What other hobbies do you enjoy...

[heidi baldini]

besides scrapping / crad making/ stamping??

I love to garden, I'm interested in painting (i said interested :rolleyes:) I like to cook but hate to clean up afterwards :(. I'm also interested in coputers & graphic design (although I don't know much about either but I'm thinking about going to school for a few classes. :)

[ddobson]

I like to quilt, I haven't done it in a while. I just recently got my sewing machine out and I sew on my cards :)
I like to cook, hate cleaning, too.
My dh is sitting here and I was asking him what my hobbies are and he laughed....I don't have much time for anything else besides taking care of baby and scrapping....
I love to watch TV, but that is not realy a hobby.

[~michelle~]

I like to cross stitch and have finished several BIG projects....but have one going for my mom....I forgot all about it! LOL! I took crochet classes after ds was born and did a few things with that...but don't do that anymore either! I love to read and still do that when I go on vacation. I love to garden and cook, but hate cleaning too.

[Kristen]

I like reading when I get a chance and I like to cook. My DH went out to dinner tonight and wje we were done eating it was still early so we ran to the bookstore. I bought a new Harlan Coben book to read and a new cookbook.

[Ching]

Reading. I haven't in years since "life happens" but since I started using the bus to get to and back from work each day, I now have 4 hours of free time per day that I never had before, so Im using it to read. I've gotten quite a few books read this past month already. I just finished Songs of the Humpback Whale from Jodi Picoulet (sp?) last night. Its time to head back to the library since I can't afford the stacks of book at the rate I can devour them. lol

I also really enjoy foreign and indie movies. I'm thankfully in a movie club where we can meet as frequently as once a week if I choose to, to view various screenings around town. I just recently saw "Mongol" which was a biopic of Ghengis Khan. It was beautifully done and it was even nominated for an Oscar. I loved that it was in Mongolian as I've never heard that language before. My next one will be a French one that's getting rave reviews. lol..I obviously don't have a problem with subtitles.

Trying new restaurants (if you can call it a hobby). I love trying new ethnic places. Living in LA, there's always a plethora of places. This weekend I'm trying an Afghani restaurant since I just got into The Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns.

THAT is all I have and will make time for as I've recently really just got back into scrapping. Now, apparently, I'll be back into cardmaking as well now that I'm a part of EIO. :)

[Peg]

I also paint. I love to read, too. I have done cakes for the past 12 years and work with gingerbread art. I also work with chocolate.

[kimmyp]

I love reading, will read a book a night! I also make victorian lampshades, but haven't made any for a couple years now. I used to take special orders for them and sell them. Now I am just to busy with work and all my other habits...errr...hobbies! lol

It's nice to see what else everyone enjoys doing!

[debbiedee]

I love to read and do crafts of all kinds. I used to teach wood crafts and sweatshirt applique on Saturdays (1x/month). I did that for 3 years and we decided we had all the home decor and sweatshirts we needed for quite some time. LOL!

I also like to quilt, crochet, cook & bake (but I don't call that a hobby, it's just my everyday life). I don't consider canning and jelly/jam making hobbies either, but love doing them.

I also used to attend craft fairs with fabric items, mostly time-worn dolls (translation-soak LOTS of muslin in tea, hang on line and make dolls Ü). At the time I did anywhere from 8-16 shows a year (almost all of them in the fall) and consigned my stuff in 8 stores. Of course I also had no children! LOL!! I did continue doing shows when Benjamin was little, but it got to be too much when I had Aaron so cut way back. Now I do NONE and am very happy LOL!!

I used to cross stitch ALOT. I think I made every pattern in two (all that was out at the time-80's) Precious Moments x-stitch books. I also knit, but prefer crocheting. Probably several things I'm missing, but papercrafts is my passion now.

[heidi baldini]

I like to quilt, I haven't done it in a while. I just recently got my sewing machine out and I sew on my cards :)
I like to cook, hate cleaning, too.
My dh is sitting here and I was asking him what my hobbies are and he laughed....I don't have much time for anything else besides taking care of baby and scrapping....
I love to watch TV, but that is not realy a hobb
I really want to learn how to machine sew
There;s so much I want to learn but it's hard because i have 3 little ones.

[heidi baldini]

WOW! everyone of you are so crafty!

[julie]

I spend a lot of my time taking pictures. Usually portraits or out everyday life. I do not like to cook and I definitely don't like to garden! :) I'd rather read or go on a walk/bike ride/hike. Thankfully i live in the perfect place for any of that!

[Suzy]

I love reading (especially mysteries) and cooking/baking. Travel too - but Allan likes to sit on a beach and I am more lets hang out with the locals in Borneo so that has not been done in a while lol.....

I love photography. Just posted a ton of pics on my blog today - very non dial up friendly but visit if you can :)
Suzy

[~michelle~]

Awesome pictures Suzy...fun to see a little more of your piece of the world!!

[debbiedee]

the marine life pics are awesome! What fun to be able to see this!!

[Suzy]

Thanks Debbie and Michelle - it was my first time seeing all that marine life. I am still in awe!

[debbiedee]

Suzy, my kids would just love sitting and watching the marine life. Last year Benjamin went to Belize and swam with the sharks and sting ray. I wasn't too thrilled about that!! But he had a blast.

[Dianna]

I read any chance I get. Any genre!

In Jr. & Sr. high school, I made jewelry. I dabbled in it a couple years ago and have a desire to get back into it. Like I really need to add another hobby to my already busy life?!?! LOL!!

I also do woodwork. My dad instilled a respect for the table saw, band saw (my personal favorite), compound miter saw & scroll saw. I've built numerous pieces of furniture with my dad.

I painted on ceramics and wood. It turned into a chore a few years ago and I haven't picked up a brush since. Too many family members were buying pieces of ceramic and asking me to paint it for them.

Other than those, cardmaking is my obvious obsession.

[debbiedee]

Oh I forgot ceramics!!! My g'ma and I used to take classes on Thurs nites!

I too own a bandsaw. My mom thinks it's weird that I have so many "tools". LOL!! She was shocked that I was "excited" to get an electric sander and staple gun for Christmas from my in-laws one year.

[heidi baldini]

Looks like we have a lot of book worms here ;-)

Growing up I never felt as if I had any interest/hobbies. Now there are so many things I want to do , learn, or try! BUT now I have 3 kids & NO time lol!

[Susie]

I have been deep into decorative painting both acrylic and oil and woodworking (basically just for my painting ) long before my scrapping! I go to painting convention in OHIO every year (except this year due to our house in Mn. not selling yet and two house payments being a killer but it ended up a blessing I did not plan to go as it is in aug. which is while I have been tied up with my mom in the hospital and I would have lost my deposit and not been able to go any way)

BUt painting and scrapbooking are my biggest joys and I am torn between the two.