tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post1499105063652510500..comments2024-03-29T03:14:18.794+10:00Comments on Jenny of ELEFANTZ: Gentle Domesticity week 16...Jenny of Elefantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02775654415138120426noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-65501387742362387592019-05-22T06:27:28.372+10:002019-05-22T06:27:28.372+10:00SOmehow, I missed this last week! I have to say t...SOmehow, I missed this last week! I have to say that this was one of my favorite reads in this book. It was so basic and full of great advice. It's so true about feeling like you need everything before starting a new hobby and it's just not true. When the scrapbooking madness began in the early 90s, there was very little to buy at first. I remember buying an album, some paper, templates, pens, & a few stickers. I was tickled to death with the results of those simple items. Of course, more and more came out and I bought what I really loved. But I recall saying to a friend 2 decades later...."I'm so glad I got started when there was little to buy or I would've been totally overwhelmed and never would've done it." I wonder how many feel that way when walking down aisle after aisle of things. When one of my friends started crocheting several years ago, she bought her items at a garage sale. She bought a hook and 2 skeins of yarn. She watched a youtube video and went from there. Now, she is so talented that it floors me. But, for less than $1, she got started with the most basic items.<br /><br />I want to learn how to crochet some dish cloths. I did one last week with some leftover cotton yarn from my mom's stash. It was pathetic, but I'm going to keep practicing. It still works just fine! Debby in Kansas, USAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-6954082241145167662019-05-18T22:48:03.804+10:002019-05-18T22:48:03.804+10:00Congratulations to Debbie on her winning the beaut...Congratulations to Debbie on her winning the beautiful giveaway. I recently rooted a some bought sage from the grocery store. I was only able to successfully transplant one and get it ti grow it is now bearing a flower which i hope will put on seed so I can start more of it. I was extremely delighted like a child and had to call mom and keep her updated about the roots when I had it in water....I love being able to collect a variety of craft supplies slowly but surely over all the years from different thrifty sources and always finding a use for them eventually or gifting to others that I know can put them to use. Its so exciting for me to go into a thrift shop and look for goodies. As I do not every go and pay full price for things. That way I can buy things for others in need and gifts to others that brightens their day and a thing or 2 for me along the way. I now am trying to look at life at a child and find excitement in the the smallest of things....My newest excitement is painting my patio chairs in bright vivid colors and each one a different shade. It reminds me of a pack of candy skittles or jelly beans....A big bright lively mess...And I love it....All that black basic boring furniture has been replaced with bright loud abandon......<br />Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10572900779018937820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-50858435337659452932019-05-16T15:39:29.121+10:002019-05-16T15:39:29.121+10:00Hi Jenny,
Kit and Caboodle! always heard the term,...Hi Jenny,<br />Kit and Caboodle! always heard the term, but never in print! Looks cool! <br />once a fortnight is great! Lets the ideas from what we have learned sink in and be used. looked at.<br />Practicality, reduce reuse recycle these days. I love turning unused items into planters!<br />hugs,<br />JoanneJoannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367841239911239597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-86627195440691889362019-05-16T09:05:31.157+10:002019-05-16T09:05:31.157+10:00I love to use up scrap fabrics and make them into ...I love to use up scrap fabrics and make them into something useful. I think I get more pleasure out of making something new from something old. I do have drawers of craft supplies for the times that my grandchildren come over to visit. they are getting older now and dont do that much craft anymore, oh wait! there is another grandchild right behind them, so no need to clear out the drawers - they will be used again!africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-30795604355277534182019-05-16T02:59:48.071+10:002019-05-16T02:59:48.071+10:00I do practice all sorts of crafts and nearly all o...I do practice all sorts of crafts and nearly all of my supplies come from thrift stores. I do need a new apron and have been looking at chicken scratch designs/patterns, as I was gifted a large box of gingham (one of my favorite fabrics!). Remembranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759499873835500100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-34050632567252738642019-05-16T02:27:20.374+10:002019-05-16T02:27:20.374+10:00I can't imagine knitting an apron, but I do ne...I can't imagine knitting an apron, but I do need to make myself a couple new ones. I have quite a few craft supplies for things that I'm really interested in, but realizing that at my age I'm not likely to do it all and have to decide what to let go. I do like a simple, uncluttered home and by clearing out my sewing/craft room, I can be further on the way to that. Don't know if I can ever let my yarn stash go, though ;) I'll never write a story but I love reading, and like Allie, enjoy British murder mysteries.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391322618950623162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-50771897139069392692019-05-15T22:28:27.443+10:002019-05-15T22:28:27.443+10:00Congratulations to Debbie!! I love making do - I ...Congratulations to Debbie!! I love making do - I only have one quilting ruler, one rotary cutter, very few actual quilting tools. Same in the kitchen - I have basics I use for everything and I hate clutter. Of course, I do hate to cook, lol....but still. Excess makes me crazy. I grew up reading at the dinner table - mum and dad did as well - and I continued that with my boys, as their dad worked afternoons. I still read a book a day. But my preference is cozy murder mysteries - usually set in England - British authors don't use bad language as a rule. <br />The one thing I'd love to tackle this late in life is gardening, although my bug phobia keeps me from it. Hubby is planning a big garden when he retires - I'll learn how to deal with the harvest from that.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877277586697593998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-33670719002043129112019-05-15T19:15:12.727+10:002019-05-15T19:15:12.727+10:00I too like to spend a bit more on my baking tins. ...I too like to spend a bit more on my baking tins. I only have a few and make everything in them. Five years ago I purchased quite an expensive bundt tin. The tin is fluted and a plain old cake made in it, then dusted with icing sugar, looks amazing. <br />I have been gifted and have picked up a lot of fabric of late. I do believe that I am going to have to take myself through what I have within this kit.<br />Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964345893499561504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-78260168046710705782019-05-15T18:31:59.249+10:002019-05-15T18:31:59.249+10:00This is very timely because today I had already pl...This is very timely because today I had already planned to spring clean our bedroom and have a good sort through all my different craft things which are kept there. xKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373043952789494619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-17551381108545136882019-05-15T17:50:08.433+10:002019-05-15T17:50:08.433+10:00Last year I went through my scrapbooking supplies ...Last year I went through my scrapbooking supplies and gave away quite a lot of it. Bit and bobs, papers and ephemera that I realised I was never going to use. It felt good to bless someone else with perfectly good supplies that they were much more likely to use than I.<br />Now I just need to go through my fabric and actually make my quilt that I've been planning for 21 years!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08319783522813289404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-31813145975715686022019-05-15T14:34:20.693+10:002019-05-15T14:34:20.693+10:00When I was first married I thought that building a...When I was first married I thought that building a home was all about housework and resented the time spent on this. Then, through necessity, I returned to work full time, employed a cleaner, and thought little of home making. My greatest joy, since retiring, has been to find my style of gentle domesticity which starts each day with the Lord. I've found such joy in gardening, simple baking and sewing. It's 5am now and I've already been out into my garden and thanked the Lord for another beautiful day. <br /><br />Perhaps those of our group who can write could write some short stories for the rest of us. Why not set a challenge to us all to write a short story of less than 500 words. That would be fun. Delight in Naturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635834001869755040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-64038268537281725092019-05-15T12:07:50.344+10:002019-05-15T12:07:50.344+10:00I love having plant cuttings in water and waiting ...I love having plant cuttings in water and waiting for the roots to appear. I feel very accomplished! I am now looking at all that is in my craft storage and have been slowly eliminating what I really do not need or will not use. I found a school that has already received one large box and will get more when school reopens in August. A good feeling to give to them.graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801648716163653446noreply@blogger.com