The Introverted Crafter

What's really annoying about being incapacitated is that, when you are used to daily crafting, you get annoyed when you can't do it. I can usually stitch for hours, but I've barely been able to do anything. I've been out of the house a handful of times in the last three weeks, mainly out of necessity and using taxis. On Wednesday I was able to walk down the hill from the drs to the supermarket, but that was with the aid of my mother's walker. I feel like I'm 80, when I'm not even 40. Look after your back, because it sucks when it goes wrong.  I've been able to do a little bit of stitching, so here's the update.  I've also managed to make some jewellery. Papercrafting and mixed media are not really an option at the moment, because I can't sit at my desk for long.  Until next time Ems

Haven't been able to do much cos of the sciatica. I tried stitching yesterday, but the pain in my leg was not worth the handful of stitches I did. I did manage to make a few things.  These are earrings, made with acrylic flowers that I recycled from an old piece I didn't like anymore, as well as crystal and spacer beads.  Simple bracelet, made with square beads and rose gold eye pins  A birthday card. I've had these Wallace and gromit stamps for a while, and had a tattered lace rocket die and tim holtz moon stencil, so decided to combine them. Until next time, hopefully with progress on the stitch! Ems

My sciatica is back, bringing with it immense pain and practical immobility, so crafting is on hold for now. Before it happened, I did manage to do a few things.  First not crafting per se, but I managed to frame my favourite cross stitches and put them up.  That sewing room stitch was one of my first ones!  I've also worked on the stitch. Here's the update I made a pair of earrings, using donut beads and tim holtz spiders.  Finally, I made a mixed media piece, using a heart base, resin pieces, paints and waxes, flowers, and tim holtz saying. The base was painted with tim holtz distress paints, then a stencil used with platinum embossing powder.  Until next time, hopefully with a better back! Ems

A few things made this week. Stress has been high, so creative productivity has been low. Its an inverse relationship. Anyway, onto the makes  First is a necklace, made using mermaid charms and pearls.  I also made some earrings, using various beads including some of the ones I made from resin.  For some reason, I'm getting alice in wonderland vibes from these.  Finally, here's the update on the stitch  Until next time  Ems

Usually I feel excited when I start a new stitch, but I'm not feeling it at the moment. Hopefully, it's just temporary stress. I have made some progress though, so here's the new stitch.  Thinking about it, it's probably cos it's another one with a lot of black! I've made a couple of necklaces this week, one with chain fragments and bead caps, and the other with jump rings and donut beads.  I managed to use my whole pink jump ring supply with this one.  Until next time Ems