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Across the Fence:  what do you think you are MOST creative at?  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 03 2008 : 9:56:08 PM
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I am, as my husband says, very "artsy-fartsy". I love most things creative. I have a degree in both fine arts and graphic design. I love to decorate, re-purpose junk, paint furniture and recently have been doing folk-art paintings. I have made dolls and quilted for years too, though those seem to be "shelved" in recent years. I just love recreating things and making something ugly beautiful. I also enjoy entertaining, but am not a natural. I get soooo stressed when I have parties, etc. that it kind of takes the fun out of it for me. I like to cook, but it is definitely not my true talent. So I would have to stick with artwork and decorating as my strengths.
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 03 2008 : 10:15:30 PM
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Probably embroidery and hand sewing. I love just about all crafts but I always come back to those as my favorite. I love to hand quilt too.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 05:05:52 AM
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I can do few crafts with my hands but I would say I'm more creative in writing and singing. I like to write poems sometimes and have written song lyrics. I love to sing too, I've been doing that since I was a very little girl. I wish I had more talent in my hands as far as crafts go. I love going to fellow farmgirl blogs and sites and seeing the beautiful creations you all make.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 05:41:47 AM
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I'm not very artsy and I have ZERO attention to detail, but I'm creative at finding ways to do something for nothing. I've decorated the entire nursery for about $80 and instead of buying my children an expensive wooden playset, I called someone who had one and whose child was over 16 - they were thrilled to get rid of the thing! And those wooden playsets are built to last.
I am pretty good at taking ugly furniture and restoring it to fit my house. I really enjoy doing that.
My blog: http://thecottonwife.wordpress.com/
"John Deere. We stand behind everything we sell. Except the manure spreader." |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 05:52:27 AM
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This winter I've been sewing more and find working with color to be very satisfying. My 'job' is designing gardens -- which also involves working with color as well as texture, etc. And I love collage-y paper crafts. My creative niche seems have the key words color, texture, flow, balance. Look at my blog for a trio of sewing cards I just finished!
www.youaretoocreative.blogspot.com |
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 06:17:14 AM
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Most of the needlework arts
Most all of hand work, crocheting, knitting, hand embroidering
counted cross stitch, sewing , quilting and so on
Also, writing Christian poems, devotinals, .pinkroses
www.ohkayteagirl2.blogspot.com |
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 06:17:57 AM
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Well...I think I am pretty creative when it comes to decorating. I have to admit, though, it doesn't always come naturally to me. I read lots of decorating magazines, go on house tours and visit on line house tours for inspiration. I've recently gotten into gardening the past few years, so I think I'm pretty creative that way, also.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 07:48:06 AM
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Making babies...lol - just kidding! I think I'm most creative at needle arts like crochet, sewing,and plastic canvas. Next would be paper arts.
Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter
"A friend is someone who does things that count, but never stops to count them"
Farmgirl #152
http://countryintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 08:12:13 AM
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I do pretty well in anything creative- I can pick it up rather easily but decorating and cross stitch are my strong points. I can envision a room and put it together from multiple sources.
Cheers,
Heather
FARMGIRL #90 |
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napafarmhouse1885
True Blue Farmgirl
208 Posts
diane
napa
ca
USA
208 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 11:38:24 AM
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probably cooking..i love to invent new recipes or take existing ones and change them a bit. my philosophy is that if you have a pantry of quality ingredients..you always have choices to make something amazing!
i am not good at any type of needlework..but am always inspired by reading all farmgirls posts on this subject..you girls are so creative!! what advice to you have for a wannabe needleworker..what would you start with..knitting, crochet..what?? also..how to start!! help!!
best,
napafarmhouse1885
please visit my blog
www.napafarmhouse1885.blogspot.com
www.napafarmhouse1885.com
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Edited by - napafarmhouse1885 on Apr 04 2008 1:17:40 PM |
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
1262 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 12:14:27 PM
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I'm a really great "homestyle" cook. I'm a great friend. I'm also a good teacher, dollmaker, housekeeper, and am generally artsy. I used to be a wonderful gardener...but am getting to be really lazy about it.
I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance even if I'm the only one...
http://www.kattywhompus.etsy.com |
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idcityrose
True Blue Farmgirl
202 Posts
Rose
Idaho City
Idaho
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 12:25:33 PM
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Frannie, where o where do you get your energy? I always have the best intentions but when I get home, after the chores are done for each day (and there is always something that must be done each day) I seem to run out of steam. I may sit down to sew and get sidetracked by organizing my fabrics (I literally have many, many trunks full) and then I try to visiulize what that piece of fabric should become, so then I dig out my hundreds of patterns and try to match them up, and then I end up doing very little and it is 11:00 p.m. or later.
I guess out of everything I have ever done I still love sewing the most. I began sewing at 12 since we couldn't afford "Store Bought" clothes, as my single parent mom had four kids to clothe and worked two jobs just to pay bills. I found sewing gave me the opportunity to have one of a kind clothing and that is who I am, one of a kind. I was teased by kids for wearing "handmade" but it just made me a better person because I learned way back then that I did not have to justify who or what I am.
Yes, sewing!
Some people look for happiness, others create it!
We are never alone in the forest of Sisters! We "Mountain Farmgirls" are outstanding in our field! |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 1:33:50 PM
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I am most creative in my kitchen. I really love good food.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war!
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 1:56:55 PM
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I am most creative with my flower gardens,there is nothing I enjoy more than working with my plants. I do flower and plant arrangements too, I did it most when we had the greenhouses. I also do cross stitch very well. I wish I was a great cook, but, I am merely adequate.
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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cowgirlmama
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
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Posted - Apr 04 2008 : 6:36:07 PM
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| I paint murals,and I love to weave-I am NOT good in the kitchen-never have been interested-but I do feed my husband-I shop at thrift stores for things for the house as well as my clothes |
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2008 : 07:36:27 AM
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I am creative with so many things but I think my biggest gift is loving and accepting people.
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
1573 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2008 : 08:09:08 AM
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I like that Linder!!!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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