C is for Crafting

I will admit to being an avid crafter.  I like several different types of crafting and tend to easily pick up new crafts to try!  Probably my favourite is knitting, but I also enjoy crochet, counted cross stitch, and various art projects (including watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media).  I have plenty of supplies to do some paper crafting, but have not really set aside the time to really give it a go.  Hopefully soon!

When it comes to knitting I enjoy making socks, cowls, scarves, and shawls mostly.  I quite prefer to work with fingering weight yarn and am also comfortable working with a sport weight.  Occasionally I work with a worsted weight, but not this is not my preferred weight to work with.  I seem to mostly make accessories and I think this is mostly because I don't have to worry so much about the fit although with socks fit is important!  Currently I am working on a worsted weight, heavily cables cardigan, a pair of plain vanilla socks, and a fingering weight shawl.  i do have a few other projects partially completed, but these three are the ones I am most actively working on.

I will soon get to adding pictures to my posts again! 

B is for Bullet Journals

B is for Bullet journals. A while back I stumbled upon some information online about bullet journals and thought to myself - this sounds and looks like something I want to try!  So I began on October 26, 2017 with a journal, black pen, and a ruler.  Now I have more pens in all sorts of styles and colors than I can count (well maybe not quite that many, but a lot!) and oodles of other "tools" for bullet journaling.  My advice for anyone who is new to this and who wants to give it a try - keep it simple so you do not get overwhelmed!!  You can effectively bullet journal with a simple notebook and a pen.  You do not need all the other goodies.  They are fun to have, but not necessary!  You do not have to be super artistic either!  There are many YouTube videos of people bullet journaling who do absolutely amazing art work, but that is not required!  Practice and journal at your own pace and know that there is really no "wrong" way to do this.  That is one thing I love most about bullet journals - you can tailor it to exactly what you require!  Personally I include stickers and trace images I find online to add some decoration to my bullet journal.  I use it as a tool to help me keep organized and to help increase my productivity - it doesn't always do that for me, but I try.  Some weeks (or months) I use my journal very seldom, and other times I keep up with is daily; it all depends on my motivation and energy!

A is for Art Journals

I have hopped on the A to Z Challenge bandwagon again and I hope to make it through the challenge like I did two years ago!.  For me this will be a wonderful exercise in daily blogging (and challenging my imagination!!)

A is for Art Journaling.  Over the past year or two I have been enjoying playing around with art journaling.  I find it to a be fun, relaxing, and creative way to spend some time.  I will admit that I have not been too active in my art journaling, but I want to get back into it again soon! 

Here are some pictures of pages I have completed in the past:

My two main art journaling books.

The 2018 A-Z Blogging Challenge!

Welcome to the 2018 A-Z Blogging Challenge!!  I tried this once before in 2015 and finished up to the end of H.  I tried again in 2016 and completed the challenge!!  Now I am going to try once again. The goal of the challenge is to blog every day (except most Sundays) through the month of April.  Beginning April 1st (the only Sunday included this year) everyone participating will blog about something beginning with the letter A, April 2nd we blog about B, and so on. I plan to blog mostly about arts and crafts topics.  I have started making a list of everything I want to blog about, but I will admit that I am still contemplating a few letters where I am not sure what I will write about.  I need to carry my list with me so that I can be sure to add to it whenever I am struck by inspiration. 

Join me for the month of April and cheer me on as I tackle this challenge!