Children are on something

When it comes to creativity, many children may be on something.  A child I know took some cardboard from a box and draw on it:

So, it doesn't need much to feed a child creativity.  An upper notch is to give them pencils and paper and they are on to have fun.    When it comes to drawing, it is fun to let them free.  No need to draw shoes brown and follow all the colours that are on clothes too close of reality.  Children should be able to choose the colours they put on the paper.  When it comes to colouring, all is possible.  There are other times to get serious.  Colouring should be fun and without constraint.

New Store, New Purchasse, New Opportunities!

I have decided to go to a new store.  That store had been opened for a long time but I never had the chance to go.  Now, after all this time, I decided to make the time to go there.  Here is what I found and purchased:

I got all this for a good price.  I am also happy to have found rings to do some chainwork.  This is why I took so much of them, in various colours.  I found a few interesting stone cabochon.  Here are the details and close up of what I had purchased:

Re-Hooked to latching hook!

I thought that I had been throught pretty much all the latching hooks kit that interested me.  I have to admit that I was wrong.  I found this kit:

It look cute. It is not a big one but it mean nothing.  The only sure thing: I don't think to have a mix up into the colours of yarns!  It should not take too long to make.  I didn't thought I would do another kit but here it is!  Never say Never!  Now, I have learned that going in a different store, it lead to different discoveries.

Now, I think I won't let the door closed.  I am thinking of searching a little bit harder for other kits to try.  I think it is worth it.  There is more possibilities out there than I thougth!

The art of nice handwriting

Pens and pencils are part of what I have.  I need them quite often.  It is a need because I write a lot.  One kind of pen that I like are those kind:

I got my first one of this kind when I was a teenager.  Since, I have period where I use them and then, I return to more usual pen.  Those pens abofe are more durable. The ink comes in cartridges.  The part that I like less: it is becoming a bit harder, with time, to find the cardridge.  Or I may not looking at the right place.  I don't mind having a brief period to get at ease to use them again.  I just like the writing it is leaving.  It is my handwriting but with those pens, I feel I have a far more elegant writing than with other pens.  In some period of time, I like to feel fancy when I write!

Resin -- Discovery

I like this resin:

I found that the pouch kit is new.  I am curious to test it!  I usually use the bottles ones.
I also found a darker resin kit that I want to try:

I never saw this hue before, so I will have much fun using those resin.  I like making that kind of discovery.  I just have to be careful with the mixing.  Both have to be carefully measure.  If not, it stay sticky or it may not set into form.

I have seen too big for a first try!

I have found a weaving loom that I could use with the fine yarn that I have:

It is a nice package.  I am ready to try it.  Here the set up I made:

 The problem?  I had see too big for a first try.  The first error: I connected the two loom parts together.  The secon error was putting too much yarn on the shuttle.  It is a bit tricky to pass it right at the beginning.  Here is the shaft:

The possitive part: I start to get the knack of it and the rows are stacking up easily even if the yarn is rather fine:

The weaved part is more now. I had stacked a few more row since.  Not easy to weave with a double loon.  I have a bit more difficulties with  the two separators.  I may be missing something here.  The instructions are not specifics for doing the weaving with two looms side by side.  I am leaning anyway.  It is nice to try this loom anyway, even if I saw more than I can chew!

Some purchase and discovery

First, I think I have found an alternative on the thin weaving sticks:

It is a weaving loom.  I did 3 stores and didn't found the thin weaving sticks, so I found the weaving loom instead and I will see if it is worthwile.  I also found darker resin:

I also found clear ones, well for those in a pouch, it is new.  The bottle one isn't new to me:

I bought some forms that I didn't have for fusible beads:

I found a nice cartridge pen:

I will have to buy more cartridge for this pen.  I just love writing with this kind of pen.  At first, it take some time to get use to write with it.  After that, the pen glide so effortlessly!  It feel divine!

Coming out good

My projects with the tye dye came out pretty good despite having dirty tinted hands from the dye:

The only drawback are the black baseball cap.  They didn't came out as I wanted.  They look too much faded.  I am tempted to buy some spray and put it on them, just to accentuate the colour.

Warning: tinted hands

I did some tye dye recently.  The error I made: not using the gloves included in the kit.   My hands and forearms were a disaster:

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It took 2 days to get less blueish, getting more on my natural hand colour.  It took longer for the tint around the nails to get out.  It take a week to get to normal.  In addition, it is not very helpful to do the tye dye in that state.  It get messy.  I have learned my lesson: better have the glove than having graphic arts on hands!

Still finding new trees

I seems to have an obsession with trees.  Or it is an weird gift to find them.  In any case, I found a new one:

It alsmost feel it is waving an hand.  It grows strangely.  The place is serene, from what I can see.  I took another photo from the surrounding of that tree:

The tree stand alone.  Should have more trees in that kind of place.  It is something that I find missing in parks: not enought trees!  Put some more trees!  It is not just good for me, it is also good in heat wave, it drop the temperature accumulated by the asphalt.  Having being raised in a wooded area, I have a need to be surrounded by trees!

It's a fail right now -- working with metal

I have some leftover silver from my jewelry classes I took near my job.  I decided to use one piece that was pretty much all used up.  I cut the pieces in smaller pieces.  It was messy.  Not just the silver dust but with the saw blades:

I have not attained the relax state that sawing metal bring.  I am not at that level.  Saw metal is more a stress for me, since I had my classes.

Here are four pieces that I want to use as earring:

I have pierce the holes for the rings and hooks.  The pîeces need to have more work on them.  I will have heat them too.  I want to have some relief on them.  Motivation is hard right now.  I don't have every tools and I don't have advices.  It is what I miss from the classes I got back then.

There is one longer piece that I cut:

This one will be shaped into a ring.  I wish those projects were much easier to do.   It had been a long time since my ckasses.  I may be due to find another place that allow me to do my own projects.  It may be a problem.  I know a place but it is a bit far away from my place or my working place.

On the meantime, I will try to work on those pieces the best I can.  I have an idea that I want to try to work on them.

Trial -- Weaving Sticks

I decided to try the weaving sticks:

It look like that once unpackaged:

I wanted to use this yarn (for crochet):

Then, I realized that the yarn was too fine for the sticks.  I also discovered that I have the thick version of the weaving sticks.  There is a thin version of the weaving sticks and I found it on the compagny website: https://www.clover-usa.com/en/search?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=weaving+sticks&submit_search=search  There is also an video on how to use the weaving stick there.

By chance, I found a yarn that was more fitting to my thick weaving sticks:

Here is the result:

I didn't like the big knot, so I put the same smaller knots on both side:

It is intesting.  I just don't know if I will be interested in the long term.  Maybe by finding the right projects, I will be more interested.  What I like: it is quick to do.  I guess that someone who have some dyi infused handyness could do the sticks themselves.

I would like to create my own space

There are time, I would like to create a special hideout, a personal spaced taillored just for me.  Here would be the access to my small space:

Then, there would be some interesting trees:

Also a good patch of flowers:

Then, the face of my small working space:

Of course, there would be two room in there, one to let me in the place, where I could place the seasonal extra clothes and a space exculisvely for crafting and inspirational works I want to do.