I came up with the harebrained notion of starting another blog this week. If I'm very lucky, the three of you who read Festive Yet Tasteful will have found your way over here. If I'm even luckier, a few of you will have found your way here from other places.
Why another blog? Is anyone reading blogs anymore? I am. I do. And, like any other blog reader out there, I'm always on the lookout for blogs that resonate with me, make me think, entertain me, and give me ideas. One category of blogs I'm always searching for involves one of my favorite hobbies: card-making and rubber stamping.
Don't get me wrong - there is no shortage of blogs on this topic. And no doubt there are some blogs out there that match my interests, learning goals, style, etc., but I can't seem to find many of them. It seems like the craft bloggers out there all represent craft products or companies (which makes me slightly jealous), and while these bloggers make lovely things, they always use the latest products and are demonstrating the newest tool or the current fad. I don't live in that world.
I've been playing with rubber stamps for over twenty years now, and it's long since I've purchased any kind of greeting card at a store. I make all of my own birthday cards, thank-you cards, holiday cards (75 is a lot of holiday cards to make!), and have even sold sets of blank cards on a very small scale. This is all well and good, but I also work full time, have a house and a garden to care for, a hobby of dancing and dance calling/teaching that often takes me away from home, not to mention a set of people I love spending time with. But amidst all of the craziness, I value the time I spend in my craft room, and miss it when I don't make time for it.
So what is this blog all about anyway? This space is the reports and the musings of a reality-based crafter. There will be lots of pictures, and no doubt at the edges of all of them you will see my very messy work table, and far from pristine, and not even a little bit styled-for-photos craft room. I love and purchase new craft products like anyone, but the truth is that I have a huge collection of rubber stamps and supplies that I love and want to return to and use over and over again. And, unlike my perception of the field, there are styles and tools and techniques that have been out there for a long time that I haven't even gotten to yet.
So, read on. I'll talk about my never-ending quest for product organization, show you cards I made and how I made them, talk about new things I bought, and report on outings to stamp shows and stores, and on, and on.
With this blog, I hope to fill my own gap, and in doing so, connect with like-minded others out there.
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