What Do You Like to Do?

January is National
    Hobby  Month

Webster's Dictionary defines
a Hobby as: Noun-
A pursuit outside one's
regular occupation engaged
in especially for relaxation.

Astronomy*CB Radios*Doll Houses*
Scrapbooking*Hiking*Musical Interests*
Wine Tasting*Hunting*Knitting*Pottery*
Home Theatre*Rock Collecting*Cooking*
Painting*Travel*Canning*Grilling*Fishing*
Crocheting*Building Models*Sewing*
Jewelry*Biking*Baking*Cake Decorating*
Birdwatching*Quilting*Antiques*Embroidery*
Sports*Beading*Candle Making*Gardening*
Photography*Puzzles*Collections*Painting
and/or Repurposing Furniture and of
course BLOGGING!
There are MANY more things that could be
listed as hobbies, I just chose and few. :)

What are your Hobbies? Do you have one
that is unusual?

~Keep on Dreaming~

Let's Get Crafting!

March is National Craft

Month. In the spirit of

crafting, I thought I

would show you some

bracelets that I have made.

The red one and the pearl

one were made last summer

and the purple one was made

to go with my outfit that I wore

to my high school reunion last

year.

You will need Memory Wire,

needle nose pliers, beads and

charms (optional).

The wire coils and uncoils-

hence the name Memory

Wire but I used "markers"

to help keep the wire from

coiling into inself, they

helped keep the wire

seperated while putting the

beads on.

I decided how many coils I

wanted for each bracelet

and snipped the wire. You will

see that the red one has more

coils than the purple one. The

pearl one is in between both of

them.

Begin by making a small loop at

one end of the wire-you can add

a charm here if you want. The

loop keeps the beads on the wire.

Then begin putting your beads on.

You can make a pattern or just

put them on randomly. When

you get to the end make another

loop, add a charm and you are

finished.

***Make sure that your loops are

fully closed so that your charms

and beads DON'T fall off.

Enjoy! These bracelets are great

for those of us who like to wear

multiple bracelets at one time.

they also make super gifts!!!!

Let me know what you are crafting!

~Keep on Dreaming~

A Special Day

Image from Google Today is National Scrapbooking Day. National Scrapbooking Day was started in 1994 by Creative Memories and is celebrated on the first Saturday in May. Over the past decade scrapbooking has been the nation's fastest growing hobby. Much time and money is spent "scrapbooking" today. There are many stores devoted to the hobby and most craft stores have whole departments dedicated to it. But what about all the scrapbooks of the past? You know--the ones that had the paper inside and the front and back covers were tied together. These held newspaper articles, cards, pictures, ticket stubs and other things that we held on to to remember a certain event(s) in our lives.

Ken's Mom was one of those Mom's who put

together books for each of her children. The two

pictured above are the one's that Janie made for

Ken. The red one was made from birth to five

and the brown one was made through grade

school. As you can see from the picture below,

Janie kept all the cards that were received when

he was born and then she put them is this book.

I had several of these type books myself but mine

were "goobered" up in a house fire. (before Ken)

I was able to save a lot of the things in them though.

Now we have all the "fancy stuff " to make scrapbooks.

All the products are "scrapbooking " safe, so nothing

gets ruined. Most paper and clear paper sleeves are

acid free. We still have the picture corners to hold

pics, there are all types of glue, glitter and other

"blingy stuff" for scrapbooking.

I have good intentions where this hobbie is con-

cerned but I tend to let myself get waaaaaaay

overwhelmed and then I don't finish what I start.

I have managed to make two that can be added

to . One is in the picture below--it is our engage-

met/wedding/5 , 10, year anniversary book.

I have also made one for Ken's birthdays.

(forgot to get a picture :( )

The picture below shows layouts involving

our dating and then getting "the ring".

Which with much duress on Ken's part

was found in the bottom of my Easter

basket!

Most people use a theme when making a book.

Some are: births/birthdays, adoptions, school

years, sports, holidays, vacations, special events

and much, much more.

If you are a scrapbooker--Enjoy the day!

~Keep on Dreaming~