Still nothing to report today, lol. But I did go to the "actual" office. So weird after so long but the train was empty as was most of the office, just a pain wearing masks when you leave your own little office all the time. But hey, I got to use my one hand sewn mask, so that's craft! It was still hot to wear but looked nicer than black ones or disposables, since I used old patchwork fabrics. I think my first proper craft was probably quilling. We saw it at the first craft show we ever went to and mum bought me a starter kit and a book of quilling designs which I still have. After that I remember being twelve and at a shop on holidays on the Gold Coast where we discovered rubber stamping (yes, a whole wondrous shop dedicated just to rubber stamping! Those were the days!). I was amazed at the magic of embossing powder and we bought so much stuff there, back when it was super expensive. Still have all that too, the stamps and all the little ink pads in every possible shade, and a heat gun we bought at the hardware store for melting the embossing powder. After twenty five years they're still wet, too, almost as good as the day we bought them. The multicolour pads were the best with all the different strips together so you could use one stamp but have it look like it changed colour on the paper. I really want to get all of that stuff out again and play with it. Sigh... So little time!
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I think my first proper craft was probably quilling. We saw it at the first craft show we ever went to and mum bought me a starter kit and a book of quilling designs which I still have. After that I remember being twelve and at a shop on holidays on the Gold Coast where we discovered rubber stamping (yes, a whole wondrous shop dedicated just to rubber stamping! Those were the days!). I was amazed at the magic of embossing powder and we bought so much stuff there, back when it was super expensive. Still have all that too, the stamps and all the little ink pads in every possible shade, and a heat gun we bought at the hardware store for melting the embossing powder. After twenty five years they're still wet, too, almost as good as the day we bought them. The multicolour pads were the best with all the different strips together so you could use one stamp but have it look like it changed colour on the paper.
I really want to get all of that stuff out again and play with it. Sigh... So little time!