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[Mom2Dogs]

@DrakesMomma   Do you have a darkroom?

[jellyBEAN]

I have never been into sewing, but when I was younger my grandmother taught me how to embroider and I used to enjoy that up into my twenties.

Now that I'm much much older, I thought about getting back into it with kits, etc. but instead I got myself an adult coloring book and a set of colored markers.  I find this extremely enjoyable.  Every page is a new picture, and new colors to choose and detail, etc...I spend at least an hour + on my coloring everyday.  It's relaxing and gets my mind off things.

[I am still oxox]

Very creative I used to knit and crochet and sew I even made a rug once, Arthritis in my hands has disabled my doing a lot of what I used to love to do.

[Desertdi]

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@DrakesMomma wrote:

I am a photographer.  I've been making pictures for about 40 years.  I dream of pictures I haven't made yet.  

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@DrakesMomma 

I do my own settings on a couple of old SLRs....now, I can't even find film, or anyone who develops it.   I was especially fond of B&Ws with tri-X and filters.    di

[LTT1]

@haddon9 

@qualitygal @JeanLouiseFinch @Desertdi 

This sounds so creative! You have everything set up in one place, ready to go!

Remember when cigar boxes were prevalent? I remember kids in my classes during elementary school using cigar boxes for crayons and pencils.

I will be that those purses were so creative and different!

[haddon9]

@LTT1 They were fun to make!

[Dusty1]

@qualitygal I love talking crafting!

We have a large room downstairs that had a couch, chair & TV when the kids were home.

Now I have taken it over.

I have totes with my fabric/interfacing on the end of the (unused) fireplace bricks.

A sideboard has my heat press, sublimation printer, regular printer, with supplies in the drawers & cardstock in the end section.

Under the sideboard are jewelry making supplies-all color coordinated/style coordinated, in boxes. 

A rolling cart next to that holds photo papers, shipping labels, acrylic paints & brushes.

My computer is next. I can do nothing without my computer & files of patterns, embroidery design, svgs for Cricut, jewelry making ideas. 

On top of the computer cabinet are plastic drawers with resin supplies, glues, heat gun, dremel....

In front of the sideboard I have 2 tables (On magic sliders.). One is a large heavy library table with an ironing station on one end & room to assemble projects on the other end.

The other table holds my sewing/embroidery machine.

The next wall has my sewing table with my straight stitch sewing machine, threads, bobbins, needles, supplies for sewing.

Then a shelf with books, binders, a ribbon organizer, canvases for grandson's paintings.

Then I have a cart with my Cricut & Cricut tools. 

I have a cutting table for fabric with a large cutting mat & an organizer on the back holds scissors, rotary cutters, rulers, fabric markers, etc. A

Above the cutting table, running all along that wall, my husband put up a shelf with ribbon tray that hangs below it. It is plastc gutter.

The 2 shelves hold elastics, bias tapes, etc.

Under the cutting table are crates with more cardstock, wire for jewelry making, shadow boxes/picture frames. There is a skirt around the table to hide it all.

I have a wardrobe with shelves & drawers that hold iron on & adhesive vinyls. All divided into types & then colors & in plastic envelops that I can pull out the type/color that I want. The drawers hold extra rolls & transfer tape.

On top of that I have rolls of faux leather (Vinyl) for sewing & my Cricut markers in a case.

In the garage I have 2 tall narrow cabinets (A neighbor set them out with a free sign.) with plastic totes with more fabric & faux leather.

In the living room I have yarns & crochet hooks. Some is hidden. Some smaller balls are in large jars for decoration.

I think that about covers it. 

[haddon9]

@Dusty1 Sounds like a great space you have!

When I make my signs on Etsy I used my computer for creating layouts & showing customers how their custom sign would look depending on the fonts & designs used. 

I had a Silhouette die cutter connected to my computer but I had originally started with a Cricut.  At the time I had a lot of Cricut cartridges.

I have been thinking of upgrading to a new Silhouette or Cricut connected to my computer for making designs on my felted pieces.....anyway it's just a thought for now.

[wagirl]

I used to be. Learned to sew when I was 8 from my mom. Then liked doing crafts---all sorts, but after treatment for cancer in 2012, my fingers don't work well ,so its hard to do much. DD and I have been putting together various Lego sets these past couple years and that is fun--but my monkey fingers don't co operate sometimes.And we just don't have room to spread out anymore--living in a small apt. 

[Still Raining]

Both grandmas and my mom were good at teaching me.  In the end I came to favor needlepoint.

I did get up to 24 bobbins with lace making before my mind exploded.  That was just beyond me.

I am always amazed how many people can not tell the difference between tatting and crochet.  That is sad.