This creative life
February 14, 2011
Ahhh yes, I know, it’s been a long time between posts. The thing is that I’m finding life gets in the way of my blogging these days. In fact, life is getting in the way of my crafting too. I seem to spend all my time doing little chores rather than being creative. There was a great article in the Sun Herald Life supplement on the weekend about our daily lives being so filled with little chores – like email – that when we’re supposed to be working nothing meaningful gets done. It seems that the real work, and the best creativity, happen in stolen moments, when we least expect it. And that, my friends, is exactly what happened with me this weekend.
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I’m off to Sew It Together in March and the Snailblazer swap that I’ve signed up for and the name badge swap have provided me with a crafty purpose and a deadline. I’m one of those people who works best under pressure. While I have dreams of being the chilled out yoga babe who takes life in her stride and is supremely organised, I am in fact a queen of chaos, creativity, and adrenalin. I’m sure those who know me have known this forever but having kids has highlighted my need for playing, making, exploring new things, raving about it like a lunatic to anyone who’ll listen and above all else deadlines.
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In the spirit of all this I’ve started my SIT name badge. I could whip this up in a couple of hours out of felt but I’ve been dying to try out ponoko, a making system where you upload designs and they make them in 2D/3D for you. The fact that there are 3D printers out there really blows my mind… you can design something, like a vinyl toy, in 3D and it comes out of a printer. Incredible. So for the badge I’m designing a bamboo bird brooch to hold a little cross-stitched name sign. Originally I had designed a little owl but, to be honest, I’m a bit tired of owls. I’m feeling quite inspired by the 60s at the moment and I wanted something a bit more… um… flippant? Anyway, the beauty of this is that after SIT, the new owner can remove the name and just use it as a brooch (if she even remotely likes it).
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Here’s where the designs are so far…
P.S. Sorry about the raving, once I started writing this post I realised how much I’ve missed blogging. Note to self that I must blog more often to avoid extended navel gazing and rambling tendencies.
Hello. My name is Claire. I have a sock toy addiction. It began two years ago when I was pregnant and nesting. At first I dismissed it. I hadn't sewn in years. "Craft Schmaft" I said. Well it seems this crafty thing is here to stay. This blog brings you the delights of making sock softies, fabric finds and crafty inspiration from round the interweb.
February 14, 2011 at 5:31 PM
I love!!
February 14, 2011 at 11:52 PM
I’m another who will be working to those deadlines, a few decisions about what to make before then thought!
I so hope I am your badge swap partner – what a great idea.
February 16, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Loving 60′s stuff here too. I keep seeing hard to resist bamboo mobiles for over the bassinet.
Want want want!!
That printer sounds amazing, can’t wait to see the end result.
February 16, 2011 at 10:02 PM
Urgency addicted ? really ? that wouldn’t have anything to do with living the agency life a fair while would it ?
4 pitches in the last 3 weeks – you can have my share of deadline driven
– mobile looks fantastic, and all for a good cause
March 1, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Brilliant idea! Can’t wait to see it!
So glad you’ll be joining us this year!
March 17, 2011 at 2:33 PM
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