No more YouTube

Sitting here tonight thinking to myself I need to stay off of YouTube. I find more things I want to do than a little bit. YouTube is major trouble for me but I learn so many new and wonderful things.

For instance, I have gotten into mixed media and art journaling. Well I learned how to make my own art journal from a cereal box and paper. I love it. I still have some work to do on it so the outside looks good but I now have a journal to create in. Maybe even put together some ideas for some of my other crafting.

It is by no means perfect especially since it was my first one. Just the thought of being able to just freely work on something makes me smile.

Here are a couple of photos of the journal. I will also post photos as I work in my journal.

Oh I almost forgot. Here is a photo of a new stamp I received along with a page I created for another one of my art journals. I am still unsure of where I am going to put the stamps I colored but this will give you an idea of how much I love this.

Well until next time, happy crafting.

In Awe

Well I was having a pretty rough day and decided to sit down and work on a project. I had colored a stamp but I was not sure what to do with it. The stamp was one from the Bloom Collection by Prima Marketing. She turned out beautiful when I finished coloring her.

The joys of crafting lift me up but at the same token I am a perfectionist that has to have things just right or I am not happy. Since my mood was pretty off I decided to see what I could do to lift my spirits and have a bit of fun with.

Here are the results.

 This was my starting layout to see how I would put it together.

 

My final piece. I think she turned out fabulous and Free Spirit fits perfectly. To think that I managed to put this together makes me feel so proud.

 

I am really looking forward to planning another mixed media piece. This lets me be free to experiment and flow. I love my other crafts and wouldn't trade them for the world but this lets me get messy and create from my soul.

Who knows what I will come up with next.

Happy Crafting

Having Some Fun!!!

Well I have been having a little bit of fun. I decided to do a mixed media piece and I really like how it turned out. It has me so excited to try some other mixed media pieces and see what my mind can come up with.

One of the things I have come across in my internet and YouTube travels has been using medias such as paper napkins and fabric to make something very unique. I love butterflies and I found some paper napkins in the dollar store. I wasn't really sure what I was doing and how things were going to turn out but that is the fun of creating. The palette was just like my writing palette. It definitely brought smiles to my face to be able to see something come together.

I am going to be doing more projects and letting my creative mind flow.

I am proud of my first piece. Who knew that I had such creativity leaving inside of me like this. Thank you Lord.

Until next time, craft on and I hope to see what you can come up with and soon.

Too Many Ideas

Boy oh boy. I get way too many ideas and love way too many things. I am already thinking about how I can do something special for awareness. I am plotting and planning and hopefully I will be able to get what is in my head out how I would like it. I think that is the biggest challenge in crafting. Nothing is ever simple when it comes to the mind of one who crafts.

Seeing things in so many different ways is a gift and a curse. A gift because it means my mind never stops thinking of something new but a curse because trying to get it together can drive me crazy. I wouldn't trade it for the world though. I love the challenge of making something and seeing how someone else will like it.

I need my own crafting space but alas that is not to be at the moment. I can dream though. I can even imagine what it will look like and how much space I will have. There also lies another dilemma because I need my own writing space as well and that needs to be a separate room from my crafting space. LOL. I just need the whole house to myself. Well I have a long way to go before that happens.

Oh well in the mean time I will keep dreaming and making my crafts in my space.

My Addictions

I am thankful that my addictions don't require a twelve step program but then again they may. Lol. I am working on my current project using my Mirrix Loom. I must say I am glad I purchased this loom. I bought the 16" Big Sister  which is the mid-sized loom and I love it. I am working on my first big project and this loom holds it perfectly.

The first time I saw this loom I began to drool. I love its versatility. I can do project that takes up the whole loom or I can do two to three smaller projects. I brought the one with the shedding device which I am looking forward to using when I finish this project. I am very pleased with this purchase.

The project I am working on is called Purple Day of the Dead Girl by CajunDesigns. As I watch it come together I am truly fascinated. Just thinking that we can put together using so many different types of material.

I have also discovered another addiction. Card making and color in stamps. I having fun with that as well and I like that I can personalize things. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

This is a picture of one of the stamps I am coloring.

One thing for sure is when my kids go their own way I will always have something to do. 

R.A.W. Bracelet

I wanted to try something else new this weekend. I gave my mother a couple of bracelets on Friday because I knew I would not see her today but then I started thinking maybe I should try right angle weave. I was a bit apprehensive about trying this stitch because I know you have to get the count right. I managed to make it work.

I ended up making my mother another bracelet that she doesn't know about. It turned out so well and I am very proud of myself. Each time I try something and I can make it work it makes me feel like a giddy little school girl. I love beading and I love what I can create.

Sometimes it gets a bit expensive buying the things I want to create the beautiful pieces but I sit back and think to myself about how much money I have wasted on nonsensical things. I just love beading. One of these days I want to create my own design. We shall see but as they say baby steps.

Here are the bracelets I made:

Something simple with a splash of fall colors!

Another simple yet elegant look.

The right angle weave bracelet!

I wonder what other beauties can I come up with.

Very Excited

I was very excited I got some things in the mail yesterday and I am so looking forward to using them in my new projects. 

I want to make some bracelets as well as some Christmas ornaments. Now once I get settled I am going to dig in. Maybe I can also get some writing done as well since I have rearranged quite a few things to make space. Hmmmm....  That truly sounds like a plan that I will have to put into motion.