Wonderful! I smiled all the way through your video, especially when you opened your box to reveal the mock-up tray. It's so much like mine was: cardboard and tape everywhere. Isn't fun to create your own customized space? Absolutely wonderful. (I'm probably way too excited about this kind of stuff. Haha.) I can't wait to see your progress, what you keep, what you change, and your final result. I'll be watching for it. 😊 Also, what kind of thread are you using on the spool you showed?
Thank you so much! That means such a lot!! As for the thread, I know it is linen, not cotton, but I can't remember what "size" my teacher said it is. At this stage, I feel like knowing what thread to use is almost the most complicated part!! I don't know about elsewhere but in the uk, it seems each company makes up it's own numbers. (I've got 2 different threads that both claim to be 100/2 but one is thicker and one is thinner than the one I showed in the video)
That will be an amazing box to hold your supplies!! The prototype is such a great idea and using it for a while until you’re sure it will work for you is smart too. I remember my grandmother having a lovely wooden sewing box with needlework on the top of the lid; when you opened it, there was a divided tray on the top like you described. I just have a heavy-plastic version where I keep cross-stitching supplies. I wish it was a beautiful wooden box, but it does work (and I keep it hidden in my craft room 😊).
It’s most important to be practical, and if your plastic box is working, then why change it? All my cross stitch stuff is in a cardboard box in my craft room hahaha and within that box my threads are stored in a tin. Currently, my “new” wooden box is also serving as an ornament because I’ve got it sat on the unit in my living room where I used to have a fish tank.
It's a very weird feeling, Lora, but so far, I've watched four of your videos, and each one just reminds me of 'art-&-crafting me'. Your plein air videos strike chords with me, your simple style of presentation is a breath of fresh air. Your honest art work is a joy after so many over-edited videos of 'perfect' paintings' which leave us feeling inadequate that we are presented with on ArtTube these days.. I loved your re-purposing of a sketch book and the way you saved and presented the pages you took out. That vertical pencil case is a dream!!! So practical and neat, holds so much for such a small size and has obviously been used a lot (judging from the inevitable "I'm being used" marks _inside_ on the base of the case), but still looks clean and neat after a year of work. I, too, recycle things to make new and useful things, and in fact, this video prompted me to look at my storage, with a smile*, because it's a mish-mash of various boxes never intended for shelving, but which work, non-the-less, shelving intended for shoes which now holds art and associated stuff (laminator, Sissix, a renovated cardboard box** holding felt tips, glue, some small boxes of random coloured pencils) etc . and a big box of 300gsm, various coloured card stock. There's also a box holding glue dots and double/sided tape, and a pencil wallet holding pastel pencils. Both shelves curve a little under the weight, but not as much as I had feared! And I can still move it (carefully!!!) to sweep under it! * and was prompted to tidy away some things which ought to have been tidied away some time ago. 😄 ** I covered the box with white gaffer tape, many years ago & it still looks good! I have some very elderly sets of drawers (two different makes, both holding up well, 30 years of much use later) holding card and paper stock and delicate crafting tools... And an equally elderly metal office drawer unit holding all sorts of stuff. Why did / do I need so much stuff? (I haven't mentioned the bespoke wooden chest of drawers for watercolour paper, with two smaller drawers for art materials, or the bespoke, not-matching, wooden bookcase which sits on top of it Bespoke? I couldn't buy what I needed, and I found a carpenter who made them to my design and plan, for me for far less than I could have bought them in any shop!!!.) Well, I taught art for years and also was part of the teams for two primary-aged children's clubs and shared responsibility for craft with two other, complementary-in-style friends and we had great fun! I'd still teach, if I could, but so far, and much searching, haven't even found a plein air art group, never seen a fellow artist in a few years of plein air in town, and I lost my previous student contacts due to Covid. Oh, gosh!! I have talked _far_ too much! So just, "Thankyou" for being yourself, and for making very relatable videos which give me a smile and much pleasure. 😊
Thank you so much for your comment. It makes me happy when someone takes the time to really write to me like that. I’m so glad you have been enjoying my videos! I also like watching videos that are relatable and where people are just being themselves, so it means a lot when someone says that about my videos! I know what you mean about having too much stuff. It’s hard to get rid of things when you are a creative person because everything has possibilities in it! But I have tried to be a bit more ruthless in recent years and have decluttered some things that I’m less likely to use. However, my craft room often becomes the dumping ground for things I don’t know what to do with or things I’ve decided to donate but just haven’t got out yet. I’d like to do a video tour of my craft room at some point, and I thought it might be fun (but also embarrassing) to film the process of decluttering and organising.
@@madebylora Studio tour /decluttering videos will always get a good audience - again, it's sooo relatable! Embarrassed? Nah! Don't be! We all are in the same boat on these things - well, I think the average viewer doesn't have the perfect art space, and those who have more room have the same issues as you (and I) do, so chuck out that embarrassment factor, and when you have the time to do it and show u, I think you'll find a very sympathetic and interested audience! 😊
Dear Made by Lora. I’ve watched a lot of videos on beginner lace making and yours have been the best, so clear, and such fun. Thank you for making them and you’ve given me the courage to try out lace making myself, albeit with pegs :) all the best, Celia from Australia.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad my videos are helpful. I've not tried pegs, but I do think it's a good idea to be able to give it a go before you start spending too much money. (When I started tatting, I made my own tatting shuttle from a notebook cover, so when I got proper shuttles I already knew the basics of what to do - that's another video idea!)
Wonderful! I smiled all the way through your video, especially when you opened your box to reveal the mock-up tray. It's so much like mine was: cardboard and tape everywhere. Isn't fun to create your own customized space? Absolutely wonderful. (I'm probably way too excited about this kind of stuff. Haha.) I can't wait to see your progress, what you keep, what you change, and your final result. I'll be watching for it. 😊 Also, what kind of thread are you using on the spool you showed?
Thank you so much! That means such a lot!! As for the thread, I know it is linen, not cotton, but I can't remember what "size" my teacher said it is. At this stage, I feel like knowing what thread to use is almost the most complicated part!! I don't know about elsewhere but in the uk, it seems each company makes up it's own numbers. (I've got 2 different threads that both claim to be 100/2 but one is thicker and one is thinner than the one I showed in the video)
That will be an amazing box to hold your supplies!! The prototype is such a great idea and using it for a while until you’re sure it will work for you is smart too. I remember my grandmother having a lovely wooden sewing box with needlework on the top of the lid; when you opened it, there was a divided tray on the top like you described. I just have a heavy-plastic version where I keep cross-stitching supplies. I wish it was a beautiful wooden box, but it does work (and I keep it hidden in my craft room 😊).
It’s most important to be practical, and if your plastic box is working, then why change it? All my cross stitch stuff is in a cardboard box in my craft room hahaha and within that box my threads are stored in a tin. Currently, my “new” wooden box is also serving as an ornament because I’ve got it sat on the unit in my living room where I used to have a fish tank.
It's a very weird feeling, Lora, but so far, I've watched four of your videos, and each one just reminds me of 'art-&-crafting me'. Your plein air videos strike chords with me, your simple style of presentation is a breath of fresh air. Your honest art work is a joy after so many over-edited videos of 'perfect' paintings' which leave us feeling inadequate that we are presented with on ArtTube these days..
I loved your re-purposing of a sketch book and the way you saved and presented the pages you took out. That vertical pencil case is a dream!!! So practical and neat, holds so much for such a small size and has obviously been used a lot (judging from the inevitable "I'm being used" marks _inside_ on the base of the case), but still looks clean and neat after a year of work.
I, too, recycle things to make new and useful things, and in fact, this video prompted me to look at my storage, with a smile*, because it's a mish-mash of various boxes never intended for shelving, but which work, non-the-less, shelving intended for shoes which now holds art and associated stuff (laminator, Sissix, a renovated cardboard box** holding felt tips, glue, some small boxes of random coloured pencils) etc . and a big box of 300gsm, various coloured card stock.
There's also a box holding glue dots and double/sided tape, and a pencil wallet holding pastel pencils. Both shelves curve a little under the weight, but not as much as I had feared! And I can still move it (carefully!!!) to sweep under it!
* and was prompted to tidy away some things which ought to have been tidied away some time ago. 😄
** I covered the box with white gaffer tape, many years ago & it still looks good!
I have some very elderly sets of drawers (two different makes, both holding up well, 30 years of much use later) holding card and paper stock and delicate crafting tools... And an equally elderly metal office drawer unit holding all sorts of stuff.
Why did / do I need so much stuff? (I haven't mentioned the bespoke wooden chest of drawers for watercolour paper, with two smaller drawers for art materials, or the bespoke, not-matching, wooden bookcase which sits on top of it Bespoke? I couldn't buy what I needed, and I found a carpenter who made them to my design and plan, for me for far less than I could have bought them in any shop!!!.)
Well, I taught art for years and also was part of the teams for two primary-aged children's clubs and shared responsibility for craft with two other, complementary-in-style friends and we had great fun! I'd still teach, if I could, but so far, and much searching, haven't even found a plein air art group, never seen a fellow artist in a few years of plein air in town, and I lost my previous student contacts due to Covid.
Oh, gosh!! I have talked _far_ too much! So just, "Thankyou" for being yourself, and for making very relatable videos which give me a smile and much pleasure. 😊
Thank you so much for your comment. It makes me happy when someone takes the time to really write to me like that. I’m so glad you have been enjoying my videos! I also like watching videos that are relatable and where people are just being themselves, so it means a lot when someone says that about my videos! I know what you mean about having too much stuff. It’s hard to get rid of things when you are a creative person because everything has possibilities in it! But I have tried to be a bit more ruthless in recent years and have decluttered some things that I’m less likely to use. However, my craft room often becomes the dumping ground for things I don’t know what to do with or things I’ve decided to donate but just haven’t got out yet. I’d like to do a video tour of my craft room at some point, and I thought it might be fun (but also embarrassing) to film the process of decluttering and organising.
@@madebylora Studio tour /decluttering videos will always get a good audience - again, it's sooo relatable!
Embarrassed? Nah! Don't be! We all are in the same boat on these things - well, I think the average viewer doesn't have the perfect art space, and those who have more room have the same issues as you (and I) do, so chuck out that embarrassment factor, and when you have the time to do it and show u, I think you'll find a very sympathetic and interested audience! 😊
@MrsBarnabas thank you! I think you're right, craft spaces are notoriously hard to keep in order haha
@@madebylora 😊
Dear Made by Lora. I’ve watched a lot of videos on beginner lace making and yours have been the best, so clear, and such fun. Thank you for making them and you’ve given me the courage to try out lace making myself, albeit with pegs :) all the best, Celia from Australia.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad my videos are helpful. I've not tried pegs, but I do think it's a good idea to be able to give it a go before you start spending too much money. (When I started tatting, I made my own tatting shuttle from a notebook cover, so when I got proper shuttles I already knew the basics of what to do - that's another video idea!)