Last Thursday, Birthdays, College, and my Crafting Philosophy

It feels like forever since I've blogged here! I have so much to talk about, but I don't want to make an entire text filled post, so I'm going to keep it as terse as possible.

Important update: I'm officially in college. So far, it's taking up a good portion of my life - slaving over calculus homework, tedious chemistry lab reports, and all of the required freshman excursions. I just can't believe I'm finally here. It's everything I've ever thought about since I was a little girl. Disappointed that it's almost exactly the same as high school? A little. :)

Anyway, since I last blogged I have been keeping very busy. My sister's birthday passed, which was quite a fiasco of a birthday party. My favorite part of it was definitely the coolest party favors ever. Mom bought a bag of rockabilly tattoo buttons from the craft store, so we cut the button part off and drilled through to make kitschy cute necklaces. (Just an FYI: I have the coolest crafting drill, which can literally drill through everything. It's my favorite.) We found a cute way to package them too. They're adorable and I can't wait to make more   for fun.

Also, August's Last Thursday on Alberta was a blast. It was my first time vending by myself without mom, but my friend and I set up our tables side by side and both sold a lot of items. Our tables were probably the most ridiculous tables down there. I sold lego jewelry and whatnot while my friend had her collection of miniature baby earrings. Let's just say we had a lot of funny conversation. My lego frames were a hit, because I'm officially out of stock! I've been collecting frames from 'Goodwill' now to lego decorate and sell, since they were so popular. The only problem is that our new jewelry stand was probably the worst idea, due to the wind that day. It kept falling off the table and even broke a few of our necklaces! Other than that, it was great. I can't wait until next month.

Last, but not least - I'd like to share my new epiphany. I was thinking about myself as an artist. I realize that more than anything, I'm a crafter. I can make art definitely, or what is considered a more fine art - painting, textiles, assemblages. But, more than anything I get the most satisfaction of crafting kitschy items. So, here I am, about 8 years into doing what I've been doing, finally making a probably obvious conclusion. Self initiated crafter, and proud of it! And, with that I'm off to make more lego frames! :)