What a fun time I had at the Etsy Austin Craft party on Friday. We had screen printing, button making, jewelry making and sewing going on. I was helping out Katie from Sophie and the Cat with an upcycle grocery bag project which was all the rage. We used old t-shirts to make grocery bags, actually I think they would have even made a cute little bag for books too. These are bags Katie made.
I carried the excitement from the craft party into the weekend as I finally sat at my studio table and worked on some journals. These are journals I’ve had in mid-progress since March? April? It seems so long ago I’ve lost track. With my old job and new job being so hectic it’s been hard to find that push to do more outside of work. But this weekend I was reminded all over again why I love crafting.
Not only that but when we went to the bookstore this weekend, of course there was time at the bookstore, I found inspiration via a new magazine, Mollie Makes, and a new book, The Art Journal Workshop by Traci Bunkers. I just placed a book order tonight and can’t wait to get The Art Journal Workshop. Looks so good.
So that was my weekend. I didn’t get very much reading done unfortunately but I’m going to read a bit before going to sleep. Tomorrow I’ll tell you about the book giveaway!
Those bags look lovely! And they are colourful too! 🙂
I didn’t get much reading done lately either. I don’t think I’m in a reading slump but I do wish there’s more time in a day!
Hope you’ve a great week ahead, Iliana!
Melody – I can’t believe I didn’t take my camera to the event. Everyone kept making the cutest bag combinations! It was so much fun. Hope you are having a blast on the beach by the way 🙂
Getting crafty sounds fun. It has been awhile since I’ve taken the time to do anything crafty and I miss it.
I love those bags! The Etsy party sounds like a lot of fun.
Those bags are adorable and, like you said, they’d be perfect for books too!
Great bags! Sounds like the Etsy event was a complete success. Next to reading, I love crafting!
Kathleen – It had been a while for me too and I really enjoyed it!
Nymeth – Aren’t they the cutest? Loved seeing everyone’s creations.
Stephanie – I thought so too!
jenclair – Oh me too! Love crafting and just wish I had more time to do so. Or sometimes it’s not necessarily time but energy 🙂
What cute bags! I’ve not had the time to be crafty while in school and now that I’ve graduated I am starting to look at all my half-finished knitting projects and thinking that soon one of them will get picked back up
I’ll have to look for Mollie Makes–it looks like a great magazine. I’ve not done anything crafty in quite a while and I am missing my needlework. Work just drains you sometimes so I can barely read at night. It’s nice to have weekends like that since you get so much inspiration!