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Posts: 14086 (30/04/2008 12:39:45) Administrator |
i got into crafting because I wanted to start a little business when Pippa was born ..... think I might have earned more over the years if I'd kept an
office job - but hey I would never have met so many really lovely people!
oh and it's quite a nice job really 
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matildasmum |
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Posts: 1252 (30/04/2008 12:51:22) |
i got into crafting (paper) when i did some Xmas cards for family, i'd bought a kit n they loved them, but being stingy i thought i could probably do them
cheaper if i got the things separately n they went down even better so it kinda snowballed from there. i have always done something like crochet, knitting n
cross stitch etc.
i'd like to craft for a living, even doing samples for shows but really dont know where to apply to. chell x |
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craftytiger |
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Posts: 75 (30/04/2008 12:58:43) |
I've always done crafting in one form or another, lace making, cross stitch, 2 scarfs of knitting (then threw the needles away!). But I started making
cards because I wanted to do something for me, something I could immerse myself in. Never realising I would end up on blooming deadlines from people wanting
cards from me left right and centre (especially family). Good job I love it.
Clair 
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GlitzyBitz |
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Posts: 1835 (30/04/2008 13:57:12) |
I started crafting because I was fed up of the rubbish selections you get in the shops.
Now I love making the card according to what the person likes. It was either the fact that the picture on the front was nice with a rubbish verse, or that the verse was great but the image rubbish. Got fed up of paying huge amounts for a piece of cardboard too. Andrea xx |
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Rita |
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Posts: 3062 (30/04/2008 14:05:11) |
I too have been a crafter since childhood really ,but only got into cards seriously last year, its so relaxing and it takes your mind off other things ,like
H............K and I.........G etc. I have made such lovely friends here too which is a huge bonus. Hugs Rita xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 cmegan |
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Posts: 636 (30/04/2008 14:45:00) |
Same as most of you, I have always done things, knitted a 4 ply jumper for myself when I was 9
and carried on from there really, always knitted and sewed our three childrens clothes when they were little, I think the last things I knitted for them were Aran jumpers when they were teenagers! Then the grandchildren started arriving so got the needles out once more, loved it . But now they don't want knitted things, nor do their mums , . Did cross stitch, tapestry, embroidery,can't sit and watch TV, unless I am doing something as well. Then about 7 years ago I had trouble with my brain, had op, and when I got home couldn't sleep used to get up about 2am, put tv on looking through chanels and found C and C and thought "I could do that " and the rest is history. Jen. |
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Maccasmum |
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Posts: 456 (30/04/2008 15:32:20) |
Like most of you I have always crafted in one way or another, knitting, crochet, dressmaking etc, made my wedding dress and three bridesmaids dresses, when the
children were small I made most of their clothes and started decorating cakes firstly for their birthdays then went on to do Wedding/anniversary cakes.
Started cross stitching about 15 years ago and loved it even made special cards with it, then discovered papercrafts and the rest is history, you get sauch
quick results instead of taking ages to see the finished piece.
Kate x |
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Jacqueline Pratt |
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Posts: 3086 (30/04/2008 15:48:33) |
I've done many crafts over the years, crochet, dressmaking, tapestry, embroidery etc though it's a long time since I did any. Card making started the
Christmas after I'd retired and I was on an economy drive. Picked up a £1 pack of d-i-y cards and it was the worst economic decision I've ever made
but I love doing it.
J |
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Fairmade |
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Posts: 39 (30/04/2008 15:58:01) |
Been crafting for many, many years, done knitting ,sewing, machine knitting, decoupage pictures,drawing and painting, decorating goose eggs {Faberge Style} Now
its card makingand I love it.Ada.
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gill70 |
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Posts: 22 (30/04/2008 17:07:45) |
I'd always sewed my own clothes and for the family in the "Old" days and knitted etc , patchwork quilts. Saw a lady at an Art demo and I
admired her ring she said she had got it at QVC and as we had just got Sky (as he likes Sport ) I explored and found QVC and Dawn Bibby and Create and craft .
saw Joanna and bgt 3 of her CD's and her papercraft DVD Eventually had a cupboard built to put all the things I have collected .If I had never met the
lady I'd be pounds better off and probably bored stiff
Sometimes I feel like George Bernard Shaw who when someone said "We passed your house yesterday" replied "Thank you": |
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