Lately I’m into new craft venture: beading and jewellery making. I gather all the necessary information from the Internet and bought books on the topics, though for books they did not answer most of my questions when I’m trying my hands on the crafts. So I have to consult friends who share the passion in the crafts.
The beading on the clothing works fine, managed to complete what I started though the outcome does not look very professional..hahha..and the jewellery stringing, I have almost all suitable colors of bracelet now to go with my outfit. I’m thinking of taking class for crystals weaving, since I would like to do my own handphone accessories.

Oh I did try my hands on ribbon embroidery too, but I find it’s too hard to pull out the needle from the cloth and my effort just ended on the first and the last piece of cloth I ever managed to start on..hahha..I guess I dont really like embroidery, I tried years ago on normal thread embroidery and the table runner never see the finishing stitch. However do check out this link as it shows the basic type of embroidery using silk ribbons. The image shown above is taken from this site.
While in college, I tried pastel painting, I managed to complete about 5 pictures of flowers and framed them on the wall, 2 were given away to friends. I have been thinking of going for oil painting but still not confident. Then I tried calligraphy and stopped when the calligraphy pen keep on squirting ink on my shirt..hahaha..

Few months back, I have interest in scrapbooking and went to a basic class at the only retail store for scrapbooking materials in my place. However the interest stops for a while since it is very hard to find affordable material where I live (those available are too expensive to indulge in). Now I’m accumulating all the USD in my PayPal account to bid for wholesale scrapbook stuffs on eBay. Check also this site.

My latest craft venture is into decoupage though I have not tried anything on it yet, still reading and gathering info and checking how much should I invest for the craft. Check this site which has a lot of great ideas for decorating. Maybe if I’m still free in January 2007, I will attend the class conducted. Then we will see whether this new craft will stick or just another collection of stuffs collecting dusts under my bed..hahahah..