The Beginning

Hi, I'm Steph. Right now it is 6pm and I am lounging on the sofa in my fleecy owl pj's, trying to avoid going to the gym. I will go today... probably! This blog is going to be about me, and my crafting journey, I will include little snippets about myself, details and photographs of my projects and mini tutorials for specific techniques I have used - If anyone would like to learn how I have done any of my projects just leave a comment. Any feedback and constructive criticism will also be gratefully received.

I have called this blog Crafting My Journey as I am pretty much starting with nothing but aspirations and hope. I have completed a few small projects, and have a couple more underway (photos to follow in the near future) but I have little craft experience, and hope to learn a lot myself as I progress. At the moment my main interests are cross stitch, knitting and card making, but I have always been interested in making and carving candles since I was a little girl. The only thing stopping me from focusing on candle making is the size of my flat (very small - no space for all the melting equipment etc.) and not having the money to start myself off! Hopefully in a year or so, this blog will be more centered around candle making.

The title also holds significance to me, in the sense of finding my journey through life. Other than in my boyfriends arms, and the hearts of my family, I often feel I have no defined place, as of yet. I have had many different jobs, and never particularly enjoyed them or fitted in. I was unemployed for a few months and enjoyed that even less. I feel that my ideal job would be to own a little shop selling the things I make. I can sit in the shop working on my next project while customers are browsing. Maybe I could even run evening classes in some of the crafts I learn to do - assuming of course that I am any good at them! So this blog will also be about finding myself.

The most important thing to me, is making other people happy, and I am looking for a way of doing that through my job. My dad used to say I would be an author, as I have a very vivid imagination, my problem is (as you can probably tell) that my writing skills aren't up to much. I am also passionate about music, having been involved in numerous choirs, bands and activities since a very young age, however, I could not accept the hate that comes with the love a famous musician may get. There are so many directions my life could take, but I am 23, and still yet to decide which one to embark upon.

Anyway, It is now 7:30pm and I am still not at the gym! I must make a move :)

Much Love S x