Saturday, January 17, 2009

Non-Monogamy

I think I have a problem. And it's with monogamy.

Before you go and get your panties all in a twist – get your mind out of the gutter.

This is a personal, crafty-type vexation. Every little project I see turns my head! I like to sew so there's always the allure of a quilt or something interesting and challenging involving the sewing machine. With the handmade Christmas cards this year I opened the Pandora's Box of papercrafting and scrapbooking. For many, many years I loved to do counted cross stitch. Just this week I saw this and was enamored. It was enough to start wanting to drag out the embroidery floss and miniaturize a Victorian sampler. I knit. I want to do more with photography.

I think I have come to grips with the fact that I am a craft whore. 

And I'm not quite sure what that really means. Perhaps that I'm a "Jill of all trades, mistress of none?" That I have Attention Deficit Disorder? That I bore easily? 

Some people pick one thing and stick with it forever, churning out masterpiece after masterpiece. I just whisper sweet nothings to a new technique or project for awhile then I'm on to the next hot thing without so much as a look back.

Clearly, I have a problem. . .

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It just means you like diversity and want equality for all craftiness. :-)

Tanya said...

Thanks Nanc! Grin!

jeffbot said...

Funny ... I ran across your blog because I have a Google alert for non-monogamy (research for a book) ...

And I find you have the same problem as does my girlfriend ... though she has jilted at least a couple of crafts over the years, there are always more. ;-)

She's at nancydorian.com/blog ...

-jeff