New Hobbies/Interests or Plans to Revisit Old Hobbies/Interests?

With a new season upon us, my mind turns to revisiting old hobbies/interests, starting new ones or just making it a habit to embrace a newly found interest.

Over the years, I've had many hobbies/interests. Now it's time for me to rediscover why they became a part of my life. In pursuit of adventures, I want my hobbies/interests to lead me to a higher level of knowledge and excitement!

Please join in the chat: sharing your hobbies/interests AND what you've discovered or plan to discover?

I'm ready to ZOOOOOOOOOOM, how about you?:)

I would like to get back into fabric painting with tubes of paint and learning some new crafts like making candles, making native american things, working with clay

I have way too many hobbies as is! Here is a list of mine: Family history, quilting, crocheting, family activities, babysitting grandchildren, keeping my house in order, cooking, Church calling, attending the Temple, reading my scriptures everyday, helping those around me when I see the need! what more could I add to this list?

I'm wanting to make a couple of new wreaths, one for my front door and maybe one for my kitchen or bedroom. I have all the stuff to make a wreath out of large spools of mesh ribbon. I'm a huge Auburn football fan and want to make a big mesh wreath in orange and navy, the school's colors.

Shelley

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Originally Posted by sonnetta

I would like to get back into fabric painting with tubes of paint and learning some new crafts like making candles, making native american things, working with clay

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Thank for sharing Sonnetta! Please keep us posted on what you're doing. I used to do fabric painting also. Candle making sounds like fun along with making native american things and working with clay. Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by DonnaPBradshaw

I have way too many hobbies as is! Here is a list of mine: Family history, quilting, crocheting, family activities, babysitting grandchildren, keeping my house in order, cooking, Church calling, attending the Temple, reading my scriptures everyday, helping those around me when I see the need! what more could I add to this list?

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Donna, having varied interests does make life fulfilling. I'm sure there will be more to add as time marches on! Please keep us posted. I'm continually adding/revisiting my list of hobbies and interests. Enjoy! Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Pixieglitter

I'm wanting to make a couple of new wreaths, one for my front door and maybe one for my kitchen or bedroom. I have all the stuff to make a wreath out of large spools of mesh ribbon. I'm a huge Auburn football fan and want to make a big mesh wreath in orange and navy, the school's colors.

Shelley

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Awww...Shelley, wreath-making is so much fun! I've made a few myself. The ones you'll be making sound like real beauties! Keep us posted about what you're doing. Enjoy! Thanks for sharing.

My lastest interest is meal planning/preparation. Translation: cooking! It was a hobby of mine for two years and I am revisiting this hobby. I am already discovering the benefits of portion control and I'll eat many more veggies and fruits by meal planning.

My hobbies/interest include experiencing new places, foods and culture, travel(far and near), Enjoying Life, learning, interior decorating, fashion, exercising, gardening,God, church activities keeping a planner and journaling. This is just a starter list! Family and friends and all that entails is MAJOR in my life.

~With a grateful heart~Butterflyrose~

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Originally Posted by Butterflyrose

My lastest interest is meal planning/preparation. Translation: cooking! It was a hobby of mine for two years and I am revisiting this hobby. I am already discovering the benefits of portion control and I'll eat many more veggies and fruits by meal planning.

My hobbies/interest include experiencing new places, foods and culture, travel(far and near), Enjoying Life, learning, interior decorating, fashion, exercising, gardening,God, church activities keeping a planner and journaling. This is just a starter list! Family and friends and all that entails is MAJOR in my life.

~With a grateful heart~Butterflyrose~

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I loved reading what you're interested in butterflyrose! Whenever I learn a new skill or accomplish a big project it gives me satisfaction! One more thing I need to do is paint some rooms in our house. We finished remodeling our kitchen which was a really big deal. We had to reorganize our storage room before we even considered starting our kitchen. Our faith teaches us to keep a years supply of food if possible for any emergencies that might come. We hadn't rotated our food for a long time. We had to throw out a lot of food because of not rotating our food storage. After reorganizing our room it is so much easier to see what we have and what we need to replace! there is little waste now which makes me so happy!

Ok, I can think of one more hobby that I want to get into more and that is making amigurumi's! I've made a few items but I'm certainly not an accomplished ami maker at this time in my life! I've copied patterns and filled several books of ami items so does that count?

Well, I do have one new interest and that's pickleball! what a fun sport! our church has installed three pickleball courts in two church buildings and it's so much fun! We have bought our own paddles and balls and got good shoes to play and my husband and I play every week! It is one of the things that I look forward to every week! Yay for fun exersize!

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Originally Posted by Pixieglitter

I'm wanting to make a couple of new wreaths, one for my front door and maybe one for my kitchen or bedroom. I have all the stuff to make a wreath out of large spools of mesh ribbon. I'm a huge Auburn football fan and want to make a big mesh wreath in orange and navy, the school's colors.

Shelley

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Hi Shelley,
I don't know how you make the wreaths but a few years ago the girls in our family got together and made wreaths. We used to get together before Christmas and make something. The wreaths were made from clothes hangers- had to be a wire one, couldn't be a cloth hanger. You get 150 or more sandwhich baggies without the ziplock and tie the bags around the hanger and then fluff and space the bags and you can put a few small ornaments on it and a bow and then you can hang it up.

I was thinking of doing more Iris Folding. Has anyone ever tried doing that Punch Embroidery? I tried and couldn't figure it out. Oh, I got it to work a little bit but then I couldn't figure it out. Does anybody do Tatting? I have a video on that if anyone wants it. I might do some knitting.

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Originally Posted by DonnaPBradshaw

Well, I do have one new interest and that's pickleball! what a fun sport! our church has installed three pickleball courts in two church buildings and it's so much fun! We have bought our own paddles and balls and got good shoes to play and my husband and I play every week! It is one of the things that I look forward to every week! Yay for fun exersize!

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Donna,
Your ankle is better then?

Jean Marie, those wreaths made of sandwich bags sound so cute. What an idea! I could imagine doing one full of Christmas candy ornaments.

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Originally Posted by Jean Marie

Donna,
Your ankle is better then?

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Yes it is and I'm thrilled! although my other ankle started to hurt for a week, but now it's better also. thanks for asking Jean!

More hobbies/interests...

Reading and homemaking are included!:) I also have a new violin which my younger daughter gifted me a few months ago because I'm interested in learning to play the violin.

~With a grateful heart~Butterflyrose

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Originally Posted by DonnaPBradshaw

Ok, I can think of one more hobby that I want to get into more and that is making amigurumi's! I've made a few items but I'm certainly not an accomplished ami maker at this time in my life! I've copied patterns and filled several books of ami items so does that count?

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Donna, everything counts. I have more patterns than I can ever expect to complete at least once. I do, however, go back to tried and true ones over and over. I have a binder of pics of blankets I've made and when I offer one, I usually hand over the binder and then they choose.

I recently took out my sewing machine, mostly to go to my aunt's house and alter a dress she needed to wear to a wedding. I realized that I missed sewing. Last week I had to attach a bunch of patches on my grandson's cub scout shirt. Not so much fun, but now I'm making some valances for my kitchen.

I thing it's funny that we seem to be posting at the same time. I guess we're drawn to the same topics.

Blessing to you, DonnaMarie

I love interior decorating as a hobby. I've done some fall decorating in my kitchen and family room. With more to do! Each year as I decorate for each season, I discover a new and different way to use my decor.

I'm having FUN!~Butterflyrose~

Recently while out shopping, I bought the two of the cutest purple glitter pumpkins and a silver glitter pumpkin to add to my collection of orange pumpkins in my fall decorating display. Some evenings, I light the scented candles in pear, mulled spice and pumpkin spice to complete the ambience of fall. Simply delightful! It's the perfect setting for a relaxing evening with my family.

My Weekly Planner...a hobby

Lately, I've been decorating my planner for the coming weeks. This week I used a color scheme of green, pink, gold and white. Using glitter paper, washi tape, stickers, embellishments along with word messages and decorated clips, my planner is very inviting. I enjoy discovering different ways to create a delightful way to plan for the future!

Next week's color scheme is pink, black and cream. I've used pink arrow post-its, mini sheet music page, pink mini banner saying "fabulous", rose pink rose/green leaves, chair sticker, party dress card(I decorated with pink marker, silver glue glitter, pink stones), washi tape with a rose print and a cream pocket envelope that I decorated with zebra print tape. Inside the pocket envelope is a sheet of staionery with pretty yellow sunflowers on it. And a pink polka dot and a rose pink binder clip to secure items! I shaded some sections with pink glitter glue. What fun it is to decorate my planner!

I am going back to glass etching to make Christmas gifts. Lack of money and hard to buy for people made me decide to etch plain drinking glasses with monograms. Still doing lots of crochet!

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I am going back to glass etching to make Christmas gifts. Lack of money and hard to buy for people made me decide to etch plain drinking glasses with monograms. Still doing lots of crochet!

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You must be very artistic to be able to etch monograms onto glass. Sounds beautiful. What a great idea!

Shelley

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Originally Posted by imalefty

I am going back to glass etching to make Christmas gifts. Lack of money and hard to buy for people made me decide to etch plain drinking glasses with monograms. Still doing lots of crochet!

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That sounds like an interesting hobby!

I wish I could take credit for talent in etching glass but I can't. I use stencils and etching cream. But items really do look nice and monograms are so personal. Hope those I gift will like them....... It is fun to do.

Imalefty, that's talent when you can produce a product and you have that! What beautiful Christmas gifts they will make!(((HUGS)))~Butterflyrose

Planner Decorating...

For the week of November 2, the color scheme is pink and gold. The embellishments that I've used are giant pink/gold glitter #2, chair, sheet music, giant bird, a party dress and a pink rose/gold glitter. And large gold glitter leaves! A pink star/pink rhinestone message post-it note, pink binder clip and a decorated mini paper clip. The party dress card(pink/silver/pink rhinestones) is so cute that I moved it from last week's plans to this week's planner sheets as I did the giant bird.

There's a possibility that more embellishments will be added as I enter in the coming week. Only time will tell!

Have fun and enjoy your hobbies and interests!(((HUGS)))~Butterflyrose

Does anyone else decorate their planner? If so, please share how you decorate. It would be so exciting to hear about it. Thanks so much!~Butterflyrose~

I found a cute new craft that I am going to try and make with my grandson and daughter. They are called root deers. They are made out of root beer bottles. When we go to Sam's club we get the IBC root beer and it comes in the bottles like root beer used to come in. It is so good. I just keep the bottles and caps and make deer out of them. I am also going to make some lace angels. I am also going to start getting back to crocheting even more.