Confessions of a Neurotic Crafter.Dear Journal!
Me, Scrapbook Paper and a Christmas Truffle Candy Can. I swear if it stays still long enough ART ATTACK!!! There was a period of time where I thought I had to have tons of everything. So when I collected Cigar Boxes, I collected a ton of them, and when I collected Fabric, and then then there was the Tin Cans. It got to the point where if someone knew I collected, they added to the collection. It was the dawn of the 'Collect This' Phase. The shelves are full. The drawers and closets are full! LOL, I tell you, there's a lot of purging in this Mixed Media Art Space.
I love that I tried it and created some fun purses but as with many Multi Crafting Artists the Phase came and it went...hence the word Phase - a regularly recurring cycle of changes. LOL now there's a word I need to have a moment with. If my brain would play an alert when I'm going into Phase mode...the savings alone. Oh well... that's for another day.
Right now, it's on to a new Phase! My Cricut. This is one of those things that when I first bought it I was just elated by the prospect of a machine that could cut out lots of wonderful shapes and save me the hassle, since I can't cut a straight line for anything! Magically delicious! I bought it not long after they first came out (of course the bigger one came out literally within a few months of me purchasing the first one but that's for another day. Anyway, I excitedly bid for cartridges on Ebay, planned all sorts of projects, made a couple of cards and parked it in the corner for the next year. Then....
Another Phase Paper Dolls.
And what do you know, a Cartridge that cuts out paper dolls and little clothes a
nd even has the tabs. Will wonders never cease. Now my Cricut sits proudly on my 1950s Style Chrome dinette set (that I have rarely eaten on because it belongs to the crafts). The new cartridges are Hot! so now I think I'll be in the Cricut Phase for a spell longer. Moved on from Paper Dolls, floating back towards Rubber Stamping Phase and Binding it all Phase. Mix that up with a little 'Can't Stay off this Laptop' Phase and a sprinkle of 'Emboss that Stuff' Phase. Wish I had control over the Sleep Phase. LOL for real. I wouldn't be sitting at this laptop at 1:00 in the morning. Phases. And Confessions of a Nuerotic Crafter!