Frustrations Turned to Crafting Inspiration

Some days flow so easily knowing just what to do, how to do and the best sequence in obtaining the goal.  Other days are a jumbled hodge podge of drama and mishap.   What to do….what to do….  One seems to lose track putting everything as a priority resulting running around in chaos getting nothing done at all.

There are days  when simply crawling out of bed is a major challenge.  Insomnia does strange things to the psyche. Sleep deprivation or stress.  Either way, the day is a doozy.  So a good nights rest is very import for the creative juices to flow and grabbing success by the horns!   Continue reading “Frustrations Turned to Crafting Inspiration”

Crafting a Valentine Heart

Learn something new every day and this project was just that something new for today.  A few weeks ago, I came across a YouTuber, Mr Congeniality, on Twitter.   By profession he was a wedding planner and knew his stuff when it came to flowers.   I saw his video when he created fabulous centerpiece using white silk flowers. Gorgeous creation!  He had it done lickety split.  So, I took it upon myself to inquire if he did anything with wreaths, as I have always had an interest in making them.  Since he worked with flowers, I figured might as well ask.   He replied yes and was planning on making another YouTube video.  Jackpot!  So I waited and sure enough he made a post of a beautiful Valentine heart wreath video with fantastic instructions.  Valentine Wreath, paper flower wreath,j paper crafting

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Handmade Vintage Valentine

The Internet is laden with a plethora of vintage Valentine cards that were popular when I was a kid.  What a fantastic journey down memory lane.   Yup, we are talking way back in the 1950’s and early 1960’s!  What a difference from then and now.

Art class was may favorite class and holidays made it extra special with all the decorations we could make. Valentine Day included making a lot of hearts for the monthly mural on the bulletin board.  Everyone’s beautiful heart creation being pinned up.  Every month we would made something to proudly put up for the public eye.   Continue reading “Handmade Vintage Valentine”

Photographing False Spring and New Craft Ideas

The weather has been so beautiful here.  Very warm with days up to the 80’s.  Best part is none of the the nasty humidity.  These days are pure heaven. They occur every year and save my soul in January which, for me, is a very long month waiting for the days to grow longer and temperatures to permanently resume 95 and rising.

Proof Azaleas Blooming Jan/Feb 2017

My hands and feet actually stay warm during these periods.  No battle of sock layers, hooded sweatshirt, T-shirt, tank top, and a scarf around my neck.   This is while I’m inside.   Forget outside when it is cold.  People think I’m crazy….no I’m just freezing.  How did I ever survive back home Western Massachusetts.  Present residence is in SE Georgia with a palm tree in my backyard.  If I trip, I fall into Florida.  It does get cold down here just no ice, snow, or sub zero temperatures.  Never gets cold enough to kill the nasty gnats or fleas though.

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My Serenity Crafts by Sara

It is my pleasure to introduce Sara   hostess of My Sereneity Crafts on YouTube.  This is one very talented and inspiring lady who is nicely organized.

For years I have learned everything the round-about hard way when it came to my painting style.  Trial and error can be quite expensive and frustrating.  So, if one is not  stubbornly tenacious, craft painting may be extremely frustrating and possibly fired out the backdoor as a hobby.   Even is painting has been your niche for years, there is always room for improvement.  I know I am  excited to have found Sara to help guide me through.  Follow me as we learn more about My Serenity Crafts  and what it has to offer.

 

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Escape With Coloring!

Some days are just slow and lazy when I am not in the mood to  do much of anything, although still have that creative urge.  Believe it was born in me.  Even when watching a show on television, my hands have to be doing something.   As a stress relief or just relaxation of my physical self,  coloring is  source of great relief and release.

After a long day of running around or the need to unwind for any reason, I  grab the colored pencils and one of my many coloring pages or books.  Heading off into the living room with a cup of hot chocolate, flop on the sofa and aaaah.  In about 30 minutes, life is far back in check.  This is a form of meditation where I remove my focus on the irritants around me and, as I call it, go to LaLa Land where life is beautiful all the time.

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Color Crafting – Move Your Soul

Color Color Everywhere!

Colorful influences surround us wherever we go. Splashes of reds, greens, yellows bedeck the world! Color is everywhere and does ‘do’ things to us. It will affect our mood creating an uplifted and alive air or downtrodden and sad gloom. Color can affect our energy level with vim and vigor or lazy sluggishness. Whatever the case may be, it is always interesting to take notice what colors are present and under what circumstances. This can be a lot of fun and very enlightening.

At the end of this article you will find an informative color chart and psychology.

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Save The Bunnies! ! !

Whoooops!   Oh No!  Plop, bang, splat.  Did you know resin figurines splinter and shatter when they fall on hard surfaces.  Very interesting and unusual to see all those colorful fragments.  Very unproductive and cost inefficient to say the least.  Another lesson from the school of hard knocks.

This is exactly what happened to the cute Peter rabbit figurine yesterday.  Oh woe.  The dear little rabbit in the lower right-hand corner lost his battle.Easter Rabbits, crafting, senior citizens It was time for the final gloss coating on the bottom.  When I went to pick him up, it was at the wrong angle.  He twisted awkwardly in my finger tips.   It then went  catapulting through the air.  Almost caught it in the crook of my elbow but abruptly bounced off crashing to its demise.  He did land on his feet though.  However, the right foot snapped off with all sorts of weird shards and  shave-fragments over the floor.  The floor is porcelain tiling on a cement slab.  Yup, you got it.  Harder than hard.  Was not a chance in for the poor little guy.  He has gone to ‘bunny heaven’ in the sky.  Yup, I broke and I own it.

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Stuff Multiplies Like Rabbits

How does one manage to collect so much ‘stuff’?  It’s everywhere.  This corner, that corner, heck it hides in the closets waiting to scare the daylights out of you.  It all multiplies like rabbits. clutter, downsizing, senior citizens Asking myself, “Why do I keep all this stuff?”  Not one good reason came to my head. On the other hand, a million good reasons came to my head as to why I should get rid of a whole lot of it.  Number one reason being it is such a pain in the neck cleaning around it.
Now that I am starting up my crafting business, money is tight.  Aha!  I could make some well needed cash off this stuff.  That really got me going.   Not to mention more room was needed to keep supplies and articles which were required to run the business.  Move out the no longer useful and move in the the bright new future.  Do not care what you call it, declutter, downsize, spring cleaning, whatever.  Fact remains it is too much stuff and it is cramping my style.  Thus I embark upon a mission of evicting all the unnecessary stuff began.  Continue reading “Stuff Multiplies Like Rabbits”