Day 30, What Does Crafting Mean To You?

 

Last Day. Wow. Where has June gone?

 

I know its only been a couple of hours since I posted my last blog, but apparantly I am over tired and can not sleep.

 

So I thought I would get ahead of myself.

 

 

So what does crafting mean to me?

 

For me its twofold. It means a business. And it means being completely selfish, and doing something that is just for me. But the two link into each other.

 

I am incredibly proud of where my crafting has got me in the last couple of  years. And I owe it all to my lovely husband, Foxy.

 

Afterall, if he hadn't proposed, then none of this would have happened.

 

I would never have made everything for our wedding, and I would never have got into card making from there. And I would never have started my own business. Crafty Lil' Lel. I am incredibly proud of the things I have done in the last year. No, I can't be seen in magazines, and on t.v, you do not know my face on my name in the crafting celebrity world. I have a lot to learn, and a lot of skills to gain to be able to better myself.  But I am making pretty items that people can afford to, and want to buy again and again. And I am doing it all both by myself, and for myself.

 

So you see, Crafting to me, means having something tangible that is mine. Something that I know I did, by myself.

 

And there is no greater feeling then that to me right now!

 

Lel x

 

Oh, and PS as its the last day of blog a day, it would be rude not to add photos of todays theme. Craft something for an age.

 

Oh, and pps, I have a fab idea for tomorrows blog post too. I shall be writing about my experiences of the last month, and the things Ive learnt along the way)

 

 

These are all made with vinyl bin numbers believe it or not.



If You Could Do It All Again, What Would You Do Differently? Day 29. Craft A Day

So the penultimate day.

 

And its been a Looooooooong one as ever. I have just got in from doing two stalls today as well as a market night last night, and right now I need a bath a sleep.

 

 

I dont care in which order.

 

Understandably, im not crafting today, but I have been crafting as much as I can whilst I've been doing my events, to replace stock as I went. Quite difficult when you think that I didnt take very much with me that I could use.

 

 

But once again. I digress.

 

So what would I do differently?

 

I have to honestly say. Nothing.

 

I am a firm believer in that things happen for a reason! That you learn from the mistakes that you make, as if you did things perfectly first time every time you woudlnt gain anything from it.

 

I might however, be a little more confident in the things that I did!

 

 Lel x 

Day 28. What Are Your Three Wishes, Craft Something For A New Home.

 

Theres only two days left of the craft a day blog. Boo :(

 

 

Before I let you know about my wishes, I HAD to show you this. I've been heat embossing again today, and I finally seem to be getting somewhere!

 

Ive used a Kanban stamp, which I have repeated on a chalked background, and embossed in black. Ive then inked around the edges with a black promarker too. This does loosely fit to the home theme too, as a couple of people have suggested it looks like a canvas. So, definitely something to think about turning it into.

 

 

But I digress, and so on to todays post. Three Wishes.

 

Wish Number One.

 

I wish that I could go to Rome! Hubby and I have been speaking about it for a long time, and it is still yet to happen! There is always something else that comes up that needs paying for. Actually, I wish in general that I could travel more, but time and finds seem to be lacking for this to happen.

 

Wish Number Two.

 

I wish I could stop saying 'I Will Do It Tomorrow', and actually get around to doing things instead of procrastinating!

 

Wish Number Three.

 

I wish for my own little family unit one day. Hubby and I are fab as a two, but I would love us to be a three or a four someday!

 

Simple things, all my wishes. But you might have learnt by now, I'm a simple kinda girl!

 

Lel x

 





Day 27. Three Best Projects.

 

I have to admit, I completely forgot about blogging yesterday.

 

I'm just so tired still! Should probably go and find out what it is that is causing it, but its probably just the change in my work patterns, so theres no need to bother the doctors surgery that I cant get into anyway.

 

 

I'm really struggling to think of my three best projects!

 

The more I think about it, the more I realise that I am not very good at making things for my home. I have lots of things I want to make, that I still haven't got around to.

 

But I will get there eventually.

 

I can't help it. I'm easily distracted.

 

But I will leave you with my three favourite cards I've made instead.

 

Lel x

 



What Do You Wish You Could Do? Day 26

 

Like I mentioned the other day.

 

I wish I was good at heat embossing. Its a very definite work in progress for me, and something which seems to be taking me a long time to learn.

 

I have a heat gun, and lots of different coloured embossing powders, but I just can't seem to get it to work properly consistently. Every now and again I find I make a really good image, but then the next one will be rubbish!

 

I'm not sure if it is the stamps I'm using, or maybe the paper.

 

I had a fab idea of making a kind of silloheute with white and black, instead of black and white.

 

But the powder would just not melt!

 

So I will keep playing, and I will persevere! After all, you don't learn anything if you can do something straight away!

 

 

But I know it is late, and I will leave you with some more of my new cards to brighten up my page.

 

Lel x

Day 25. What advice would you give a newbie?

 

I am still a newbie. Ive only been crafting seriously for just over a year now, and I still have a whole lot to learn.

 

But my best advice is this. Find something that you love to do. Because it will soon take over everything.

 

Find your own creative style, and try to let it influence everything you do. That way you will have something that people will start to recognise, and which may eventually become your kind of 'brand'.

 

and finally,

 

Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Its the very best way to learn!

 

Lel x 

Day 24. Your Crafting Wist List/ Craft Something For A Birthday

 

I can't believe there is less then a week to go of the blog a day! Its 6 months until Christmas Eve today as well. This year is flying past to quickly.

 

I'm cheating a little today, as the cards I am showing you are the ones that I made last night. But they are new, and have only just gone up on www.facebook.com/craftylillel as well.

 

I spent the night making cards for boys, as I don't really seem to have many left. I've got 4 events this week, so need to get a wiggle on and get some more made. Fortunately, I had a very lovely surprise this week, in that one of my friends quite randomly left me cardboard box FULL of coloured card and pearlescent paper at our local pub. Which means I really don't need to buy any for a long time.

 

Which means that as I sell some cards, I can buy some of the things from my wish list. Rather then the necessities.

 

Like some more promarkers and spectrums. I bought my first spectrums this weekend as my very lovely grandad gave me some pennies when I visited him. I bought the pastel set, but would very much like the brights now.

 

I would also like to invest in some twinkling H20's.

 

And my first spellbinders die.

 

And some Penny Black stamps.

 

Best get selling me thinks. After all, no one is going to buy them for me.

 

Lel x