What are your crafts ?

Wow! Beautiful! That's incredible. I'm not very good at being creative but this is so inspiring.

Wow! Beautiful! That's incredible. I'm not very good at being creative but this is so inspiring.

Thank you!!

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We have to do something positive during Covid.

That's lovely, my neighbour over the road was showing me her knitting work she has been doing over lockdown.

I have a side business out of my hobby, which is weathering/distressing model railway locomotives to look something like they did 60-70 years ago for clients. Quite fortunate to have a fairly full order book, but it has become harder to use it as a way of a hobby/pastime now it's a business.

That's lovely, my neighbour over the road was showing me her knitting work she has been doing over lockdown.

 

I have a side business out of my hobby, which is weathering/distressing model railway locomotives to look something like they did 60-70 years ago for clients. Quite fortunate to have a fairly full order book, but it has become harder to use it as a way of a hobby/pastime now it's a business.

 

That is cool my husband’s father was a train engineer on steam and diesel intercity London trains many decades ago.

That is cool my husband’s father was a train engineer on steam and diesel intercity London trains many decades ago.

Thanks Seraphim! That's fascinating!

Always felt I was a soul out of time. Often wish I could have had that carer path on the railways, I do volunteer working on steam locomotives though, which is the next best thing.

Thanks Seraphim! That's fascinating!

Always felt I was a soul out of time. Often wish I could have had that carer path on the railways, I do volunteer working on steam locomotives though, which is the next best thing.

They are beautiful trains . When my son was three we took him on one for his birthday. It is in Tottenham, ONT. https://www.google.ca/search?q=tottenham+ontario+steam+train&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari#trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:18148100015850653031,rc_q:South%2520Simcoe%2520Railway,ru_q:South%2520Simcoe%2520Railway,trex_id:EbUUtb

My father-in-law started out shoveling coal into the trains when he was 14 at four in the morning. And worked his way up to being an engineer.

Those are really neat Seraphim!

My creative outlet is making jewelry but I do other random crafts sometimes too. :)

Those are really neat Seraphim!

 

My creative outlet is making jewelry but I do other random crafts sometimes too. :)

Jewelry is one of my fav things. ❤️

They are beautiful trains . When my son was three we took him on one for his birthday. It is in Tottenham, ONT. https://www.google.ca/search?q=tottenham+ontario+steam+train&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari#trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:18148100015850653031,rc_q:South%2520Simcoe%2520Railway,ru_q:South%2520Simcoe%2520Railway,trex_id:EbUUtb

Oh that's lovely! I bet your son enjoyed that.

This is one I've helped clean (I'm only a cleaner at the moment, but have had a go on the shovel....hope to progress to fireman.)

Oh that's lovely! I bet your son enjoyed that.

This is one I've helped clean (I'm only a cleaner at the moment, but have had a go on the shovel....hope to progress to fireman.)

It is a beauty!!

I don’t know if my son remembers he will be 23 next Friday. 😜

It is a beauty!!

 

I don’t know if my son remembers he will be 23 next Friday. 😜

Oh I don't know....that's about the age it started for me (with my toy James the red engine)

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......it gets in your blood!

Oh I don't know....that's about the age it started for me (with my toy James the red engine)

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......it gets in your blood!

Ha ha that was the age my son got his first Thomas the tank engine set as well!!

Jewelry is one of my fav things. ❤️

One year I tried to make earrings (handpainted). They were so ugly-looking no one knew what they were - if they were supposed to be part of a mechanism of something else because of the hooks.

I love handmade jewelry myself and all the craft fairs.

One year I tried to make earrings (handpainted). They were so ugly-looking no one knew what they were - if they were supposed to be part of a mechanism of something else because of the hooks.

 

I love handmade jewelry myself and all the craft fairs.

I love craft fairs too! Unfortunately ,there won’t be any this year. 😥

I always go to the Christmas craft fairs in my area.

I paint, draw/sketch. My latest craze is mosaic art (using broken coloured glass - I am working on making Christmas gifts such as coasters, candle holders, mirrors, picture frames etc. I also do "gem stone painting", which is similar to mosaic art except using gem stones. They look incredible. Makes me happy.

I'm not crafty. My creative pursuits are cooking and gardening. I am more successful at cooking lol. I tried origami and failed miserably. I have done some painting on plant pots. I want to do more of that.

I paint, draw/sketch. My latest craze is mosaic art (using broken coloured glass - I am working on making Christmas gifts such as coasters, candle holders, mirrors, picture frames etc. I also do "gem stone painting", which is similar to mosaic art except using gem stones. They look incredible. Makes me happy.

oh caps I live mosaics ...never done one myself like .

So my crafts are .....let me see ...I decoupage and if I knew how to upload pics I could post a step by step of how to do it ..so so easy to upcycle stuff and get a bit of decoupage on .

I used to upcycle cheap furniture I got from the car boot , turn chairs into planters and things like that ....

I love gardening and most of my stuff takes place out there ....

Loving all the pics you are all putting up .

All lovely everyone! Keep posting !!

I draw primarily, but I enjoy all sorts of crafts.

I recently took an oil painting class and discovered that I'm pretty good at it. That was a surprise. It was a little scary, actually. Like, how and why am I able to do this?

The hobby I keep returning to lately is bead weaving, mainly because of the old ladies in the class. I enjoy sitting there and listening to them bicker and banter while I work. The instructors are going to offer the class on zoom in about a week. I'm so excited because the class's normal location is over an hour's drive from where I live.

I've also tried my hand at stained glass. My uncle did it as a hobby (on a dare from his wife!), and when he died, my cousins gave me all of his glass and equipment. Unfortunately, I have nowhere to safely work on stained glass (lots of tiny shards get on the floor), so all that stuff is in storage at the moment. But I did take a class once and my project turned out cool. When I have a good work space, I'll definitely be pulling that stuff out again. I'd love to move on to mosaics eventually. I have ideas....

Anyway, I'll post pictures of some of the crafts I've done.

I've also tried my hand at stained glass. My uncle did it as a hobby (on a dare from his wife!), and when he died, my cousins gave me all of his glass and equipment. Unfortunately, I have nowhere to safely work on stained glass (lots of tiny shards get on the floor), so all that stuff is in storage at the moment. But I did take a class once and my project turned out cool. When I have a good work space, I'll definitely be pulling that stuff out again..

Sounds amazing! I would love to try that too one day. I hope you get a place one day to be able to work on your stained glass. All your arts/crafts sound awesome.

Looking forward to your pics, Jibralta!

Very nice wreath, Seraphim, it looks like a lot of work.

Thanks, guys :)

Seraphim, am I seeing a little knit pumpkin in your wreath? Adorable!

I wish I would make time to learn knitting and/or crocheting.

One day....

Thanks, guys :)

 

Seraphim, am I seeing a little knit pumpkin in your wreath? Adorable!

 

I wish I would make time to learn knitting and/or crocheting.

 

One day....

It is crochet, yes. 😀 while I do limited knitting I crochet much better.