tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post2478189614897933005..comments2023-12-28T08:01:09.456-06:00Comments on Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem: }Wistful Wednesday{Are You Crafty?Margay Leah Justicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15490126898758440254noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-18668630933782833822009-12-11T06:38:30.397-06:002009-12-11T06:38:30.397-06:00Gracen, I love that you craft with your boys! I th...Gracen, I love that you craft with your boys! I think today's boys don't want to do anything that others might consider girlie, but I think that this is a skill that will serve them well in the future. They could grow up to be artists or architects or craftsmen. And they will remember the fun times they had with Mom along the way.<br />MargayMargay Leah Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490126898758440254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-15357492901725234542009-12-11T00:02:44.749-06:002009-12-11T00:02:44.749-06:00Every year at Christmas my boys and I make some fo...Every year at Christmas my boys and I make some form of craft to give to the grandparents. Last year we made papermachet Christmas ornaments. We've also made Snowball ornaments out of 3 sizes of styrofoam balls, hot glued itty-bitty buttons onto it's middle styrofoam ball and the head for eyes and nose, wrapped black string around where the top and middle balls connect for the scarf and found small twigs in the yard to stab into the sides as arms. <br /><br />That's just 2 of the many things we've crafted over the years. My oldest son is 12 and we've been crafting gifts since he was born. It started them as babies with plaster hand and feet prints.<br /><br />I hope it's memories they remember fondly when they're grown. Hopefully, I will get the opportunity to do the same with my grandchildren. <br /><br />I agree with you, Margay, that writing is a lot like crafting. It's creating something out of nothing and the joy of doing it.Gracen Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394835340529761948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-21798989284582076912009-12-09T16:42:37.478-06:002009-12-09T16:42:37.478-06:00LOL...it's very colorful! I don't know ho...LOL...it's very colorful! I don't know how many skeins of yarn I went through...and there's no color pattern. It was whatever color I felt like adding at the time, or whatever I pulled out of my grandma's yarn box:)<br /><br />MollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-39989961140494071272009-12-09T12:56:30.140-06:002009-12-09T12:56:30.140-06:00Molly, that's too funny! Now all I can picture...Molly, that's too funny! Now all I can picture is that rug in a bag, attached to the spool!<br />MargayMargay Leah Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490126898758440254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-82579415250738842872009-12-09T12:54:42.091-06:002009-12-09T12:54:42.091-06:00My great-grandmother tried in vain to teach me to ...My great-grandmother tried in vain to teach me to knit. I'd do fine while at her house, but would always forget something once I tried it on my own. Finally, my mom got me a spool-knitting kit, and I loved it! I still have my 6-foot rug stuffed into a bag somewhere, still attached to the spool. It was never sewn together.Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-2526662372541303012009-12-09T12:29:18.877-06:002009-12-09T12:29:18.877-06:00Carrie, that's one of the things my mother has...Carrie, that's one of the things my mother has to do. She always has a lot of things going on at the same time and if something new catches her eye, she has to start that right away. Hm...that must be where I get that! So the goal this year is to encourage her to get those partially finished things done and out the door!<br />MargayMargay Leah Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490126898758440254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-91542483437343515912009-12-09T12:26:26.425-06:002009-12-09T12:26:26.425-06:00Molly, I can just imagine you making the underwear...Molly, I can just imagine you making the underwear for the Barbies! i think baked goods are a good gift - that's what we're doing for extended family.<br />MargayMargay Leah Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490126898758440254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-70015745454153473022009-12-09T11:36:07.464-06:002009-12-09T11:36:07.464-06:00Yes, I too am crafty. I learned to crochet at the...Yes, I too am crafty. I learned to crochet at the age of 6 and have been doing so for the last 30 years. I've been cooking and baking for as long too. Although, due to tons of food allergies, I can't be as creative as I would like to be. <br /><br />However, I must say that it does take some ingenuity to make the same old foods interesting when you're sick of eating them. At least one can never get sick of a burger. <br /><br />My grandmother was the one who taught me to crochet. She used to make the neatest crochet dolls (babies and clowns). Sure, she followed a pattern, but I swear she must have altered it slightly in her own way. <br /><br />The biggest thing I'm trying to do is just finish a few of the projects I have laying about the house that have been unfinished. If I finish it, I can send it out the door! But it takes time because I'm not always in the mood to crochet or look at the color patterns because they've been around so long! lol!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969558921964931828.post-28407977665157727002009-12-09T09:32:14.451-06:002009-12-09T09:32:14.451-06:00I like to cross stitch:)
The most 'crafty'...I like to cross stitch:)<br /><br />The most 'crafty' I ever got was the year we took fabric scraps and made underwear for all the Barbies.<br /><br />What I will be doing this year is baking more cookies than normal, to give to family and friends, not just my kids' teachers.<br /><br />MollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com