What Are Your Hobbies ?

Originally Posted by rivermom

I thought it might be fun to share each of our hobbies. With winter time approaching I figure some of you might be artsy fartsy and beginning their crafts possibly?

I enjoy card making (yet I'm not that good at it yet), cooking, riding my horse, and camping.

this thread is a great idea rivermom.You are right,with winter coming and christmas not far away,it's a good time to try to make some hand made gifts for friends and family.I like all kinds of crafting and some woodworking.Haven't done much since my mom passed away(she loved making things too and we crafted together a lot of times,making gifts for christmas)There is a craft program on HGTV that comes on every weekday morning,9:00am (easter standert time) i live in GA.This program is hosted by a lady ,her name is carol duvall.She is really good and you can get a lot of good idieas.Also,if you have a MICHAELS CRAFT STORE or a HOBBY LOBBY STORE close to you ,you can get anything you need for crafting.I like card making too.Do you know about rubber stamps ,they are great for card making.I also like cooking but enjoyed it more when my children where still at home.

Originally Posted by Courtney

I do a little bit of a lot of things. I really enjoy cross stitching and stained glass, not that great at stained glass yet though. I also love making blankets and quilts. And I've really been wanting to play around more with some photography.

I like stained glass too courtney.Not real good at it either but trying(iam talking about the kind you do with glass paint.But what i would really like to do ,is the real thing.I knoe of one website that specializes in stained glass supplys and also some vidios you can learn from.Do you know any websites like that?

[Sherry Lynn]

I used to do a lot of stained glass. I did the Tiffany method with the copper tape.

I had an accident a couple of years ago, so I'm limited in physical activities these days, but I used to really enjoy gardening and taking the furkids to parks to walk. I could walk forever!!

Now-a-days I'm doing a lot of reading, playing on the computer (games and forums) and messing around with itunes.

I worked in catering for years, so I enjoy cooking... the savory kind... I can't bake worth a crap!

Originally Posted by Sherry Lynn

I used to do a lot of stained glass. I did the Tiffany method with the copper tape.

I had an accident a couple of years ago, so I'm limited in physical activities these days, but I used to really enjoy gardening and taking the furkids to parks to walk. I could walk forever!!

Now-a-days I'm doing a lot of reading, playing on the computer (games and forums) and messing around with itunes.

I worked in catering for years, so I enjoy cooking... the savory kind... I can't bake worth a crap!

sherry lynn ,i would love to know how to do the tiffany method ,i love tiffany lamps,have several,I am so sorry that you had an accident ,but thank god you are alive.I was in the catering bussines too for years ,i owend and operated a german restaurant,It was hard work but i really loved it.I catered many events with german or with american food,I too loved to cook and i still do some times.Not like i did when my children where still at home

[Sherry Lynn]

The Tiffany method is when you cut and grind the glass and then wrap the edges with a tape that is sticky on one side and has copper on the other. Then you put the pieces down on your pattern, pin them in place and solder the pieces together. The solder will only stick to the copper, no the glass.

You only need to use lead came around the edges to hold the piece in place.

Tiffany came up with the method (probably not as advanced/easy as it is today) and that is how he was able to make the intricate details in his works. If you want to make a lamp, you buy styrofoam molds to put your pattern on and solder your pieces together that way.

I did a quick Google and here is a site I found that will give you more info. I didn't read it carefully, but it looks like it's a good start to learn the method.

http://www.warner-criv.com/techtips/copper.aspx

Edited to add: My father's family is German, so I love the food and learned a few things from my Grandmother.... any favorite recipes you want to share?

My hobbies include:

Photography
Cooking
Shopping
Internetting
Writing
Teaching Keeley tricks

And I used to collect elephants when I was growing up. I have too many to know what to do with, so now I only get the elephants I HAVE to have.

thank you so much for the info about the tiffany glass and website ,i will check them out.That's amazing that your dad's family is german .In our family it is me that is german.When anyone asks my children ,they will tell them their mom (me) is german.It is just the other way around.I have many german recepies,what do you know about german food and what is it you like?How long has your dad been overhere and can you speak any german?I have been in this country a long time,since 1966 to be exact.America has become my second homeand i love it but i still love my home country also and everything about it.Exspecially the food.There are a few german items overhere you can find in the grocery store,but not many.Have you ever been to germany?

[blowry]

You mean there are other hobbies besides playing with our furbabies!! lol!

I sew,(mostly for the "girls"), quilt, and paint.

[Janet]

Sounds like we all like doing a lot of the same things. I did forget to mention that I also like woodworking. I've made a lot of wood Christmas figurines including a nativity scene and a step/stool seat for my son when he was little, and the little shelves in my family room. I like doing that more in the winter in our heated garage. In the summer the sawdust just sticks to me.

[magnolia]

I enjoy reading - love, love, love to read!!! I also enjoy, when the "mood" hits me, cross stitching. And I love reading. I'm trying to get into scrapbooking but not quite sure how to begin. I've done a couple of books for my boys but it just doesn't look like some other books I've seen. So I'm in the planning stages for this. Oh, and I love to read! On rainy days, I enjoy a great classic movie, whether in color or black & white. And last but not least, I LOVE to read - have I told you that??

Originally Posted by hanau

thank you so much for the info about the tiffany glass and website ,i will check them out.That's amazing that your dad's family is german .In our family it is me that is german.When anyone asks my children ,they will tell them their mom (me) is german.It is just the other way around.I have many german recepies,what do you know about german food and what is it you like?How long has your dad been overhere and can you speak any german?I have been in this country a long time,since 1966 to be exact.America has become my second homeand i love it but i still love my home country also and everything about it.Exspecially the food.There are a few german items overhere you can find in the grocery store,but not many.Have you ever been to germany?

my great-grandmother was german-her last name was worland. there are not any worlands in this state so we have kept her last name and added our husbands last name for the last three generations as a tribute.

i also love to read. i read really fast so a book a day is no hardship to me. in the winter i like to crochet and my mil is showing me how to sew on her machine and tonight i just finished a dress pattern for my little yorkie Whiskey. my youngest daughter has a skirt made of the same pattern (she is cow crazy) so now she has a matching outfit with her puppy!!! it is so cute it is black and white....might make her some little horns(whiskey) and she can be a cow for halloween!!! i also like to work in the yard and plant flowers although i admit i do not have a green thumb but i am trying!!! now i have become a forum addict....this is my hubby's conmputer and when he comes home from offshore he veggies out on it...i think there might be a knock down drag out fight if i don't get my four hour fix everyday!!! i also make homemade candles-extra strong....i love candles and realized one day how much $$$ i was spending on them and said to myself...i'll make my own!!! i've gotten pretty good at it even sold a lot of them...plus my house always smells delicious!!! i also like to cross stitch though it makes me go cross-eyed!!!

[Jlynn]

Oh, well, besides YorkieTalk, I love to read and go for walks (at least 2 x's/day). I'm in the process of rediscovering myself after making a pretty big career change though, so, perhaps I'll have more by next year!

I've enjoyed reading about all of your hobbies, your a pretty diverse bunch!

[Marilyn]

Not much time for hobbies, guess for now,

Fitness
Baking
(those two don't go together very well)
4Womentalk.com
My Harley (though it's been a while since I've ridden)

Most of my time is work, cleaning, washing, and church related activities. I teach children's Bible class, and also do some teaching of women. I spoke at a Ladies' Day we had in January. We have a ladies' retreat coming up the end of October, and I an writing the lesson for one of the sessions. My church work is by far the most rewarding.

Originally Posted by hanau

I like stained glass too courtney.Not real good at it either but trying(iam talking about the kind you do with glass paint.But what i would really like to do ,is the real thing.I knoe of one website that specializes in stained glass supplys and also some vidios you can learn from.Do you know any websites like that?

I do the stained glass using the copper foil like sherry does. Altough I'm sure she's much better than me, most people are. I'm not so hot yet, I haven't even convinced myself to try curves yet. Yeah I know, what's stained glass without curves? I do some quilting too so a lot of my stained glass has a quilt feel to it. I actually have done a few common quilt squares in stained glass. I'd really like to get pretty good one day then if we ever built a house I would love to incoperate some stuff through out it. Like I would like to have a piece above the door going from a master bedroom into the master bath, don't ask why I just think it would look really neat.

Honestly its not that hard. Ok its not the easiest thing, but it doesn't take much to get a finished product, it may just not look as good as some people can do. If you have any small community colleges around there check with them because a lot of times they do stained glass classes in the summer. I haven't taken a class yet, I grabbed a book then found out what the bare minimum was to get me started and off I went. If you have a Hobby Lobby around you they have some basic supplies. I haven't ordered anything off the internet yet though, I know www.delphiglass.com has stuff for it, and I believe you can even sign up for their mail catalog on the site too.

I'd love to try the glass fusing, I believe that's what its called. Where you use a kiln to melt the glass and you can use different forms to get different shapes. I'd also really really love to try glass blowing but highly doubt that will ever happen. I love all things glass if you can't tell.