Hmmmm...

[lithera]

I need a hobby.

I know I've said this before. I'm saying it again, though.

It can have a cost, but that cost can't be too high. I'm willing to put money out for it, whatever it is.

I want to be creative with it. I liked painting ceramics. That was great. I like painting but the set up costs kind of scare me away there. (That and I'm terrified of standing in front of an empty canvas with all of these paints and brushes and things that I just bought and not being able to come up with something.)

I would love to throw pots but studio time in the palces I can get to is really, really expensive.

Knitting doesn't take up enough of my brain power. I get bored with it and put it down and enver want to come back, really.

Any suggestions? I want to work the creative side of my brain.

Comments

[purrthecat.livejournal.com]

BELLYDANCE! :)

It's creative and works the body.

[warpdragon.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised you think the creative side of your brain doesn't get work.

Wander Michael's and see if anything jumps out at you.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Obviously the creative side of my brain needs more work since it is screaming at me that it isn't getting enough excercise.

Michael's?

hmmm

[fixerbard.livejournal.com]

Salsa Dancin?
Swing Dancin?
Maybe get an extended loan and start up Trombone again?
Join a local Choir?
Join a community theatrical troupe?
Sewing?
Photography?
Tutoring?

[fixerbard.livejournal.com]

Micheal's its the uber craft shop of doom

[torquemada.livejournal.com]

Counted cross-stitch may involve your brain enough to be worth getting into. A complete pattern-plus-floss set is anywhere from $10 to $50, with probably 10 hours' work or more per $1 got out of it. A little more money will get you your own set of good tools (scroll frames, needles).

[foxfyre.livejournal.com]

I can teach you how to make wire and bead jewelry if you want. It takes steady hands, and concentration, and a certain amount of sheer bloody-minded stubbornness, but it's not terribly expensive and it's creative and you end up with pretty things you can give away or keep for yourself or...whatever you like, really. :)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. Okay. Sorry, was drawing a blank, there.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

True. I used to do cross stitch. I even have the materials for something somewhere. My hoop broke and I never got it replaced. That is something I could probably get back into without too much effort. It just never seems to hold me to it.

[pullthestars.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend Ben Franklin's over Michael's, if only because it's less of a corporate giant.

[torquemada.livejournal.com]

That's how I am about most of my hobbies -- really neat for a little while, then I lose interest. I think that's why I've had so many. Hoops are pretty cheap, though, and frames only a little more expensive, and with a frame you can leave your aida on without stretching the fabric until you're ready to work on the piece again.

With a moderate initial investment you could also get into lead miniatures painting, which is something else I've been considering picking up again lately.

[pullthestars.livejournal.com]

i've also got a ton of materials, and some patterns that might peak your interest. Somewhere. I have the sneaking suscpicion that there's a box of craft stuff of mine somewhere in the old house that I'm missing...

[warpdragon.livejournal.com]

Either one.

I'd recommend miniatures painting, which ties in with role-playing, only a) it's of limited creative potential and b) the industry has kind of gotten away from the idea of RPG-friendly miniatures.

[fireballof3.livejournal.com]

AH, but I've personally found Michaels to be easier to find what you're looking for, and better organized overall.

[fireballof3.livejournal.com]

I have a bunch of minis I coudl give her, though.

[fireballof3.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for some patterns, I'm sure Leigh could help you out with that.

Or anything related to cross-stitch really.

[warpdragon.livejournal.com]

Free metal is the best way to start!

[fireballof3.livejournal.com]

YAY FREE METAL!!!

[sepulchrave.livejournal.com]

Papier Mache (make your own mask!) It would involve painting as well and you could glue fabric, beads, feathers, etc.

[pullthestars.livejournal.com]

mosaics came to mind, as well.

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

If she wants a few thousand plastic lizardmen I could ship them to her.