Because list-making is one of my true and lasting loves, for some Friday fun I’ve developed a compilation of the leisure-time, hobby-type, creative activities I’ve learned (or attempted and abandoned!) in the past.
Please note, though, that these items represent a wide, wide variety of skill levels! In other words, just because something shows up on the list doesn’t mean that I did it well, or even stuck with it for long… but I did try, which is to me one of the most important things!
So without further ado, I present…
My Lifetime Inventory of Attempted
Leisure-time, Hobby-type, Creative Activities!
- Playing musical instruments – piano, flute, clarinet, guitar
- Jewellery making using wire, beads, leather, polymer clay, metal, etc.
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Needle felting
- Cross-stitch
- Macramé
- Rug hooking
- Scrapbooking
- Rubber stamping
- Paper making
- Book making
- Origami
- Sketching using pencil, charcoal, pastels, etc.
- Sketching using a drawing app
- Oil painting
- Découpage
- Papier-mâché
- Wax sculptures
- Photography
- Aromatherapy
- Making bath goodies – salts, bombs, oils, etc.
- Sushi making
- Writing poetry
- Journalling
- Blogging
- Rock tumbling
- Basket making
- Copper tooling
- Indoor hydroponic gardening
- Herb gardening
- Acting
- Web design
- Flash design
- Icon making
- Learning French
- Learning Italian
That’s all I can think of at the moment – but I reserve the right to edit as more things come to mind (or as I try something new)!
How many of these have you tried?
Inspire me to try something new!
sandra tyler September 1, 2012 at 9:29 am
What’s rock tumbling??
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Dawn Storey
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September 1, 2012 at 12:17 pm
It’s a kind of rock polishing. You put ordinary rocks in a little machine that rolls them around and, over time, softens the edges, brings out their natural designs, and polishes them to a shine. They’re really pretty when they’re tumbled!
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Winnie September 1, 2012 at 10:02 am
This made me smile. If you come in my craft room, you will see many of these hobbies represented in there. I mainly do card making now, but use a lot of these mediums on them in one way or another. A favorite of mine is watercoloring (I don’t do it well, but incorporate it for backgrounds…) I took cake decorating classes through Wilton for many classes with my sister and had a BLAST. At the end of the series 4, we each made a wedding cake. I was single at the time and was annoyed, so I made mine a pale orange with tiger lilies… Such happy memories from those classes. A new hobby for me this year is bread baking. I got the book “Artisian bread in 5 min a day” for Christmas last year, and now, I am having a blast making my own french bread. Hubby is waiting for the heat to go away so I can make some more… Cheers to you for doing and trying lots of creative endeavors! Adds spice to life I think!
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Dawn Storey
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September 1, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Sounds like you’ve done a whole lot of interesting and creative things yourself! It definitely makes life more fun, doesn’t it?
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