CRAFTING From the Soul!
I don't care what your interest is....horses, beautiful flowers, lovely paintings, pets....whatever it may be, if you incorporate that in what you are producing (crafting), it will be something that you will thoroughly enjoy and you'll keep doing it until it produces the results that you will be proud to display and talk about to other people!
Take my coasters as an example.....I happen to (at the moment) really enjoy victorian/vintage, shabby chic.....items, images, furniture, etc......so I went with that, and combined it with something else that I'm reasonably good at....computers. From these two venues, I was able to produce my coasters in a manner that was appealing to me and it spun off into other coasters that I created for other people using their interests as the design element. Having just started this venture.....I don't feel it's too shabby (no pun intended), to say that I have sold a quite a few of these coasters and hope to continue offering them to anyone who so wishes to either buy for themselves or have some made as a unique, inexpensive, gift for someone they know.
You can bet your bottom dollar....if it's something that you're interested in....many more people are also interested in it just as much as you are! So, take that special interest you have, and create something with it! You never know where it's going to lead you.....quite possibly into something that you will enjoy a lot more than what you're doing right now!
As examples of some of the very unique items people craft...look at this web site: Creators Outlet
Ooooh my goodness....such talent.....but all born out of what people have a passion for and directing that into a craft/artist form. I personally like the gourds that were done up into cats and chickens.....now, I bet that lady did a few of them before she was able to improve the technique well enough that it came out as visually pleasing as it did. I think they're simply wonderful!
I, personally, have my first coasters that I did, that although usable, needed some tweaking and improving on in order to get them to a stage that I felt comfortable giving/selling them to anyone.
The same with the furniture that I have re-crafted....I have a few pieces that I was not happy with the end results and some day will get around to re-crafting them for better visual appeal (or I could always sell them at a garage sale/consignment shop, as is.....NOT!).
I have a sister that, regularly, sells her items in craft fairs, or on commission, etc. She took painting classes when she first started out and made her own business, giving painting instructions out of her home because she enjoyed doing it! And a wonderful painter she is....on medal, wood, small objects, big objects....you name it!
Another sister (I have 7 of them, and I'm the only one who didn't get the sewing "bug"), loves quilting.... yech!!!, she also spends time giving quilting lessons because it's her passion! We have a "quilting bee" scheduled a few times a year where we put together a quilt that will be auctioned at each of our family reunions....that pays for the costs of the next reunion that is scheduled (I'm the "presser" or the "cut the strings" person....not sewing!!!!). A special mention goes to my niece who finishes the project by joining the back of the quilt to the front.
So, bottom line....take your passion and go with it! You'll be surprised where it may lead you.
Take my coasters as an example.....I happen to (at the moment) really enjoy victorian/vintage, shabby chic.....items, images, furniture, etc......so I went with that, and combined it with something else that I'm reasonably good at....computers. From these two venues, I was able to produce my coasters in a manner that was appealing to me and it spun off into other coasters that I created for other people using their interests as the design element. Having just started this venture.....I don't feel it's too shabby (no pun intended), to say that I have sold a quite a few of these coasters and hope to continue offering them to anyone who so wishes to either buy for themselves or have some made as a unique, inexpensive, gift for someone they know.
You can bet your bottom dollar....if it's something that you're interested in....many more people are also interested in it just as much as you are! So, take that special interest you have, and create something with it! You never know where it's going to lead you.....quite possibly into something that you will enjoy a lot more than what you're doing right now!
As examples of some of the very unique items people craft...look at this web site: Creators Outlet
Ooooh my goodness....such talent.....but all born out of what people have a passion for and directing that into a craft/artist form. I personally like the gourds that were done up into cats and chickens.....now, I bet that lady did a few of them before she was able to improve the technique well enough that it came out as visually pleasing as it did. I think they're simply wonderful!
I, personally, have my first coasters that I did, that although usable, needed some tweaking and improving on in order to get them to a stage that I felt comfortable giving/selling them to anyone.
The same with the furniture that I have re-crafted....I have a few pieces that I was not happy with the end results and some day will get around to re-crafting them for better visual appeal (or I could always sell them at a garage sale/consignment shop, as is.....NOT!).
I have a sister that, regularly, sells her items in craft fairs, or on commission, etc. She took painting classes when she first started out and made her own business, giving painting instructions out of her home because she enjoyed doing it! And a wonderful painter she is....on medal, wood, small objects, big objects....you name it!
Another sister (I have 7 of them, and I'm the only one who didn't get the sewing "bug"), loves quilting.... yech!!!, she also spends time giving quilting lessons because it's her passion! We have a "quilting bee" scheduled a few times a year where we put together a quilt that will be auctioned at each of our family reunions....that pays for the costs of the next reunion that is scheduled (I'm the "presser" or the "cut the strings" person....not sewing!!!!). A special mention goes to my niece who finishes the project by joining the back of the quilt to the front.
So, bottom line....take your passion and go with it! You'll be surprised where it may lead you.
posted by J. Martin @ Sunday, January 22, 2006
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