Last night I worked from 5 pm until about 11 pm. I took materials along with me to do some crafting after all the little ones were soundly 'tucked in' for the night.
I enjoy making hair bands and barrettes for the two little girls that I care for. I've made many different styles of hairbands, clips and barrettes during this last year. For the hairbands, I use both the hard plastic-type and the stretchy elastic bands. I can't seem to locate the photos I have of the many hairbands I've made, but the themes have included 'spring flowers', patriotic, 'buttons and bows', glitter and gold, princess, back-to-school and other styles that match specific dresses that the girls have. The girls LOVE the hair bands and their teachers and other moms always look for new designs! Tomorrow the girls will be able to wear "Halloween Hairbands" to school!
I sorted through materials that I had on hand and was able to locate 3 black plastic headbands and miscellaneous ribbons and trim that would be suitable for a Halloween theme. Previously in the day I purchased a small pack of Halloween buttons to embellish the head bands. About 9:00 pm I set to work with the glue gun, scissors, wire cutters, ribbons and buttons. By 10:15 pm I had the new creations completed and the mess cleaned up! As I do most any type of craft, design or decorating project, I tend to create as I go. I select the raw materials and then let my creativity run! Some crafters and artists enjoy lots of planning and long, tedious art and craft forms, like quilting, needlework and more detailed painting. I like "short and sweet" projects! Any project that can be completed in one sitting is SUPER for me! I enjoy most any activity that can be accomplished quickly and where I am able to see "instant" results. Flower arranging, computer graphics and even cleaning are some of my favorite past time activities that offer quick rewards for little effort and 'investment'. Recently, one of my MANY visionary 'schemes' has been to create bridal head pieces and sell online. I am a great one to 'DREAM', though I seldom 'DO'; I guess Vera Wang won't have to worry!
Anyone have any comments or thoughts about why some people can feel OK and 'at ease' doing long-term projects, while others (like me) need QUICK results and would become bored or perhaps frustrated with an 'open-ended' project? Which method is YOUR style and why? I'd love to hear from you!
3 comments:
Well, for me I like quick and easy. Honestly I think it comes from working with kids. So much of what we do when watching children is open ended and seemingly never ending. After an entire day of open endedness--I need something that has a finished product at the end of it. Additionally, I'm usually too tired to do any project that is longer than 30 minutes!
hmmm well that's interesting... I like to do a project and never give a thought to how long it will take me to complete. I sewed beads on my latest project Saturday night and it took me hours to complete... I work on a project for a few hours then the next day I work on it some more... I don't mind that I can't complete it in one day. I also watch TV shows from beginning to end and never flip through the channels watching more than one show at a time!
When I'm at home and have free time (like in the summer) I enjoy longer more tedious crafts like knitting projects and re-decorating rooms. While I'm at school I have to settle with quick crafts like making cute little notes for other girls or re arranging the top of my dresser :)
Cute headbands!
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