I used to knit. I used to sew. I used to embroider. I used to work on decorative projects for our home.
Used to.
I used to do lots of crafts with the kids. Sure, life gets busy. I’m not beating myself up about not doing tons of crafts with the kids now. I am setting aside to do one craft with them weekly.
Yes, Sunday afternoons are our craft time. Last week, I worked on a felt pumpkin with 2 of the kids. This week, I’m grabbing the Halloween craft supplies I bought on clearance last fall since I have nothing planned. Next Sunday, we’ll spend some time doing no carve pumpkins.
In between Sundays, I’m a spray painting queen. I’m sprucing up decorative items that look a little worn. I gave a few fake pumpkins a fresh coat of copper spray paint. Yesterday, I spray painted the word, “Boo.” No big projects. Just little ones that add up to updating our home decor. That’s good enough for me.
Are you picking up any new hobbies this fall?
I will come by and visit sometime this week, and I usually pin or tweet them out so we can all get a little bit more exposure for all of our hard work!!
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I used to do so many crafts. My goal this week is to make some Halloween crafts
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I used to do lots of things too but then there was never enough time. Now I take a few minutes each day to do things that I love. We should get together and have a knit in.
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Ooo, a knit-in would be cool. We could talk blogging while we knit.
I love that you’re finding the time to bring the creativity back into your family’s life! It’s rarely that we don’t have the time – it’s a matter of making time for the things that are priorities for us. I can’t wait to see what no carve pumpkin ideas you come up with!
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I love to craft and have a hard time fitting it in these days as well! Thanks for inspiring me
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I like the idea of setting aside a weekly time for crafts. It helps to make it happen when you schedule it. I need to get back to knitting too.
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I need to get back into knitting, too! I miss knitting socks; they’re my favorite project.
The kids remind me about the craft time if I forget, or they’ll ask what we’re going to do.