When I get bored I start thinking about making something. Unfortunately, I’m not very adept at making anything other than a mess.
For example a couple of summers ago I decided that I could paint. These resulted from my delusions:
I call the first one “A Brace of Fairies” while the second one is called “Pinterest Fail.”
I do have them on display at Doright Manor. There’s no charge for viewing them. By that I mean I won’t pay you for your waste of time should you happen to stop by.
One summer I found a jewelry making kit at a yard sale, and for six weeks I made the ugliest jewelry imaginable: Earrings that didn’t dangle evenly, anemic looking bracelets, necklaces that appeared capable of attracting the evil eye.
Another summer, at the urging of our daughter, I decided to create family scrapbooks. After several weeks of sorting through stacks and stacks of pictures I created one page. At least one batch of photos got organized for a brief time as a result.
Yesterday I told Studly I was thinking of creating something artistic. He told the cats to hide and he’s secluded himself in a guest bedroom. I think he might have heard me say I was going to attempt nude drawings next. Good thing he didn’t notice my fresh stash of glitter.
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Keep going, you’ll find that artistic niche one day. 🙂
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I’m not so sure.
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Love this. Sometimes we spend so much at the craft store when we really should have just bought it from etsy.
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So true!
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You’re an Artsy Crafty serious word-slinger and photo journalist. Time to think about publishing. Or WordPress theme design. Howdy to the Patches and The Scout.
Regards,
ISBN
Chapbook Colorado
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Where do I get help with those two things? I swear I’m clueless about the business side.
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My delusions were just that I’d have the time: I modestly started on an adult colouring book and I was all into the Mindfulness of it (its title), did a few nice-looking ones then life caught up 😦
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I might have a bit of a distraction problem. Maybe ADD.
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It’s fun to try out different things anyway 🙂
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It is! And if I fail spectacularly that means I was really trying!
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Buy a colouring book and try not to go over the edges 🙂
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I have several coloring books. I’m fairly good at not making a mess of things when I’ve got lines to follow; although, my color combinations sometimes are cringe-worthy.
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🙂
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My dad always told me that anything worth doing was worth doing badly at first. 🙂 I love that I got to grow up with permission to make a mess. Really I love your examples on this post. I just read a post today by another WordPress-er on this topic. He was inspired by a book called 100 Small Steps. You might want to check it out https://certainline.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/listening-to-felix-scheinberger/ and then continue to make your big splashes – oh and don’t forget that glitter!
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Thanks for the advice!
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