Crafting Fingers: when one craft isn't enough: Page 27

Another month, another new craft!

This April I’m hoping to learn the ins-and-outs of stamping.

Like most of us I’ve used store-bought rubber stamps with store-bought ink. This month I want to explore further than that. I want to make my own stamps.

It’s April already and yup, it’s time for a new Craft of the Month.

But first, let’s talk about March!

What I expected from calligraphy

A lot of inky mess.
Expensive pens and materials.
Broken nibs. Lots of them.
Wobbly handed failure.

Let me explain: my handwriting is messy. Terrible, if I’m honest. It’s loopy and unstable and changes from one page of my notebook to the next. My writing looked good enough when I was younger, but years of typing have taken their toll. I could probably mask as a doctor with my scribble.

So I tried calligraphy as a true challenge. I wanted to see if someone with as little care for their handwriting as me could make an honest attempt at such a beautiful craft.

The answer?

Hope everyone’s been having a good long weekend! Just thought I’d share some bright spring cheer

1. When you don’t craft for a while your fingers itch to make something.

2. You know exactly where everything is in your local craft shop.

3. Your table surfaces never stay clear for long. Crafting takes space!

4. Lunch gets forgotten when you craft. (That’s why cakes are important.)

I might be biased, but craftsy people are interesting types. If I’ve learnt anything these three months learning new crafts, it’s that crafty people always have a fascinating story to tell. So naturally, crafters have some pretty cool blogs! Here are five you need to follow:

Teenage Granny

On her About page, Scarlett (a.k.a. the teen granny) says she’s 17 and lives in London. Not so out of the norm, then. But then you realise she spends her days knitting, baking, and doing other ‘granny’ pass-times; all of which she blogs about. Oh, and she’s one of the new back page contributors for Mollie Makes and will be in Issue 26 in April. Scarlett is definitely one to follow!