Hobby Collectors Unite!

[laurabobaura]

does a collection of not-yet-printed scrapbook pages on my external count? :P

[nietis]

Originally Posted by laurabobaura

does a collection of not-yet-printed scrapbook pages on my external count? :P

If it counts, I'm on the same boat with you, Laura

[nietis]

Originally Posted by Robin Carlton

Someday we'll get to Tokyo, and I joke with Adriaan that I'll need a separate duffel bag for all the stationery I'm going to bring home. We just don't have that sort of thing here. Staples is just not the same vibe haha

You'll love going to stationery shops in Tokyo! You'll want to bring everything home.

[LJSDesigns]

I am definitely a collector of hobbies. Over the years I feel like I have done them all, but because of a lack of time, I mainly just design, do tier trays and read these days.

BUT, I am determined to start doing more crafting because I miss it. Right now, I am mostly just collecting stuff to craft with and pinning things I want to do, but I did make a swag the other day for the wall in the living room. Big on my list is to try macrame and basket weaving.

Something else that I tend to collect way more than I should is wall art. I like pretty pictures and I buy way too many of them for all the seasons, for no good reason and because it may be a sickness. When you have to buy art carts just to store all the wall art and canvases you have, I think it qualifies as a sickness.

I don't really mind it, but my DIL gets on my case about it all the time. She says I am out of control, and she is not wrong. This year, I am trying to spend less on wall art because I don't have enough walls for what I have now. But it is hard for me to not buy all the pretty pictures. LOL

[StacyLynn]

Ooooo I love the term Hobby Collector... hehehe my hubby says I have too many hobbies..

My current hobbies...
Digital Scrapbooking
Drawing (paper and ipad)
Painting
Reading
Sewing
Quilting
Collecting Fabric
Photography
Walking
A little crocheting
Cricut stuff
sitting on my paitio enjoying coffee in the am and a grown up beverage on the weekend with my hubby
traveling
I also collect Precious Moments, Disney Christmas Village, and Disney ornaments


I have done...
card making
stamping
paper scrapping
cross stitch
cake decorating
I'm probably forgetting something cause hubby says i do everything... I don't do everything, I can't knit. My grandma tried n tried to teach me, I just couldn't get the hang of it.

Hubby and I occasionally do wood working together... building shelves, toy boxes, etc

[Brendazzle]

Originally Posted by Robin Carlton

Staples is just not the same vibe haha

Could you imagine if it was though? Like, one half would be very bare-bones "office supplies in bulk" and the other would be a stationary wonderland.

When I started at my first office job, I showed up with my own notebook, pens, and highlighters. My boss was confused until I pointed out that they only had cheap yellow highlighters and black pens. I color-coded EVERYTHING (and the 3 people they had to hire to replace me appreciated that I left them a rainbow of knowledge).

[HavaDrPepper]

Originally Posted by StacyLynn

I also collect Precious Moments,

Been there, done that!

I have all of my Precious Moments ornaments displayed, some on an ornament tree in my living room and the rest in my office. I have 4 very special figurines displayed on a shelf in my dining room. For many years I had the rest displayed in a curio cabinet but they were put away when I got new flooring over 20 years ago and other heirlooms are in it now. So my collection is all in their original boxes, organized and stored in 10 totes in the basement. Each tote has a list of the figurines in them.

[Robin Carlton]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

I hate my handwriting SO much and have never been able to overcome that so everything goes unused. Last year I bought a cute little katie daisy planner but didn't do anything with it because I knew it would "wreck" it.

As a kid I remember getting sketchbooks and I would even do the same. rip out everything to start from the beginning again.

I have this too. This fear of "messing it up". I'm so in awe of people who messy doodle (Amanda / Laura) because I looove the look, but when I do it, I'm too self-critical and end up hating it.

Even with this whole new coloring thing, I've had to give myself permission to play and experiment and try new things because there's definitely a learning curve and it's ok to not be "perfect" at something. It's about the process and experience at the end of the day.

I tried the "glass" effect on the windows on my latest page and I feel like I messed it up...



Everyone says it's fine, but in my brain I broke it lol I so relate to you here.

[KristinCB]

I think the glass effect looks great, robin!

[JillW]

Notebook collector here as well. Like you guys, I don't write in them, because then they aren't perfect. I used to have about 15 Happy Planners as well - all unused (I'm down to 4 now - lol, I sold a bunch).
In school I loved new notebooks (and really, all school supplies). The best year ever was when I was able get a "trapper-keeper".

[KristinCB]

Originally Posted by JillW

In school I loved new notebooks (and really, all school supplies). The best year ever was when I was able get a "trapper-keeper".

omg right? To have a fancy binder was everything. And in the younger days having the FULL set of crayola crayons with the pencil sharpener or mr. sketch markers... LOL!

In junior high i had an obsession with calligraphy pens (i think technically they were fountain pens) and I'd take them to school to do my work with. I'm a lefty with as I said bad handwriting and I would come home every single day with ink covering my entire side of my left hand :P

[Brendazzle]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

And in the younger days having the FULL set of crayola crayons with the pencil sharpener or mr. sketch markers... LOL!

I had the 50 pack of Crayola colored pencils in high school and thought I was the coolest person ever. We had coloring books as part of our marine science curriculum and I was so grateful to do coloring instead of a million dissections. A million different pinks/reds came in handy there.

[JillW]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

omg right? To have a fancy binder was everything. And in the younger days having the FULL set of crayola crayons with the pencil sharpener or mr. sketch markers... LOL!

In junior high i had an obsession with calligraphy pens (i think technically they were fountain pens) and I'd take them to school to do my work with. I'm a lefty with as I said bad handwriting and I would come home every single day with ink covering my entire side of my left hand :P

Mr. Sketch Markers ... oh man. What a blast from the past. I also remember some kind of thin markers that came in a white box with a face on the front ... the mouth was cut out like a smile and the markers shown through. Loved those too but can't remember the name!

Oh the woes of being left handed!! I very much understand that!! In 7th grade I got a C- in writing because my writing was straight up and down, not slanted. In 8th grade my teacher was also left handed and I got an A+ - LOL.

[bcnatty]

Love reading all the hobbies!!
I am a big knitter and crocheter - my sister and I have a little side business and we are in the main Christmas market in town every year. I even have a couple patterns that we made for toques and are selling on Ravelry.

[Kiana]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

omg right? To have a fancy binder was everything. And in the younger days having the FULL set of crayola crayons with the pencil sharpener or mr. sketch markers... LOL!

In junior high i had an obsession with calligraphy pens (i think technically they were fountain pens) and I'd take them to school to do my work with. I'm a lefty with as I said bad handwriting and I would come home every single day with ink covering my entire side of my left hand :P

I am a lefty and I hate that my hand would smear all my lovely handwriting. rofl

[Robin Carlton]

Originally Posted by Kiana

I am a lefty and I hate that my hand would smear all my lovely handwriting. rofl

I am not a lefty, but OMG a smear means it's automatically ruined the entire notebook LOL

I try to only buy notebooks that I can remove pages from "neatly". Spirals, perforations, etc. Moleskine and things that are actually "bound" are a no go for me because I need to be able to CRTL+ALT+DEL in real life :P

I think that has to be "perfect" mentality is partially why I fell for digiscrapping. My paper albums looked too messy and rough to me, whereas I could fiddle with my digital pages until they were just right.

[Kiana]

Originally Posted by Robin Carlton

I am not a lefty, but OMG a smear means it's automatically ruined the entire notebook LOL

I try to only buy notebooks that I can remove pages from "neatly". Spirals, perforations, etc. Moleskine and things that are actually "bound" are a no go for me because I need to be able to CRTL+ALT+DEL in real life :P

This is exactly right. The times I started over on homework, a poem, a letter, etc....are ridiculous!!!!!!

[laurabobaura]

Originally Posted by Robin Carlton

I think that has to be "perfect" mentality is partially why I fell for digiscrapping. My paper albums looked too messy and rough to me, whereas I could fiddle with my digital pages until they were just right.

this! love to 'save and go back'- from an interview video i did years ago that my husband loves to quote

[LJSDesigns]

Yeah, the control is what drew me to it as well. That and the fact that I like to fiddle with things. LOL

I have talked my family into a craft day once a month. This Saturday, we are making small barn quilts.

[Cheryl Ashcraft]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

speaking of hobbies! I discovered this account over the holidays and am so fascinated by all of it! I wish I had the skills to do this sort of thing because it's SO creative!!

https://www.instagram.com/alleymcglynn/reels/

I'm in love with everything she does.

Thank you! What a fabulous IG!

Originally Posted by Leablahblah

Cheryl I love that you documented all your hobbies with a scrapbook page AND went and looked for them to show us all! lol I bet that took forever.

Actually, it didn't take long as I name my layouts with the person in the layout, so I just searched for my name and was able to quickly pick out the all-about-me pages that fit with the hobbies. Uh-oh. I think I have another hobby: organizing.

Originally Posted by karlimarie

Some of these were HARD choices!! I had so much guilt about money spent and time wasted. And there was grief too- I had to say goodbye the Karli that was going to be a professional wooden toy maker, the Karli that was going to DIY the whole house, the Karli that was going to finally finish alllll these projects! But the peace of mind that came with clearing out the clutter- both physically and mentally has been well-worth it.

I don’t have any regrets about the hobbies that I’ve left behind, I know that they’ll still be there for me should I ever change my mind. I also feel good about the hobbies that I’ve decided to keep in my life- I’ve been able to be persistent where I’ll never be consistent.

I’ve come to realize that for me, it’s less about the actual hobby and more about the pursuit of knowledge and skills, so when I can add a pause button on jumping to a new thing, and instead take a step back- I am able to come back to a core hobby with new eyes and desire to dig a little deeper.

I’m still a work in progress, and there’s still more clutter that needs to be cleared from my life, but I feel good about the direction I’m headed. “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away,” has never resonated more.

First, that layout is AH-MAZING!

Second, I love the thoughts you shared, especially about saying goodbye to different parts of yourself.

Originally Posted by laurabobaura

does a collection of not-yet-printed scrapbook pages on my external count? :P

If it does count, I have to update my hobby list! LOL

[HavaDrPepper]

Right now I'm having vision issues, with things being blurry when on the computer for a long period of time, working a jigsaw puzzle or even trying to read a very enlarged pattern to cross stitch. Eyes were checked last week and even the eye doc was surprised at how much my left eye changed. He said no wonder why everything was blurry. The right eye hadn't changed. He did make a small change for the right eye and the big change for the left eye. So now I'm just waiting for the new glasses to come in. Hopefully Monday.

In the meantime, I pulled out a latch hook that I started many, many years ago! I've been working on it while watching TV in the evenings when my eyes are tired. Hobby hopping again!

[laurabobaura]

Originally Posted by HavaDrPepper

So now I'm just waiting for the new glasses to come in. Hopefully Monday

hoping you get your new glasses asap!

[Tracie Stroud]

Oh my goodness stationery collecting is definitely a hobby of mine too. Jetpens is dangerous to my bank account. Japanese stationery is amazing!!