What Are Your Hobbies ?

[Jlynn]

Originally Posted by Courtney

I do the stained glass using the copper foil like sherry does. Altough I'm sure she's much better than me, most people are. I'm not so hot yet, I haven't even convinced myself to try curves yet. Yeah I know, what's stained glass without curves? I do some quilting too so a lot of my stained glass has a quilt feel to it. I actually have done a few common quilt squares in stained glass. I'd really like to get pretty good one day then if we ever built a house I would love to incoperate some stuff through out it. Like I would like to have a piece above the door going from a master bedroom into the master bath, don't ask why I just think it would look really neat.

Honestly its not that hard. Ok its not the easiest thing, but it doesn't take much to get a finished product, it may just not look as good as some people can do. If you have any small community colleges around there check with them because a lot of times they do stained glass classes in the summer. I haven't taken a class yet, I grabbed a book then found out what the bare minimum was to get me started and off I went. If you have a Hobby Lobby around you they have some basic supplies. I haven't ordered anything off the internet yet though, I know www.delphiglass.com has stuff for it, and I believe you can even sign up for their mail catalog on the site too.

I'd love to try the glass fusing, I believe that's what its called. Where you use a kiln to melt the glass and you can use different forms to get different shapes. I'd also really really love to try glass blowing but highly doubt that will ever happen. I love all things glass if you can't tell.

What a great hobby!

Originally Posted by ice queen

my great-grandmother was german-her last name was worland. there are not any worlands in this state so we have kept her last name and added our husbands last name for the last three generations as a tribute.

that is so nice ice queen that you honored your great grandmother by keeping her name with your husbands name for the last 3 generations.That is a very special thing to do.So you have some german blood in you too.How about that?Do you have anything german that you like? Do you feel at all connected to your german heritage and does anyone in your family speak german?

Originally Posted by ice queen

i also love to read. i read really fast so a book a day is no hardship to me. in the winter i like to crochet and my mil is showing me how to sew on her machine and tonight i just finished a dress pattern for my little yorkie Whiskey. my youngest daughter has a skirt made of the same pattern (she is cow crazy) so now she has a matching outfit with her puppy!!! it is so cute it is black and white....might make her some little horns(whiskey) and she can be a cow for halloween!!! i also like to work in the yard and plant flowers although i admit i do not have a green thumb but i am trying!!! now i have become a forum addict....this is my hubby's conmputer and when he comes home from offshore he veggies out on it...i think there might be a knock down drag out fight if i don't get my four hour fix everyday!!! i also make homemade candles-extra strong....i love candles and realized one day how much $$$ i was spending on them and said to myself...i'll make my own!!! i've gotten pretty good at it even sold a lot of them...plus my house always smells delicious!!! i also like to cross stitch though it makes me go cross-eyed!!!

i love candles too and have been thinking of making some .Don't know exactly how .I went by MICHAELS and looked at all the supply's they sell to make them .It was a little confusing,i really didn't know where to start.And it is pretty expensive to buy all they say you need .So i left again to give it another try after i figure out just how to start.I can't afford to buy a bunch of stoff that i may not really need.Any advice?

Originally Posted by Courtney

I do the stained glass using the copper foil like sherry does. Altough I'm sure she's much better than me, most people are. I'm not so hot yet, I haven't even convinced myself to try curves yet. Yeah I know, what's stained glass without curves? I do some quilting too so a lot of my stained glass has a quilt feel to it. I actually have done a few common quilt squares in stained glass. I'd really like to get pretty good one day then if we ever built a house I would love to incoperate some stuff through out it. Like I would like to have a piece above the door going from a master bedroom into the master bath, don't ask why I just think it would look really neat.

Honestly its not that hard. Ok its not the easiest thing, but it doesn't take much to get a finished product, it may just not look as good as some people can do. If you have any small community colleges around there check with them because a lot of times they do stained glass classes in the summer. I haven't taken a class yet, I grabbed a book then found out what the bare minimum was to get me started and off I went. If you have a Hobby Lobby around you they have some basic supplies. I haven't ordered anything off the internet yet though, I know www.delphiglass.com has stuff for it, and I believe you can even sign up for their mail catalog on the site too.

I'd love to try the glass fusing, I believe that's what its called. Where you use a kiln to melt the glass and you can use different forms to get different shapes. I'd also really really love to try glass blowing but highly doubt that will ever happen. I love all things glass if you can't tell.

i really like the idea of making stain glass .My daughter in law's mother is into stained glass.She makes some of the most beautiful things.But she has no desire to share some info with me.I got started about 2 or 3 years ago to really like to get into working with glass,but didn't even find a book on the subject.Off all the craft books on the market ,i never found on.I wen't by Hobby Lobby a while back and they had several panels of diffrent colors of glass for sale and a glass cutter but they didn't even sale an instructional booklet much less a real book.I think the idea of you incorperating some stain glass panels in your new house ,whenever you are ready to buid, will look really great .I would love that too,exept i am not getting to build a new house like you.I would have to put them in the house i am living in . Boy,would i have to learn a lot to see this happening.But why not ,everyone has to start some time.I would also love to have a kiln to melt glass,but i guess they are very expensive,if you want a good size one.Yea,i like a lot of diffrent kinds of crafts,but working with glass i really want to learn and get in too .I don't know about blowing glass,that requiers a lot of space and equipment from what i seen on craft showe's .Many years ago i was living in okinawa ,japan.We were stationed there with the army.While there i got to go to a place where they blew glass.Boy was it hot ,but facinating.I bought a lot of stoff from them ,encluding diffrent colored glass grapes.I still have those, all the other stoff is gone.don't remember what happend to it all.But it was very nice stoff and it was facinating to watch them blowe it.They were very good at it

Originally Posted by hanau

i love candles too and have been thinking of making some .Don't know exactly how .I went by MICHAELS and looked at all the supply's they sell to make them .It was a little confusing,i really didn't know where to start.And it is pretty expensive to buy all they say you need .So i left again to give it another try after i figure out just how to start.I can't afford to buy a bunch of stoff that i may not really need.Any advice?

i tried to use some of the supplies they sell at michaiel's and hobby lobby but with the prices-no way could i keep going that route so i just got on google and typed in candlemaking. i have been ordering from websites ever since. i think the only thing that i use that i bought from michael's was the metal pitcher and the thermometer. i buy my wax, dye , and fragrance from lonestartcandlesupply.com -live their french market f.o.!!! and alot of my other fragrance oil i buy from aroma haven.com but you might be able to find some websites located in your state so the shipping and handling won't be as high. and as for the candle jars i buy whatever glass votives are on sale at walmart. it'll run you anywhere from about 75 to 100$ to get all your supplies but once you have them you can make at least 10 to 15 candles easily.

i love to crochet

Originally Posted by ice queen

i tried to use some of the supplies they sell at michaiel's and hobby lobby but with the prices-no way could i keep going that route so i just got on google and typed in candlemaking. i have been ordering from websites ever since. i think the only thing that i use that i bought from michael's was the metal pitcher and the thermometer. i buy my wax, dye , and fragrance from lonestartcandlesupply.com -live their french market f.o.!!! and alot of my other fragrance oil i buy from aroma haven.com but you might be able to find some websites located in your state so the shipping and handling won't be as high. and as for the candle jars i buy whatever glass votives are on sale at walmart. it'll run you anywhere from about 75 to 100$ to get all your supplies but once you have them you can make at least 10 to 15 candles easily.

Thank you so much for the advice icequeen,i will check into it and maybe i can make some pretty candles once i learn how.I appreciate your help.I hope i can get good enough to make some for christmas presents,i know several people in my family that like candles.

[Amber_lv]

I love to scrapbook!!

I love crafts, I paint ceramics, make artificial flower arrangements. I write poetry. and in the summer time I love to work in the yard!!

[Sherry Lynn]

Coutney and hanau.... The two things that I would recommend that will make stained glass easier are a good grinder and a good glass cutter...

http://store.allstainedglass.com/gr.html

http://store.allstainedglass.com/pisgripsup.html

[Mandy]

Lately only hobby i seem to have is 4WT! I'm terrible!

Originally Posted by Sherry Lynn

Coutney and hanau.... The two things that I would recommend that will make stained glass easier are a good grinder and a good glass cutter...

http://store.allstainedglass.com/gr.html

http://store.allstainedglass.com/pisgripsup.html

Tank you so much Sherry lynn for the advice and 2 links I appreciate your help so much .

Originally Posted by Amber_lv

I love to scrapbook!!

hi Amber_IV,i have done several scrap books too and enjoyed doing it.I made them for my grown children.What i did was go all the way back to theire beginning (as new baby's)and encludet every person that had anything to do with their life untill the time i gave it to them.It encludet several generations.They really loved them.It was a lot of work to get so many pictures together,but it was worth it.That is a gift to be enjoyed for generations to come.

Originally Posted by TamChristopher

I love crafts, I paint ceramics, make artificial flower arrangements. I write poetry. and in the summer time I love to work in the yard!!

Hi TamChristopher I love to make artificial floral arrangments as well ,also floral reaves to hang on the wall or door.I am not so good at painting ceramics ,whish i was.I like to make christmas reaves and arrangements .I have made some with lights in them before.