Hi everyone...
I've decided to take a break from Cake Decorating for a while (maybe a month or so). But in the meantime I have to be doing something so I am going to work on some of my other hobbies. I thought this would be a great opportunity to see what other hobbies y'all have as well. Plus maybe we can learn a little more about each other along the way

Ok, I'll start... Recently, a co-worker was looking in a magazine and found a Blue Jean Jacket with "Cats" on it. She was very interested in the jacket but it was very expensive. I took a look at it and told her I could paint a jacket for her to resemble that one.

So here is another one of my hobbies. I love to paint on fabrics Below is a pic of the jacket I painted for her (front and back). I also painted a cat on one leg of a pair of jeans that she bought to match the jacket.

Please share pics of your other hobbies

Lazy_Susan

P.S. I was going to post this in "The Lounge" but there was no option for uploading pictures. I hope it's ok to post here.

OMG!! That is great!!! I'm betting your friend loved it!!


I don't have any real "talents" but I can tie a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue.

Does that count?

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!

How much does something like that run?

That's really cool. All three of my daughters go shopping with my husband. They show him what they want painted on what; what to leave plain. Voila! painted clothes at half the price.
The only thing else that I do is cook. I'm on our hospitality cooking team @ church. I guess I just love to be in the kitchen.

The jackets are really cool. Good market for those also!



quote="IHATEFONDANT"]OMG!! That is great!!! I'm betting your friend loved it!!


I don't have any real "talents" but I can tie a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue.

Does that count? [/quote] my honey says thats a great talent!!!

Love your jackets!!! That is one thing I haven't tried...

I love knitting, smocking and rubberstamping/cardmaking..I am terrible at jewelry making though...
I looked around for pics of my smocking but I think they are in some unknown directory in my computer.. .sort of like the way my desk looks..
Last winter I designed and knit a pair of fairisle socks which I will attempt to attach..I have had a few messages because people think my avatar is a cake!!!.
I should try and make a sock cake...

well lets see...i sew ( i recently made a dress, curtains and pillowcases to match my room, and blankets ) i dance like CRAZY and i am just a very crafty person. i recently organized my stuff and found that i have about 8 rubbermaid boxes full of my craft stuff! i love beading, also.

JaneK, those are great!!! I would have never guessed that you made those. They look store bought. They're fantastic! Great talent there.

Great jacket and socks! I love to scrapbook which I haven't had much time to do lately. My craft room is overrun with cake decorating supplies. I have also crocheted poncho/purse/hat sets for little ones, made sweaters, afghans among other things. I recently made a quilt wall hanging for my parents' 50th anniversary with pictures of them throughout the years. I also knit when I have time. If it's crafty, I've done it. Most of what I have done is self-taught.

I can quilt, crochet, knit, bead, scrapbook, and what ever else comes along. I can not paint though. Hopefully there will be a picture of a quilt I donated to the local volunteer fire department.

birdgirl,
That quilt is beautiful!! I would love to learn how to quilt.

My hobbies bounce around with my mood and current life issues!
In between cakes for friends and family, I'm trying to wrap up my Christmas cards that I rubber stamp. My Stampin' Up consultant hasn't heard from me for awhile 'cause now I'm hooked on cakes! Attached is this years card, a pop-up is inside of baby Jesus and a sentiment.

Besides "eating ganache" this is my other talent "pumpkin carving" and "windowkins". There is more in the link in my sig.

WOW! The talents you all have is amazing! That pumpkin is incredible, the jacket, socks and quilt awesome!! I still have a quilt that has been in a quilting rack for 4 years - I just can't seem to give up my current hobbies to pick up an old one!! Can't wait to see the rest of the talent lurking around CC!!

Wow, Birdgirl...that is a great quilt....and to DONATE IT!!! Even more impressive! I just finished a quilt for my mother in July. She turned 60. So there were 60 blocks (made up of 6 strips) each block had a flower on it. The fabric used for the petals were done with 60 different fabrics, so no two blocks are alike. I had other stuff too about the border and the backing.

I'll see if it will post.

I also am just crafty, but I won't allow myself to start scrapbooking...I would need to buy everything and there is just no more room here with three kids and cake decorating stuff! I am also a dancer, took my turn at doing some cross stitch and I love to sew...I just did the costumes for all my kids a few weeks ago.

You all are SO talented!!!!! My cake decorating isnt the greatest although I LOVE it!!!! My first hobby and one I still do is photography. I do a lot of senior portraits. My five year old son is my main subject.
This is a great thread!!

Now this is a really nice thread to read!
You all are really talented and it is nice to see that we are all such well-rounded people. Molliebird, I am with you.
"If it's crafty, I've done it. Most of what I have done is self-taught."
What isn't self-taught was taught to me growing up from necessity or fun.
Crotchet, sewing, cooking, singing, mehendi art, embroidery and other needlework, building/refinishing stuff for the house (shelves and such) used to dance until I got pregnant and fat, LOL...
Learned to sew real young and still make a lot of my own clothing, make
clothes for my babygirl and all house drapes, etc. are sewn by me. My MIL owned a boutique until she retired so she would always send me fabrics to sew dresses for my daughter. Will try to post a pic of one of the dresses I did for my daughter Look forward to reading more of these!

This is a cool thread!!!

My other hobby lately is sewing. I make "brag bags," burp cloth/changing pad sets, aprons, gift baskets, bath aprons, etc. and sell them. All of my profits go to the Susan G. Komen foundation (same with any "profit" from cakes). All of this keeps me busy and out of trouble! I've got two shows coming up soon, so my dining room table is inundated with fabric!

Let's see if I can get some pics to upload!

Love your bags CranberryClo, they are so cute - and to do for charity as well, that is just wonderful

CranberryClo
I agree... the bags are great! And what a wonderful person you are donating your profit to charity. I truly like that idea. I think I'll follow your lead

Man this make me want to break out my sewing machine, that i have had for 3 years, and have never used.....My husband say I am a jack of all trade, and a master of none........anyway...great works guys

Ladyofcake -

Is that a baby sari? I love it! My hubby is Indian and I had the best time dressing our daughter up in lenghas, kurta pajamas, etc.! Not as much fun with our baby boy, but I'm sure I'll find some stuff when we go to India next!

Christy

I guess my other 'talents' would be scrapbooking and writing. I've been scrapping for 4 years and have completed about 7 albums (One for each year of my son since birth-4, one for my mom, one for my MIL and one of my wedding). I've been writing for about 15 years now and still haven't completed one story! I get all kinds of ideas running through my head and just have to start a new one and make lots of notes before I lose it. With the job I have I get to do a lot of scrapping and writing at work...not so much on the cakes! If we only had an oven up here....

"Ladyofcake -
Is that a baby sari? I love it! My hubby is Indian and I had the best time dressing our daughter up in lenghas, kurta pajamas, etc.! Not as much fun with our baby boy, but I'm sure I'll find some stuff when we go to India next!
Christy"

YES! My hubby is also Indian, and in south India the silk sari is still more popular. I wear quite often myself and here you only get baby lehenga, etc. as you said. That is so cool we have something in common! Do keep in touch, am sure we can share lots of stories, LOL...
What part is you hubby from? Mine is a Bangalore boy

My hubby is from Delhi. Are you Indian, too? I'm not, so it makes for interesting meals around here! I've learned to cook lots of Indian things very well, but refuse to do the sweets (gulab jaman, rasmalla (sp), etc.). Way too sweet for me!

This is a great thread. I had been a little bummed about a couple of too long discussions and gripe sessions I got hooked on reading and couldn't get myself to stop.
I am a retired Elementary Art Teacher so have been involved in art for years. I love to draw and paint, but cakes are even more fun. Over the years I have done a little of a lot of things. Cross stitched for about a year and lost patience with it. Made one quilt that has cross stitched herbs in each square. Too tedious. Bought a quilt book the year before I retired, but havn't made anything from it. I like decorating my house wherever it is. Have done sponge painted borders. When I was again single and moved to the town where I taught, I took off the plywood kitchen cabinet doors, painted the frames and then cut off the tops of the doors to make a display shelf for some antique bowls and sponge painted the doors and replaced them. In that house, I painted a mural in the dining room and sponged several walls before I got tired. I sew and while I was single, got into cable tv design shows like Christopher Lowell and did several of his valances and half-bed canopy and completely remodeled the bathroom to be handicap accessible.(my son is in a wheelchair from Muscular Dystrophy)
This week I was back at the remodeling in this house. I hired out the plumbing and then wall papered the space behind the cabinet we took out and replaced it with a pedestal sink to have more maneuver room for the wheelchair.
When I was thinking about retiring, everyone asked how would I keep busy. Not a problem. It has been two years and I have had very few unoccupied hours. Just started with the cake decoration in August after a dissappointing wedding cake from a grocery store. I just didn't want the worry of trying to decorate my own before the wedding and when I got it I just knew I could learn to do it better than that. The first rose I made was at least 50% better than the ones I had paid for. O well...I'm old enough that it didn't really matter. I found a wonderful man to marry and that was worth more than a disappointing cake.
Oh and there is also motorcycle riding...but that is a different story.

Someone posted a similar thread a long time ago and it really is neat to see what other people make besides cakes. I don't do hardly anything else anymore but here is a collage of some of the crafts I've made in the past.
Candy bouquets, towel animals, terra cotta pot creatures, towel wedding cake, towel Christening gown, diaoer cake and cupcakes, bunny in pot, glass Christmas ornaments, receiving blanket dolls, felt Christmas stocking.

And a few more...dish towel angels,( and bunnies), fleece tie blankets and most recently the fruit and veggie bouquets.

KimAZ