Artistic Nature

As a child I was always busy doing something, drawing, painting, jewelry making, baking, sewing, all sorts of things. This creative spark came from my mother, one of the most creative, influential women in my life.  When I was young l liked to make forts, sometimes with my brother but mostly by myself, my mother facilitated this passion by bringing me large cardboard boxes from appliance stores (washing machines, stoves, and fridges). She would bring them to our house and I remember being so excited, she always said the same thing “who’s your buddy? Who’s your pal?” till this day she still says it when she finds something she knows I will like. My basement was the only place in our house with carpet and that is where I would build my houses. When I was too young to cut heavy material like cardboard by myself my mom would help me, as I got older I would cut a door into the box along with windows to look out of. After this I would spend hours decorating and furnishing my new home, filled with pictures, a garden, a bed to sleep in, and complete with curtains. On my seventh birthday I had a party at my house and everyone got a box, there were around five of us and we spent the evening customizing our houses. No one had the same box, some girls had tall boxes, others had smaller boxes, this made it all the more fun because everyone had a unique space that was all their own. We had converted the basement into a little town and we were all neighbors, we spent the remainder of the night watching movies together and eventually all fell asleep in our little box homes.

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I eventually grew older and my love of cardboard box forts diminished but the memories remain dear to me. As I matured I started experimenting will all sorts of design and artwork, a few years later I was nine and I became very interested with beadwork. I eventually taught myself how to make jewelry and I was hooked. I once met a lady who made glass beads for a living, I toured her shop and after that I was convinced I was going to make jewelry for living.  After that it was scrapbooking, I was always in craft stores looking around and scrapbooking caught my interest. This did not last long; to be honest I just liked all the beautiful papers. For many people they have one hobby and they are content with doing that one thing, I am quite the opposite, I like too many things. Recently I have been really into Mehndi, also known as Henna, a natural dye that is used to stain designs into the skin. Also I have been sending letters, which to many is not very artistic but I think it is becoming a lost art form in need of some loving. Although I do have many artistic interests I do go back and work with old hobbies, I continue to make jewelry, and I use my scrapbooking papers to make cards and gifts, I am always sketching out dresses me and my mother are to sew, and the list goes on. I would never want to limit myself to one creative medium, rather continue experimenting to find new and exciting materials to work with.