STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

nunzi182 · Kate Spade

HELP I Need A Hobby

kenzie · Chanel

I have a ton of hobbies (too many to actually keep up with as much as I'd like). Here are some of them:

Jewelry Design

Art: Drawing, painting, sculpting, ect

Crafts: Beading (part of jewelry design), Painting jewelry boxes, making Christmas ornaments

Scrapbooking

Musical Theatre (singing, dancing, acting)

Playing piano

Writing

Dreaming up new business schemes

As you can see, most of my hobbies are artistic in nature b/c that's where most of my talents lie. Some people's hobbies are more athletic, like different sports, running, ect (although, I do love to run and swim as well). I think it might be helpful to make a list of things that spark your interests (be it anything from taking pictures to birdwatching) and narrow it down from there. Also, you could go to a bookstore and check out all of the magazines that are geared toward hobbies and that might get you started. HTH!

Cortney1982 · Chanel

If you can afford it, I would get an electric piano (more fun than a regular piano), they don't take up a lot of space (you can put them away in a closet or under a bed). They have cool ones that the keys light up, signaling which keys to press and you can learn some cool songs and can buy more of those cd's to learn new songs. Those cost a couple grand last I checked. I still want one, but until then, I still have my regular electric one.

I'm also into painting, oil and acrylic. My favorite it to get a picture of a flower and paint it on canvas. (see my avatar). You can also make money from this. My first oil painting 8x10 of an up-close peach colored rose sold on ebay for $40.

Scrapbooking.

Quilling (which you can embellish the scrapbooks with!)

Oh yes, beading as well. I have done French beaded flowers, and jewelry.

You can also check out crafterschoice.com. That's where I get my books from. You can come up with a new hobby there!

-- Edited by Cortney1982 at 21:44, 2005-07-10

ejc423 · Coach

I have been embroidering lately. It's got to be one of the cheapest hobbies ever. If you are interested in anything crafty, go to http://www.crafster.org and just browse. It is a forum site for crafting, but the crowd is more hip than your gramma's quilting circle

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laken1 · Hermes

ejc423 wrote:

I have been embroidering lately. It's got to be one of the cheapest hobbies ever. If you are interested in anything crafty, go to http://www.crafster.org and just browse. It is a forum site for crafting, but the crowd is more hip than your gramma's quilting circle.

I was about to say the exact same thing!! I have been embroidering & I did this cool tank because I couldn't find one to match a shrug I have (just an old navy tank):

But craftster.org is so cool - they are very inspiring & seem really helpful. Makes me feel artsy just being on there!!

ILoveChoo · Hermes

ejc423 wrote:

. If you are interested in anything crafty, go to http://www.crafster.org and just browse.

well, that just made the first two hours of the workweek go by quickly!

What a cool site- I am so inspired now!

nunzi182 · Kate Spade

Thank you for all of your suggestions! I'll be checking out all of the websites you suggested, but keep those ideas coming! Thanks again...you've all been a great help!

rlutz · Chanel

I just started knitting again...that really helps relax my mind and take up time...I am about half way done with a pink and purple baby blanket...

deadlyjane · BCBG

if you like reconstructing clothing ohmystars.net is pretty rad.

bex · Chanel

i participate in my community theatre productions which is quite fun and extremely time consuming! and i also sit on their board and participate in our local Arts Council, which is also a lot of fun.