Where it Started with Crafting and Where it is Now

  You know, I was trying to think back to see if
 I could remember when I actually
started crafting 
or creating. 
I think it was with one of these!

I probably got a kit for making

potholders for a Christmas gift.

Although, these colors are great

what came in kits back in the day were

not this pretty.  Red, blue, green

and yellow if I remember correctly.

From there I went to this.

A kit with a loom like this for 

making a thick chocker like that one 

below. 

You have to realize, this was 

the 70's and a chocker like that

was the thing!

I wore mine all the time.

I was into the beads then.

I made other necklaces, chockers

or long ones with these seed

beads.

 

Then somewhere after that

I went down

a rabbie hole and got 

totally lost in the world of 

crafts!

I got into embroidery,

I was embroidery on just about anything

I could find. I did my jeans, 

a big thunderbird

on the back of my brother's shirt, material 

for hand towels and on and on.

Not really sure what age I was 

when I was doing all this but I 

would venture out to say around 14 or

so. My embroidery patterns came in 

the form of iron transfers. 

Aunt Martha's iron transfers.

 

While still doing this stuff, I 

threw in kits for stitchery of pillows.

Things like this.

Rug hooking came along somewhere

around this time. 

WOW...and the price on that sort of 

kit is crazy.....course I know I did

not pay 23 bucks for a kit, but 

that was also back in the 70's.

I thought macrame came next but

I was wrong, it would have been 

knitting and crocheting.

I never got into dropping or

picking up stitches but I made

so many afghans.

 I then started

making potholder too. And loved knitting

house shoes.

Macrame came next (I think) starting

with planters.

Simple knots at first oh but, those

knots got more complex.

I made small hanging tables,

 I made one somewhat like this,

only it had eight rows coming down.

But it had a large piece of 

glass like that in it. A friend of mines

father worked for a glass place. I got

a piece of glass, 36 inches round 

for 8 bucks, and it was thick. 

That table hung in my moms 

living room for over 20 yrs. 

My brother was in college, 

UT Martin and wanted a 

hanging lamp. I could not find 

one online like it but it was

something like this I guess, 

Longer than this one.

Had beads in it, lot of 

work. He took it off to college

with him.

Also did these,

I did something like this, 

only it was two things and not 

four, and where the shelves are, I 

put in wooden spoons, hung

tea towels, that I embroidered on,

over the spoons.

Crap, can't remember all I 

made but it was a lot.

Mind you, I would bounce

back and forth between several 

of these types of crafts all 

the time. 

After I married, I remember

I had one of these 

coat rack thingys, I 

embroidered Aunt Martha tranfers

on to material and attached

them to the inside spot that was

open. I hung it in the bathroom

to hang clothes or towels on.

Married years, I did not get 

into a lot of this stuff, busy

being a wife, house keeper, 

a mom and working full time.

But as always, I slowly moved

back into some of this stuff again.

Then came drawing with

color pencils, decorating cakes, 

The grands were gifted with t

the cake talent more than 

anyone. 

Then around that same time

I started drawing 

with color

pencils, then paint class,

When I retired, I jumped into 

playing with wood and saws.

But the latest would be my

watercolor painting of cards.

I think I filled my years up with 

a lot of projects!!

And I loved every min of it.

I loved giving so many of 

these projects to others for 

gifts. 

Keep in mind, the reason I ordered 

a shed for my crafts, 

I still have beads, lots of beads.

I have acrylic,

(those above are just acrylics)

 oil and watercolor paints.

I finally got rid of the paints for 

fabrics. I gave 100's and 100's 

of dollars worth of cross stitch 

patterns, thread, clothe and so much

more away. I still have some yarn for 

knitting and crocheting but I pretty 

much buy what I need as I need it.

Again, I gave 100 of bucks worth 

of yarn away.  I have items to repurpose, 

I have ribbons, frames, and, wow, 

hard to tell all I have....

Moving on, I have a scroll saw, jig saw,

reciprocating saw, miter saw, 

table saw, 

sanders, drills, Dremel tools, woodburning

stuff and there again, who knows what

all I will find. This stuff will be in the 

other shed and finally, I will have

a place to work!

I don't do really major or 

awesome woodwork, but 

I gotta have my saws for the 

simple things I do.

Anyway, hoping to add 

a welding machine to my

list of stuff to play with soon.

Wow, 

so much stuff to do, to finish, 

to play with, I better get busy,

Pam