Let's start by saying what crafts we are interested in
I'm into handcrafted jewellery big time and have been for the past God knows how many years now. I'm beginning to experiment with wire wrapping within the jewellery side of things.
Apart from that I've done cross stitching since secondary school but I'm finding the fine stitching hard on the eyes now. Love rug making too.
Fancy trying Candle making and maybe some soap making................. if I ever find the time these days :lol:
How about you lot! what takes your fancy?
Frances
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Digi art pics and cards ...
Home made gifts... fairy bags, boxes, mini candles, ( small is beautiful ) :wink:
Personalised Certificates, Letters, Art work ...
Apart from that I love everything arty :P
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I'll have a go at most things but like cross stitch, knitting, sewing toys and jewerlly making
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i am into all sorts of crafts, card making at the moment
i do cross stitch, rug making, and knitting,mainly in the winter on those long dark nights!!
painting, clay modelling, jewelry making (mainly kids stuff ), bead weaving, and sewing i tend to do during the summer months
i used to make candles years ago, and would love to have a go at soap making
i have allsorts on the go, quite a few cross stitch things that are nearly finished must get round to finishing them, one day :oops: i have run out of oomph at the moment tho, keep sitting on my computer reading forums!!
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Lol @ hely, I'm the same with my cross stitch have a got a beauty of an owl picture half done for my hubby and now I spend all my time on here and never get on with it. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Gave all my cross stitch stuff away to someone just starting out That was before discovering places like this :cry: Oh!!! when I think of the money I could've made :roll: but then again suppose I feel good for helping someone out.
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Hi I like making silver jewellery, soaps, candles, mosaics, cards, pottery, woodcarving, sewing, watercolour and oil painting, drawing with pencil and coloured pencil, modeling and almost anything to do with art.
As far as the jewellery goes I love being able to use soldering torches, the only problem is having to pickle all the work afterwards. And using gemstones is great too. The only problem is the cost of hallmarking. So I tend to stick to small pieces as anything over 7.75grams must be hallmarked.
Soaps are fun and easy to make. The only problem is that unless you can afford to certify them you can not legally sell them. Certification can cost upwards of £200 each formula. And even if you only change it by adding petals you have to pay out £200 again.
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At the moment mostly I do cross stitch and knitting when I get the chance - which doesn't seem very often nowadays.
I like knitting toys and most of the cross stitch I do now is old cover kits and cards that I've been given and/or collected. I used to give them to my mum for her charity shop, but since she retired earlier this year I decided I'll do them for my son's school Xmas Fayre as well as making some little gift boxes.
I also do painting/drawing and all sorts of "making and doing" with the kids.
And of course there's always fancy dress costumes that are required.
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Just browsing about and saw Gary and Mark added this forum! Thanks guys!
Well, I do pottery, jewelry making, painting and lampworking (making glass beads).
If anyoneis interested in hand made beads, let me know :wink:
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Hi aries458
How do you do lampworking? Is it very hard? And do you need much equipment?