3rd Annual Blog Party

I am soo excited and apprehensive at the same time, I am so new to  blogging, but thanks to Karen Valentine's encouragement I am joining in, so thank you for visiting with me!

You are forewarned that the tour of my Creative Space may be a bit different from others you may have visited in Blogland! 

 Let me enlighten you on my situation before we start the tour...... 

I do Live in  Care Work for a delightful lady who is 88 years old.  It is a 24/ 7 job for five weeks with a two week break. The day before my two week break I have to pack up everything and leave the room clear for the next care worker who comes in.  So I have to be very careful of not gathering too much ‘stuff’ in 5 weeks.    I  am also  limited to what I can do and how much of my time  it takes up- for the first time in my life I have to plan projects and curb the buying sprees.  

Welcome to my Creative Space...........

This is my room that I get to use for the five weeks; it is a nice comfortable space. I do however stash craft making stuff into every  conceivable space.

I have to make sure it is kept nice and neat and looking like a normal bedroom – after all it is not my house  so I keep all my sewing equipment, needles, pins and cotton in a box under my bed  and other necessary stuff under the spare bed – nice easy access and hidden to give the illusion of being neat.

I have most of my lace, ribbon and other larger stuff in some of the dressing table drawers. 

The larger quilting fabric and some UFO's live in this box so that it can be put in the car on my break and brought back for my next 5 week slot.  It has to live next to the chair cause it is too big for under the bed!

 I keep my knitting and wool in this box in the top of my cupboard.  This box stays here even on my breaks, it is out of the way and I usually only knit in the winter. 

I do sometimes sit in this little space in the sitting room and do a bit of machine work or card making, as long as it is not a continuous all day job, it is acceptable.  

 I am always  surfing the net to find inspiration for hand made goodies.  On one of these tours I found  the pattern for this  blanket on http://doyoumindifiknit.typepad.com/do_you_mind_if_i_knit/2009/05/the-quick-crochet-pattern.html  and crocheted it last winter when we were snow bound for a few weeks, I love the colours so much.

Most of my inspiration comes from my Mom and once she has given me ideas, the creative thoughts become like confetti in a hurricane, swirling around my head and this will keep me awake quite a lot some nights.
  As I am a serial crafter, I have tried my hand at just about everything, sewing, decoupage, embroidery, quilting, crazy quilting, scrapbooking, I have even done a few oil paintings! 

 My daughter Hayley works for the Piggly Wiggly,  so I painted her this Fairy Pig for her office wall.

My serial crafting causes me to be a serial collector,  lace, fabric, ribbon, paper, ag anything that I can use and even stuff I cannot useJ.  Purchasing stuff,  is after all half the fun!

I have a passion for making Victorian Tassel Dolls.

and I love doing Crazy quilting.  Once I have pieced the  bits together I can spend hours embellishing and  embroidering.
In this square I have incorporated a photo of my oldest Granddaughter when she was just a couple of weeks old. .

And in this one I incorporated a picture of my oldest daughter Hayley and my youngest daughter Tammy.  

 I have finished the embroidery on these two squares, but not quiet sure what I want to do with them now.

Quilting is another serious passion, but this is a bit of a more difficult craft to pursue at the moment, although I did  finish the binding on this quilt and the  embroidery during the trips we made  on breaks!

I love embellishing printed pictures, this is a linen dish cloth that I am embroidering and using beads to embellish.  There is a lot to do still, but it is such fun. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to share my passion and my space with me, please come again!