Monday’s Challenge May 12, 2008
Posted by Angela in : General crafts, Inspiration, Monday Challenge , add a commentGood morning everyone. Hope you are all doing well and to all you moms out there… a very happy belated Mother’s Day!
My Mother’s Day was spectacular. I love my children and my mom was here to spend some time with us. It was awesome.
But every Sunday brings a Monday and it’s Challenge time. Similar to blog called The Dares, it’s time for a real challenge.
Challenge: Pull out a UFO sometime this week and make some SIGNIFICANT progress. “What do you mean SIGNIFICANT” you might ask. I’m so glad you did. By significant, I mean you start to see some light at the end of the tunnel. You feel like you are actually making progress. Maybe it’s getting another quilt block done. Or maybe it’s that you got one more layout of your current scrapbook project done.
Whatever the genre and whatever the item, dust off one of those UFOs and get something done it. Share before and after photos on your blog and leave a comment so we can all come and see it!
That’s My Girl! April 23, 2008
Posted by Angela in : General crafts, Kid Crafts , add a commentOn a drive home recently, I noticed my kids were unusually quiet in the back seat. Figuring they were sleeping or something, I just kept driving. When we pulled into the driveway, this is what I saw in the backseat:
All I could think was “That’s my girl!” I took her out the next day and bought her first sewing craft kit. I’m so proud!! Of course, I’d be proud regardless of whether she crafted or not, but this was a big moment for me. I think it was lost on her, though!
5 Ways to Celebrate National Craft Month March 6, 2008
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March is National Craft Month! Just in time for Spring, when all of us have the itch to make something new. We can all celebrate in our own ways no matter what our craft of choice is. Here are five ways to get excited about it and celebrate:
1. Get Organized. Clear out your stash and become another crafter’s best friend by giving away items that you no longer use or need to upgrade. Clear away the clutter and stock up on craft organizers from your favorite store. Warning: This may cause you to find new space for more stuff!
2. Finish a UFO. You know they’re there. Those projects that you start and put away because something else looks like more fun. Finish one and give it as a gift. Again, this frees up more space. Not to mention it gives you a sense of accomplishment and the desire to do more projects.
3. Learn a new technique / craft. Spring is all about stuff that’s new. So build your skills by hunting online to learn about more cool things you can do with your craft of choice or learn a whole new one. My personal goal? I would love to take a pottery class by the end of 2008.
4. Have a party. Invite some of your craftiest friends over to learn a new technique or share supplies and get some much needed work done on your building list of to-do’s that generally hangs out on your crafting table. Scrapbooking is generally the route I go with, but maybe I’ll invite some of my needle crazy friends over to work on some projects while we chat and catch up on what’s going on in each other’s lives.
5. Go shopping! My new favorite store is Consumer Crafts, an online crafting supply store. They just launched their scrapbooking line of products. The prices are phenomenal and their shipping turnaround is also outstanding. I highly recommend it. I got some beads from them as gifts for friends and was amazed to receive them within 72 hours. They also have a lot of shipping deals, so be sure to take advantage of that!
I hope this gives you all some great ideas to celebrate this fantastic month of creativity. Leave a link to your crafting blog in the comments and I will check out what you’re working on as well!
Hello Fellow Crafters! February 16, 2008
Posted by Angela in : General crafts , add a commentEver since I was a child, I’ve been a “creator” so to speak. I was constantly making up new stories, taking pictures, building forts out of books, spending hours in the art supply section of drug stores, and looking for ways to express my creative side. Now that I am an adult and I have children of my own, I am constantly looking at how I can better express that creative part of me that never seems satisfied. As soon as I have mastered one skill, I am hungry to learn another one. As soon as I learn one type of craft, I start exploring the others that are related to it. If I read a book about a craft or a woman who does a particular craft, suddenly I want to learn about that.
My motto in life is “create something beautiful today.” That can be a picture, a blanket, or even just a beautiful moment. Bringing a smile to someone’s face is beautiful and that is why I started my blogging journey with Unexpected Art, a Positive Blog. That evolved into A Fresh Perspective, a Positive PhotoBlog. Now, I present Craft Life. We all know that lives are made up of daily adventures and there is something about a Crafter’s Life journey that is exciting and invigorating, especially to others that share this passion.
So, thank you for starting this journey with me. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I do and I hope to see you in other virtual crafting communities as well as in real life. Please feel free to comment and share your own experiences, tell me about your crafting sites, and invite others to view your work! And be sure to create something beautiful today!
