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I have a jam packed full Art Room! Besides painting and drawing, I've done, knitting, cross stitch, soap making, fabric painting, flower arranging, beading, polymer clay, lots of crafts with kids, painting wooden things, sewing, quilting, sculpture. Hmm, I still need to learn to crochet! I want to do it all!!!
I use to cook, clean house, bake, do laundry, work out side the home.............oh wait, I think that is my DH's fantasy I was thinking about!!
How many years back do I go?? I tired many things, mastered very few, had fun doing them all!
I was into cooking. I started a cooking club from Cooking Light's community website. There were 6 of us, that met once a month. Each month was "themed". Each person had a course they had to prepare, i.e. one person did beverages, one did appetizers, soup/salad/bread, main dish, side dish and dessert. We did it for at least 3 years. It was terrific!!! Each person took a turn to be the hostess and have it at their house, and we decorated according to the theme. What fun!!!
I love to cook and bake and would really enjoy something like this.
I didn't have a creative outlet prior to cardmaking/stamping. I never considered myself a crafty person at all. I did read a lot more prior to taking this hobby up though.
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Scrapbooking. Before that I guess my main creative outlet was theater in high school. I started the scrapbooking in high school, so ... 15 years ago. Then I tried out card making and loved it. I do scrapbook some now, but my passion is the card making.
In the midterm I have also:
knitted
crochet
quilted
made a few basic skirts
sewn a mountain of handbags
taken art classes in hope of developing some actual skill (unsuccessful)
cross stitch
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I paint..watercolours.. still do. I used to do a lot more tatting and lace making. But since I have become addicted to paper well...everything else has gone out the window...almost! LOL
Oh, I always wanted to learn to tat! I still would love to find someone to teach me.
I use to do a lot of knitting and crocheting, still do, just not as much. I also love to bake; bread and pies are my favs. I bake them and my husband eats them. LOL!
Before card making I did mostly counted cross stitch, which I still love, but have not done in quite awhile. Also knitting, crocheting, jewelry making, quilt making, you name it and I probably have done it. Started card making about 4 years ago, met new friends who did scrapbooking, so here I am making a scrapbook for my great grand-daughter. I make one a year. I love the creativity and all that goes with making cards. Six friends and myself meet once a month to do cards. Whose ever house the class is at is the teacher for the night. Great way to learn new techniques thanks mostly to Splitcoast! My husband says this is the longest I have stuck with one hobby. Hope to keep it up for a few more years.
I think I tried every hobby there is except X-stitching. All of the other crafts I did would eventually bore me. I started stamping in the "olden" days ~ 18 years ago when it was much simpler and the choices much fewer. It is one thing I never get bored with. My painting is with Copic blending now and I even teach stamping once a month. That keeps me sharp because most of my students take the same classes I do. Makes me stretch each month. I really never get bored with it and it's an ever changing craft.
Oh gosh... I started sewing as a teenager and made my own clothes.. Oh wait, I started crocheting as a little kid when my grandmother was trying to find something to keep me busy. And embroidery & counted cross stitch -that was big! Then I started decorative painting and did that for years! I did craft fairs and taught classes .. then I discovered scrapbooking. That yielded results faster than painting and I was hooked -- because I had always loved photography also. Then I had all these scraps of pretty paper, so it made sense to make cards out of them. Then I found stamps.. the rest is history...
My main interest is still cross stitch and needlepoint, I started those in the late 1970's. I've taught stitchery classes, work at a local stitchery shop and am active in my needlepoint guild.
I got into cards and such in early 2009 in part because I had a cataract and couldn't stitch very well until I had surgery in the fall of that year. Plus I was getting bored with store bought card choices.
I was an occasional scrapbooker, but I wasn't very good or very prolific. To be honest I had my job (playing piano/singing/directing/teaching) and when I got home I watched TV or played on the computer and I didn't really have a hobby to speak of. I actually didn't think I was very artistic or creative (besides music) at all...
I am SO glad I found this hobby. I get so much joy from it.
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Knit, crochet, counted cross stitch and beaded Christmas ornaments
==== stilll do all of those when the urge strikes and time permits
SharonK- MN
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I know most creative types have lots of outlets. What did you do before stamping/card making took over ? LOL
I draw..still do. I used to crochet but I have a pinched nerve in my neck and crocheting sets that off SO quickly. I love to garden and play with the weeds LOL. I also cook and bake . A LOT. We are a family of 6 so I cook and bake a lot...
Just curious as to what everyone else used to do..
As my name suggests, I'm a craft junkie so the list is LONG! Started sewing when I was 6yrs old and still do quite a bit of apparel & craft sewing and a good amount of quilting. Was taught to crochet very early & still do tons of that making hats, scarves, afghans and baby items - most recently baby cocoons. I love to do counted cross-stitch and embroidery. Used to do ceramics but not for a few years. Have started making jewelry recently & am very addicted to that. Good thing I work at a big-box craft store to support my "hobbies", huh?
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I used to cross stitch all the time. Then it was hard to see the little squares. I said when my kids grew up I woulddo quilting. Well I took up paper crafting.
