Growing Up Crafting ~ #AmbersCreations #GrowingUpCrafting

 

Many of my favorite childhood memories involve making things with my mom and sister. My mom always encouraged our creativity so instead of watching television or playing videogames, we did crafty things. Even as an adult I still have some of those creations safely packed away. Some of the things we made were simple – like mixing plain applesauce and ground cinnamon and making ornaments or making ornaments out of unflavored dough. Other things were more complex and required paint, glue guns, or yarn. Regardless of the ability level, spending time being creative was always fun.

My mother taught me how to do needlepoint or embroidery like candlewicking and cross stitch. When I was younger, I made a pillow and did a candlewick pattern on the top and entered it into a county fair.  I still have the pillow packed away….somewhere. Each cross stitch pattern I completed would be framed for hanging. I even made cute cross stitch designs for the tops of old-fashioned spice jars. I recently was able to locate my bag of cross stitching supplies and hope to get back into my needlepoint at some point.

Learning how to make various craft items runs in my family. My paternal grandmother inspired me to learn how to be creative using plastic canvas and yarn. I would make coasters, tissue boxes, items for a baby’s room, or cute butterflies and ladybugs that I would attach a magnet to for the refrigerator. I also passed that craft to my stepdaughter who used to love making plastic canvas items when she was younger. When she was in a play at Christmastime and she would take a plastic canvas project with her to work on during down times between scenes and performances.

~ Amber

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