Misery Loves Co.

This is my first attempt at Blogging, i literally have absolutely no idea what i am doing so bear with me on this one. I am crafty and I love making things with my hands, I have always been this way inclined and it is something I cannot escape despite my best efforts to do something boring and unimaginitve with my life I find the magpie in me takes over whenever I see something pretty or shiny (and usually expensive) and my brain switches into "I can make that" mode, so I do, then I move onto the next shiny pretty mysterious objects whose secrets I need to master, and I do, then I move on again and so on and so forth. A while back I broke a necklace that was made of the prettiest beads so I kept those beads in a jar in case I ever got round to making myself a replacement necklace, which of course, I never did. But I was clearing out my cupboard and I found my jar of beads amongst the debris of the last few years of "ooh i'll save that for later" and I decided to try and make myself some earrings with the beads, a week later I had made almost 40 pairs of earrings and thats where the story begins really for me. I became obsessed (possibly an understatement) with beads and making "stuff" with beads. I started watching crafty bead videos on youtube and all the little synapses in my brain switched into overdrive and all of a sudden I am making jewellery, all the time, I get up at 6:30 just to try out something new, I cant wait to make all the things in my brain, and for a change, I am actually doing it. The beauty of this craft for me is that there are endless colour combinations, patterns, designs for me to embrace, new things for me to learn and master, new ideas for me to cultivate and nurture. So these past few weeks I have been making keyring/bag charms almost non stop, my neck hurts, my back hurts my shoulders hurt but still i cant stop making them, and I love them all, and if I could hang them all from my bag i would, but I cant, because im pretty sure it would not only look weird, but I might do myself some damage with them! I am almost relentless in my lack of commitment to things so its nice to finally find something that i cant wait to get stuck into every day, and if I get bored of one design all I have to do is hold out a little while until i can move onto the next design. I am now at the stage (after only a couple of months) where I have a buttload of things that I need to get rid of so that I have room for all the wonderful new things I want to make. So I am planning on doing some craft fairs and the like in order to finance my bead addiction...everyone needs a vice!

I think my craft addiction began when i was around 4 years old and my Great Grandma Ivy May taught me how to knit, I knitted a short, tight, holy maroon scarf, it was essentially hideous, but it is still probably my earliest memory. My nan was also a champion knitter, she could knock out a suit overnight, in fact she did a couple of times for any one of her nine kids. My mum also used to make me dresses when i was little and i had a few lovely orange and brown numbers, every little girls favourite colours! pair that with my lovely basin cut and you can only begin to imagine how popular i was! Knitting is probably one of my favourite pass times, but alas, its time consuming and attention seeking so we are not the best pairing. I have knitted several hundred sleeves, and yet have only finished about 10 items, I have no concentration and serious commitment issues :p