lot. I don't think I could have even managed that, I'm even more disinclined at arts and crafts than you I think!
The cards look lovely. But I'm more like you, I can do a lot of the crafty stuff, but I would rather be outdoors with the fresh air and moving my whole body....even if it means sore muscles!
Hugs, my friend!
You sure have an impressive list of things you've accomplished, even if they didn't become your "hobby." :)
Love the cards!
There's a similarity between our sites isn't there? Yours is lovely. I am trying to make mine more than just music, but I try and incorporate my life into it as much as I can. I had only just finished 'draft' when you posted this comment. thank you very much
very nice! i tried to email you some info last night and couldn't find your email!
Well...all I have to say is for your first attempt at making cards...you did BEAUTIFULLY!!! They are gorgeous! Like you, I've dabbled in so many different crafts but never really could settle with anything I truly enjoyed...now I'm making ATC's and really enjoying that so we'll see how long it lasts! lol xoxo
Are you my long lost twin? I mess with craft stuff - sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery - not necessarily "good" at them a lot of the time but now and again, I hit on something easy enough for me to continue my interest for a while. Knowing though - or accepting the fact - that I like to try things but if it goes awry quickly, I will never touch it again, I have narrowed my efforts of playing around with crafting to the first three over the above mentioned list. Once in a while now I will delve back into the embroidery but not very often.
For your first attempt though, I think you did very well with the cards. They'd probably have ended up in my "I'll pick it up and finish it later" box that has a pile that's been building up for many years now in it as those cards look way too tedious for me to sustain any interest.
When I was younger I adored crafts...now I have to wear tri-focals so the stitches look anything but pretty or I would lose count and it would be a mess...now card making I can do...and I relate on unsticking your fingers...lol!
You did a fine job with those cards!!
goodness i wish i could do half the stuff you just mentioned...wow those cards are great!!
They look great!
In reading this I remembered how much I had enjoyed cross-stitch when I was pregnant with my oldest daughter and the ex-husband was out to sea (he was a Navy man). I don't think I've cross-stitched anything in 14 years!
I would love to be crafty but I'm not - I'm terrible at it. I guess I missed that particular feminine gene!
Those cards you made a lovely! My sister-in-law does things like that and makes their Christmas cards every year. Makes them! Oh my gosh! I can't even fathom it!
well honey i think you did a fantastic job on the cards! i do the same thing, buy stuff i have no ability to do. i have so much material i will never sew but it was on sale, right? now all i have to do is store it for the rest of my life...
smiles, bee
I think you did a bang-up job! I've been to card parties where people have been making cards for ages and they have that "loving hands at home" look about them. You did a great job.
I love African Violets, too. Mine are bursting with blooms. I'm sitting here looking at Bert staring in your window - he's so cute...
Well I like those cards alot. You did all them in one day?
I also am not crafty and I come from a family with two sisiter-in-laws that can and do make so many crafts. Heck, they go to craft shows and sell their stuff, for real money! They make beautiful things. I have one that makes coffee and end tables from wood and wine corks. They are beautiful and she makes alot of money from them. Me, if I tried to sell something I made, people would laugh at me.
baby afghans is the only thing I can make that look half way normal. Im like you Mary Anne, I really want to have a hobby I am good at, but I don't think I will find it.
I would also rather be working outside. give me a garden and a rototiler and Im happy.
I love your cards, and your very entertaining story. You've done a really great job with both. You already have a hobby, you know... blogging. And if you want more, as I do, there is a world of things you can do. Maybe the stained glass will be the thing, who knows. Have fun finding out.
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