I’m addicted to crafting

You’re a bad influence!

I’ve now ordered square paper for origami purposes.

I think I need diamond painting in my life. I’m eyeing up calligraphy and card making. I’d like a ‘card making kit’ to get started but can’t seem to find one.

I made some basic sop last year. If I'd known it was so easy the lockdown hunt for soap would have been unnecessary!

I took need a garden studio.

It was metalworking for me: stamped jewellery and silversmithing which I loved but it's not a cheap hobby.

Then I got into embroidery which is good, but I am pretty poor at it.

My constant fun hobby has been soap making and other beauty products. Haven't bought a lip balm in years, make my own body butters, bath bombs, room diffusers etc too. My daughter is a very happy and willing tester 🤣

@MistressoftheDarkSide good idea to start small. I have found it's better to use just one pencil and 3 small tubes of primaries before investing in anything more. If you spend a fortune on supplies all at once then you can be overwhelmed and not know where to start and end up doing nothing.

I hope you enjoy your new creative space.

Wow at those cakes - amazing xx

I'm a bit of a messy type and have far too much respect for other people's digestive systems to try that...... I did try and make my Mum a cake once for Mother's day once and gave up after three botched attempts - something wrong with egg ratio as I recall. She got flowers lol x

I'm moving into a tiny one bed flat soon and I've decided to use the sitting room as my boudoir as it's bigger and I suspect I won't be entertaining much anyway.

The bedroom will be my studio. I'm plotting creative storage solutions for the things I don't put into storage. It's going to be cramped and cluttered all round but I'm determined to make it work. I've been so long without a space to do anything in (cos complicated reasons) I'm convinced even if I end up with a tiny space to actually work in I'll make it happen.

I always used to loved knitting and cross stitch but as work became busier I let everything slide so I'm trying to get back into crafts. This is a lovely thread, I'm enjoying reading the crafts everyone's doing

Your cakes look amazing

You don't have zero ability, you just need to practise. You also need to try all the crafts... 😂

How have I only just found this thread? I’m starting to get into crafts. I have zero ability however. I’ve just bought a quilling set, which looks good. Linked to that, I fancy getting into card making, which of course will involve calligraphy.

Thanks to all who mentioned diamond painting. It looks like a cheap one to get started on. I fancy making crochet animals, but then think back to how I tried to learn to crochet as a child and was incredibly useless at it.

It’s addictive is what it is

If you like quilting, have you tried English paper piecing 🤔

Me too op!
I Cricut, I photograph, I sew (a bit), I bake and I decorate cakes.

@Merryoldgoat , your cakes are magnificent!!! I especially like the
" coral floral" cake. It is definitely the most artistic . I am amazed you can make something so sophisticated at home! You should learn to make fine chocolates and you could open a business.....
Baking is kind of like 'landart' to me. It is ephemeral and doesn't last very long but requires so much work! I used to cook and play the piano alot when my DC were young. But it felt like I had nothing to show for it at the end of the day! So I switched to fine art , so something will outlive me.;)

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@Merryoldgoat , you should never have ordered any clay with all the delicious hobbies you have! When will you find the time? But of course I am not serious. I absolutely adore clay sculpting and it does take a lot of time to produce anything. I encourage you to join a group if possible where you will learn and be inspired so much by others. It is amazing how each person has unique talents for different things and that really shows up in clay work. My 'specialty' is heads. I love to work from life with people around me but also from Greek and Roman sculpture! If I can figure out how to add a photo I might post one . Maybe.

So tell us what you are good at @Merryoldgoat ? And anyone else?

@BloodandGlitter where and how did you learn to bind books? I agree it must be a very interesting & useful skill to make one's own journals and drawing 'carnets'. And you could choose the exact size and kind of paper you like and, and, and...
I would love to learn to make my own frames too, but it takes alot of space and materials and is an art in itself... I am trying to concentrate on things I excel in rather than always spreading myself thin and succumbing to new shiny things, but, but,but....

I haven't seen book binding mentioned which is one of my (million) hobbies. It's even better if you draw or journal as you can make your own supplies.
I do painting, clay sculpts, jewelry making, taxidermy, resin, cricut, book binding, alcohol markers, journalling and sewing.

Well maybe I have exaggerated a tiny bit. ;)

I have two hobbies, depending how much time I’ve got: crafting and buying craft supplies. And, since lockdown, I have never felt the need to justify the size of my stash again.