I am crafty

I had so much fun on Tuesday looking at all of the fun craft books at Borders. I looked at knitting books, sewing books, and just general use-what-you-have-on-hand craft books. I wanted to buy them all! I love doing things like that. I have since I was a little girl. We were always working on some project or another. And we had tons of paints, felt scraps, sequins and bottles of glue to support our love affair. When my kids were little, we had entire kitchen cabinets dedicated to craft supplies that they could use as they wanted.

This one book that I looked at, Crafternoon, cracked me up. I want it. It is about doing a craft day with your friends. The introduction to it is dedicated to her mom. It is so funny (and touching) the way she writes it. You can tell that she truly loves her mom and the times they had as children and are still having today. She is about our age, I think. I hope that my kids grow up and think of me like this. I love her blog too. The pictures are fun. I would love to have a life of crafting, hanging out with friends, writing about it, and getting paid. How sweet would that be?

I can't wait to start knitting. Hopefully I can figure out the basics this weekend. I can easily see myself becoming nuts about it. And seriously, with all the time I have at work, it is perfect to be working on things like that. I guess in that sense I will be getting paid to do some crafting! And with Laura being able to mentor me it will be even more fun. I may reawaken her knitting persona! I know there are two little stores in town that have yarn to buy. Some of it is even organic. I've even seen bamboo yarn! How exciting is that???!
Plus I have the other Christmas presents I want to make on my to-do list. Aprons and either potholders or towels to match. Only a few (3?) are getting those.

And I want to go in the basement and rearrange all of my paper. I love just moving it from pile to pile. Touching it makes me happy. I don't think you can truly understand how hard it is for me to actually use that paper! What if I want it later for a different page? What if I can't get anymore of it? I need to break out of that way of thinking because it does truly make me happy to see it on actual finished pages! What good is a pile of vintage paper going to do for my ancestors if there are no pictures and words on it? I could probably finish 5+ albums with just what I already have. It is not uncommon in the scrapbooking world to hoard supplies and to overbuy. I can say that I will try not to do that, but when I have extra money I always tend to make a trip to the Scrapbook store. There is one in Bloomington that I am wanting to take a class at. It is so much nicer than Scrapadoodle. Well, at least more my style. And there are tons of challenge sites that are fun to play with. I need to get back to how it was last winter and dedicate at least an hour an evening to my basement studio and just play. I feel so much better when I do. I don't even care if I finish anything, just making that time makes me happy.

I can't wait until you are here and can hopefully find some pleasure in the basement also. I really think those artist trading cards sound right up your alley! I love that you have a creative brain also. I look forward to seeing the things that you share with me! We are going to have so much fun! I hope you don't mind wearing the first thing I knit! I promise an upgrade after I get the hang of it, but regardless, it will be made with so much love!