Comments on: Making Time To Be Creative http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/ Moms of Multiples Tell it Like it Is Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:03:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shawn http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Shawn Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:41:14 +0000 http://howdoyoudoit.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2502 Wonderful post and reminder!! I love the book The Creative Family for this purpose. It's great for fostering creativity. I could do more for myself, but I try and work it in when doing so with my girls!! Wonderful post and reminder!! I love the book The Creative Family for this purpose. It’s great for fostering creativity. I could do more for myself, but I try and work it in when doing so with my girls!!

]]> By: preciousquilts http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-2503 preciousquilts Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:46:55 +0000 http://howdoyoudoit.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2503 Oh what inspiration! Yes, I had a couple of little ones under 5 and had to stay at home. Quilting saved me from insanity and gave me a sense of worth! Daft I know but it really kept me going. I started making a quilt, made all the usual mistakes but still have that one and would not part with it under any circumstances. Since then I have progressed to make quilts for family, friends and sold many baby quilts on the internet. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! Oh what inspiration! Yes, I had a couple of little ones under 5 and had to stay at home. Quilting saved me from insanity and gave me a sense of worth! Daft I know but it really kept me going.

I started making a quilt, made all the usual mistakes but still have that one and would not part with it under any circumstances. Since then I have progressed to make quilts for family, friends and sold many baby quilts on the internet.

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!

]]> By: RaJen http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-2500 RaJen Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:14:06 +0000 http://howdoyoudoit.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2500 Part of the reason I have maintained any semblance of sanity 3 1/2 months into twin parenting, is my commitment to my creative outlets. It helps, of course, that for my photography outlet, the twins are my newest and most favorite subject. I also play the piano/write music. Sometimes, instead of throwing on Baby Einstein, I play the piano while they lay in the activity mats. I hope to teach them my love for both activities as they grow. Part of the reason I have maintained any semblance of sanity 3 1/2 months into twin parenting, is my commitment to my creative outlets. It helps, of course, that for my photography outlet, the twins are my newest and most favorite subject. I also play the piano/write music. Sometimes, instead of throwing on Baby Einstein, I play the piano while they lay in the activity mats. I hope to teach them my love for both activities as they grow.

]]> By: mamie http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 mamie Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:13:41 +0000 http://howdoyoudoit.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2504 really great to read these words. it is so encouraging to know other women find satisfaction and validation through craft. it is my link to sanity on some days. quilting is next up on my list. i just love the fabric. really great to read these words. it is so encouraging to know other women find satisfaction and validation through craft. it is my link to sanity on some days.

quilting is next up on my list. i just love the fabric.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-2501 Nancy Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:16:28 +0000 http://howdoyoudoit.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2501 Great post!! Totally reminds me that I need to just bite the bullet and carve out some crocheting time. (If nothing else, then to finish Logan's baby blanket before he's no longer a baby LOL!) Thanks for the kick in the bum. Great post!! Totally reminds me that I need to just bite the bullet and carve out some crocheting time. (If nothing else, then to finish Logan’s baby blanket before he’s no longer a baby LOL!)

Thanks for the kick in the bum.

]]> By: LauraC http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-2505 LauraC Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:34:05 +0000 http://howdoyoudoit.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2505 This is exactly how I feel about reading and running. It doesn't produce awesome quilts, but it gives me that sense of peace and sense of myself that I really need. This is exactly how I feel about reading and running. It doesn’t produce awesome quilts, but it gives me that sense of peace and sense of myself that I really need.

]]> By: Goddess in Progress http://www.hdydi.com/2008/08/making-time-to-be-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-2506 Goddess in Progress Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:05:25 +0000 http://howdoyoudoit.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2506 Excellent post! It took me more than a year to pull out my sewing machine again, and I'm so glad I did (I'm off to buy fabric for a quilt for my niece today). I don't do especially elaborate patterns, much in the same way I stopped knitting sweaters. I need a little less delay in my gratification. Regardless, though, it's nice to do something like that while the kids are napping, instead of always laundry and dishes. I took a beginning quilting class nearly two years ago, and I'm so glad I did. Not as portable as knitting and crochet, but so fun. P.S. I must talk sewing machines with you... I think I want a new one for xmas... :-) Excellent post! It took me more than a year to pull out my sewing machine again, and I’m so glad I did (I’m off to buy fabric for a quilt for my niece today). I don’t do especially elaborate patterns, much in the same way I stopped knitting sweaters. I need a little less delay in my gratification. Regardless, though, it’s nice to do something like that while the kids are napping, instead of always laundry and dishes. I took a beginning quilting class nearly two years ago, and I’m so glad I did. Not as portable as knitting and crochet, but so fun.

P.S. I must talk sewing machines with you… I think I want a new one for xmas… :-)

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