My Hobbies ...

Radiotherapy ~ Day 19 (13:05)  Clinic (13:35)

Where do I start with this one? How many hobbies can one person try? My house could give Hobbycraft a run for its money with the amount of stash I have squirrelled away over the years.

                                                                             (This is my craft room on a very tidy day)

In the early 80's and newly married I did a lot of knitting, (generally for myself in those days) and then later when my children were born they had lots of hand knitted goodies too.

Cross stitch, free embroidery and silk painting took over....

... each hobby needing new materials and trips to craft fairs in London or Manchester. It's all tucked away in hidden corners in my little craft room. I have boxes of glass paints in the garage ... so I've dabbled with that too.

For the past 5 years I've fallen in love with Scrapbooking and have books full of lovely memories for my family to keep.

I love planning new layouts and seeking out the right papers and embellishments..... inks and stamps ... ribbons and buttons ... stickers and letter sets ...  Sadly, since I started my Snappycards after-school club I haven't had as much time for the scrapbooking and the preparations for the cardmaking seem to take most of my spare time.

and now I've started to make a few cards myself.

One hobby that has stayed with me throughout all these years has been photography ... I love recording those special moments, but also, increasingly, the more ordinary things that make up our lives right now.

These days, I think blogging is my new addiction. To be honest, since I started blogging I have done very little scrapbooking at all.... it uses the same principles after all ... photos and journalling .... and it's saved me so much money because it's stash-less!!!! Less clutter in the house and more cash in my purse!
Mr B. is very pleased!