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I made a sideblog dedicated for my dolls and sharing other peoples' dolls as well:
Doll Hobbyist Pro-Artist Main Blog: twilight-gardens
This will be my main blog where I post non doll related things. If you are only interested in dolls, it will not hurt my feelings if you unfollow my main blog and only follow my doll blog.
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Looking for disability crafts I can do sitting in bed, so I’m channeling my inner grandma. Richelieu cutwork doily from a pattern I drew myself. Here is a link if anyone wants it!
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back again encouraging people to start using the hobby stuff they've been acquiring for years
reasons to start can include:
the hobby industry wants only for us to keep buying and never use, so using the stuff pushes back
some hobby items do not survive long term storage
if there's some craft or hobby thing that you want to do but feel your skills aren't up to, consider that those skills won't improve if you don't practice on other things
using it allows it to move from the hobby hoard to the [whatever you made it into] hoard, where you may be more likely to enjoy it more often than just when you specifically look at the hobby hoard
making things is good for the brain
curious to see what other reasons people might add
Me trying to persuade myself to use the foamboard I've been "saving for a special occasion" 😅
I wouldn't be encouraging people to use the hobby stuff they've been acquiring for years if I hadn't personally started using the hobby stuff I've been acquiring for years, and found out it felt pretty good, actually XD
So, I know exactly how it feels to be saving that thing for something special
and also how--for me--it normally ends up feeling pretty special to use it at all
Not always, though! there will inevitably be hobby projects that don't go the way you expected. I have learned (and am still learning) to acknowledge that nothing's perfect and mistakes happen and then move on to the next project.
While it's true that you can never mess up a project if you never do it, that also keeps you from making the things you end up having fun with and loving, doesn't it?
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#this includes sports/movement hobbies#use your skates your bicycle use the fuckin. soccer ball you have in the back of your closet. go crazy
Yes! Every hobby. The crafty hobbies, the art hobbies, the movement hobbies, the food hobbies, the game hobbies (tabletop and video), the music hobbies, the fashion hobbies, the "it's all done on the computer" hobbies, the "go out in nature" hobbies, and every other kind of hobby.
There are entire industries associated with most hobbies, and each of those industries very often wants you to think the stuff you already have isn't enough, that the next purchase will be what really kicks the hobby into gear for you.
Plastics deteriorate, bugs get into stuff, gaskets leak, electronics fail (or the manufacturer stops supporting them), things fall apart, wild plots of land get developed, things expire or dry up or otherwise become unusable while in storage.
No matter what it is: if you want your skills to improve, they won't get better by waiting for it to happen. You can never enjoy what you don't do.
Using it allows it to be shared more readily--showing it to friends, giving it as gifts, making it part of your daily life, chatting with people who have similar interests. Keeping everything in storage not only isolates the things, but it doesn't do much for your own sense of community, either, does it?
Of course, if you're happy to be a dragon sitting on your hoard, that's great for you! Genuinely! But, if there's even a hint in your mind that maybe you might want to use it...? It could be the time to start.
(and, as I've said elsewhere, if you decide the stuff in your hobby stash isn't what you want to do after all? That's OK! You can give it away, letting someone else figure out if it's for them or not.)
I've addressed this elsewhere, but, to keep it in one place:
Going through your stash and figuring out what you want to use, where your tastes have changed and you now know you won't ever want to use, and what you didn't get around to using before it became otherwise unusable, and then paying attention to and remembering these things, can help you keep the stash from growing so much in the future
Having your hobby stash be more focused can help you be more likely to use the things, because it's not as overwhelming
Actively using the things can help you see that, quite possibly, it doesn't take as much as you thought to make the things you want to make, and your existing stash--even after you've started using it, given a lot of the unwanted stuff away, and gotten rid of the ruined stuff--will already be able to provide materials for years' worth of projects
And it can help you be more selective when acquiring more--for example, I am now a lot better at recognizing that, yes, I might be able to see the potential in something, but, if it's not necessarily the potential for something I actually want to make, so I am more able to pass on it
It can also help you identify gaps--there might be something you've been making do with that works well enough, but is annoying or painful or otherwise unpleasant to use, so you are far more likely to just not do it at all, and there might be something that would solve that. This is not the same as the thinking that says "If I buy this next New Thing, then I'll really start the hobby!"—this is about already being engaged with the hobby and analyzing what could help with what you're already doing. (This applies to not only tools, but also things like taking the time to get a sewing pattern adjusted to fit the way you want, or re-arranging storage so it works better for you, or making a point of de-linting and oiling and changing the needle on your sewing machine on a regular basis)
Notice I used the auxiliary verb "can" in the paragraphs up there—nothing is universal, and I acknowledge that. What works for me will not necessarily work for you.
For me, personally, though: I gave away so much (I have crafty friends and access to a craft thrift store and that helps), threw away a lot (so much cardboard), used a large amount (including most of what I brought in after analyzing the things I let go), and my craft stash is still enormous.
It is so easy to lack perspective on our possessions, especially when all we do with them is put them in storage with Dreams of Someday, y'know?
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