I'm not motivated for the spring crafts. It's almost 90 degrees here. I'm either outside or working on ideas for my Christmas craft sale.

DS finaly got my Xyron out of the box for me and I used it for the first time today.
It is the 850. I got it at a scrapbook/stamp convention in the Dallas area back in 1999 or 2000 and it has been resting (in the box) on a shelf ever since.
It is fantastic and now I think I'll get in the mood to make some cards again.

hi all im a newbie so thought id say hi and make myself know to you all
im looking for some new ideas for my crafts can anybody help?

Welcome Jenny. What kinds of crafts do you enjoy? What have you done so far?

Adella, 90 degrees? Where ARE you!

It's in the 50's here in the Pacific Northwest... and that should be inspiring me to do creative things... but nope. My new kiln is sitting here unused. And lately I've been driving past Michael's and JoAnn's barely glancing in their direction. They used to be like giant magnets sucking me in against my will. Now they're just stores I pass on the way to someplace else.

Anybody else going through the, "whatever" stage of crafting?

I'm losing the crafting bug. There was a time when I bought every creative magazine and I attended every craft fair within a hundred mile radius. I've definitely hit the "whatever" stage of crafting.

Candy, I'm in sunny New Mexico where we really didn't have a winter this year.

I need to get myself motivated. I've been painting and cleaning in the house lately. I've designed some original souvenir type items that I want to sell in gift shops. I sold ten to one shop to try, but I need to contact more shops. I have all my permits and materials. I just need to get my mind in gear to do it.

No winter... ouch. I love the cool weather (I'm a big wus in the heat). Of course we get mild winters with less than a week of snow. If I had to shovel my way out for months at a time... I'd probably become a fan of the warmer weather.

Good luck with your souvenir items.

I was in a slump for quite a while, then the Christmas season began and I jumped back in to making and stitching things. Made a hand embroidered baby quilt as a gift and got 4 orders from that one so I am busy again. I think it happens in spurts. Summer time is my lazy time for crafts! :o)

I didn't know it was free to post again until I read your post. This used to be a popular site until you had to pay to post. They lost alot of great ideas by doing that. Hopefully more crafters will stumble upon this news. Maybe it would help if every couple of days we put on a new post that it is a free site again. Hopefully we can return it to its former glory.

Glad to see that my post let some know that it was free to
post again and that others that already knew are still here.
The board seems to be hopping a little bit more now which is
a good thing. I missed everyone.