Just had to do this......

I have been making things as long as I remember. Both of my grandmothers and my mother were skilled in handcrafts. In fact, my English grandmother attended the Royal School of Needlework, many years ago. I still have a few items that she made. My American grandmother, sewed, crocheted, knitted and was skilled in most of the things that most women were during the early 20Th century.

But of course, I "came of age" during the fifties and sixties during a time where girls were still taught home economics. This certainly influenced me somewhat, but my mother was my main inspiration.
The hippie "back to the earth"movement struck just at the right moment for me and I never looked back. Besides the fiber arts, which were truly "primitive" back then, I traveled all around the country studying at different craft schools. I was not interested in settling for the traditional college route, although I do have some regrets about that !

I was also self-taught in many crafts, picking up books and making my way through them. There weren't that many books out there, so I had to search really well to find them. Working for a bookstore didn't hurt, as I was able to buy most of them with my 40% discount !
As my life evolved, some of the crafts I had learned ebbed and flowed, but I have always had the need to create.

I do have a fiber blog, so this blog will concentrate on all the other creative things I enjoy. Some of which are ceramics, painting, drawing, jewelry, and as it is rather late...or should I say early, as it is 2:05 am EST, other crafts that just escape my feeble mind at this time.

More to come, pictures etc... and probably things my kids do, as they above all, are my finest creation !

tchuss