Why am I The Flighty Crafter???

This is my first attempt at blogging but I thought it would be fun to add something else to my long list of things to do. So to start I would like to say that I've always been a copycat crafter. Basically I see something, learn how to do it, then tweak it to make it my own. I remember being young and painting, oh and I'm not a good painter. I can doodle but even that's not up to a true doodler's standards. So let's list the crafts that I can remember starting (not in any order):

Painting - not very well

Knitting - I ended up with a piece that resembled a boot shape but not a boot. So in NO way was this functional. However, I have to say that this could have been the fact that I only took one knitting class and this pre-dated YouTube.

Chollipops - An idea for chocolate balls ("that's what she said" - sorry had to throw that in) on sticks. Never actually got past the fantastic name and some Internet searches for different shaped molds. Who knows I may fall back on that.

Couponing - Saw The Krazy Coupon Lady on The Nate Berkus show and decided that would be my next venture. I got some amazing deals but since I feel that you know me well enough by now to realize I'm flighty, it didn't last but for a few months. However, when asked I still say that I have stopped but need to get back into it. Yeah right. Who am I kidding. Who wants to clip all those coupons and save all that money when I have trillions of other crafts out there I haven't tried.

Clothing Designer - Decided in 8th grade this would be great and being a naive 8th grader felt that some designs on a notebook would make me the next Vera Wang. Not a bad idea....what ever happened to that notebook?? Hmmm, I may have to revisit that one.

Makeup Artist - I always liked makeup. I remember my first official introduction was my mother letting me have a wet n' wild compact and a light pink lipstick. But I quickly realized that wasn't going to cut it so I started sneaking some of my friend's lipstick which was a yucky shade of orange, that is until my mother busted me by finding the tissue I used to wipe it off before she found me. The I went through a phase where I wore brown eye liner as lip liner. Yikes!! By the time I got to high school though I was doing makeup for girls before school dances. See that craft showed real progress through the years. I still love makeup but my goal isn't to be a celebrity makeup artist.

Bow Making - I truly blame and thank YouTube for some of my Flighty Crafter problems. I started making bows for my daughter and she loved them so I kept making them. Then I got bored with it after a while. What else did you expect???

Dog Treat Making - Once again YouTube is the culprit on this one. My husband works in a pet store so it seemed like a good thing at the time. Honestly I can't say I'm done with this one. I still have every intention of getting back to that one...next week...or the week after. Well, let's put a pin in it.

Event Planning - That's still on the list of current crafts but I'm not doing much with it. I guess I just don't want to put the necessary marketing $$$$ into it. So if it takes off then it does, if not I'm sure I can find another craft. That's what I do!!

Now to the best craft ever....because it's my current craft. They are all the best ever when I'm knee deep in them.

Crocheting - Where you ask??? I found a pin on Pinterest (oops I forgot Pinterest was a Flighty Craft too) for a crocheted child's beanie. So I decided to search on YouTube (where else????) and I found this fantastic teacher, Teresa who calls herself The Crochet Geek that shows you step by step how to crochet. So now I consider myself a step up from beginner since I can read a pattern without having to watch a video. Holla!!!!

So that's my Flighty Crafter summary so you trust that I deserve the right to use that name. If you have any more doubts I'm sure I can think of more flighty crafts of my past. I will be posting some pictures of my Flighty Crafter crafts so you have visual proof.