I’ve visited my little shop out back this week. I’ve picked up the paint brushes again. I love to paint. I don’t know why I don’t do more of it. I get onto one craft (like knitting–especially knitting) and get a little obscessed with it. I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll repeat it… I know I’m handicapped when it comes to my crafts. I want to do them ALL so I wound up being a Jill of all trades and not really good at anything in particular. Sometimes, I wish that I had a deep love for just one craft that I could get really, really good at and be able to leave all the other ones alone. Maybe then I could cut all the “supplies” I have in half and have more room around here. Ooooh, the thought of giving up all my “stuff” gives me the shutters. Let’s move on to something else!!!!
If you remember, I painted big pickle jars and made banks out of them to give to my grandsons for Christmas. I only got four of them done before I ran out of time. So the two newest grandsons didn’t get their banks for Christmas. When I got my spurt of painting energy this week, I worked on the other two banks and got one finished!
This one is for the newest baby. The other one is about half done, so I should finish it this week.
I also painted on some bars of soap. What a cute idea! And cheap! These may be stocking stuffers for certain people who will remain nameless right now (but you know who you are!) It’s so easy and fast, I think I’m going to make a run to the store to get more soap!
I’m working on another UFO. This is a little cross-stitch kit that I picked up on clearance at Joanne’s last year. It’s a couple of coasters with a big snowflake cross-stitched on a piece of blue aida that shows through the bottom of the coaster. It’s a little difficult for me to see to stitch on that dark blue fabric, but I’m working on it during the day when there’s lots of sunshine. I forget how relaxing cross-stitching can be.
I’m still knitting socks, too. As soon as I finish one pair, I grab another skein of yarn and start another pair. I love making socks. They go so fast and it’s something I can work on when my brain and body are screaming, “No More, please!” It’s interesting to see a new yarn come together into another pair of socks with a totally different color effect. (It doesn’t take much to make me happy!)
It’s also time to think about the Ozark Empire Fair again. I’ve been going through my projects to see what I want to enter this year. I hope I can finish some UFO’s in time to enter them also. The fair gives me the motivation I need to finish projects. I shouldn’t NEED motivation, but I do. I read somewhere that there are two kinds of crafters–the ones who like to make something so they will have a nice prize at the end of the crafting and the other person who just likes to tackle something to see if they can do it. Once they know they can, then they push it aside to start another project that looks intriguing. I think I fall into the second group.
That’s all for this time. What are you working on? (Yes, I’m talking to YOU!) Leave me a comment and let me know! Enjoy this weather and be happy! See you here next week.
