#2 Made This Octopus String Art For My Mom For Mother's Day. She'd Been Wanting It For Years. I'm So Excited To Give It To Her!
The r/craftit subreddit describes itself as a hub for ‘Open Source Crafting.’ At the time of writing, the community stood at 27k members.
At first glance, this might not sound like many people. After all, many of us are used to seeing influencers and social media projects with hundreds of thousands and even millions of followers. However, 27k actual artists and creatives is actually a very impressive number. Case in point, the r/craftit sub ranks among the top 4% of Reddit communities in size. And many members are proud to share their newest creations with the other redditors.
#5 I'm A Bee-Enthusiast Who Learned To Crochet Last Week. I've Crocheted About 20 Of These In 5 Days And My Wife Is About To Hide My Hook
#6 I Have A Friend Who Told Me She Hated Christmas Wreaths, And Well, I Couldn't Let That Go Unchallenged. She Happens To Have A Great Affection For Valais Black-Nosed Sheep, So Last Night I Presented Her With This. Safe To Say She No Longer Hates All Wreaths!
Most of us feel drawn to create something, beyond our jobs and studies. This calling can take a different form for different people.
Some folks feel drawn to architecture, woodworking, home design, gardening, construction, or cooking. Others embrace dance, music, or filmmaking. Still, others find the most purpose when drawing, writing, painting, embroidering, or… doing anything else.
#7 Sea Glass Cacti I Made In Tiffany Stained Glass Technique. Round Ones Are Also Candle Holders. Flowers Are Removable
#9 Something Different To Top My Tree This Year. I Wonder If My Relatives Will Notice.😁
There’s no single ‘right’ way to be creative because there’s creativity to be found in most activities. (Well, possibly not drearily boring paperwork, though even that can be fun if someone looks for meaning in between the dullness.) What activities you choose to embrace is entirely up to you.
None of us should feel pressured by our social circles to pick one popular thing over something else that we enjoy more.
#10 I Made A Giant Tampon Body Pillow With Optional Bloody Cover, For A 3D Design Assignment On Size
If you do not feel passion for a particular style of art, crafting, or DIY, you won’t be able to fake it for long. At the end of the day, we have to enjoy the creative process itself, not just the end result. Sure, a lot of people dream about being novelists of world renown, celebrated architects, and artists who start a new movement. However, all of those paths require huge amounts of emotional investment, time, effort, and dedication.
If you fundamentally do not like writing, designing, or painting, you won’t be able to keep up these activities for long enough to get good at them. The upside is that there’s a very wide range of creative hobbies and pursuits to choose from. Creating music, taking up embroidery, dancing your heart out, or becoming the world’s best chef might be up your alley instead.
Or it might be something extremely niche or even unheard of. It’s up to us to figure out what we enjoy, what we’re good at, and what we don’t mind suffering for, and then showcase those talents.
If you’re completely new to an artistic hobby, you’re in for a fun, albeit challenging time. There’s going to be a lot of frustration, self-questioning, and mistakes down the line. So before you even start, you need to be in the right mindset. Accept that you will make errors (and lots of them!).
However, that’s part of the learning process. We cannot get better if we don’t mess up over and over again, and then learn from those same mistakes.
#19 Anyone Want Free Bird Earrings? I’m Autistic And Make Them For Fun (Will Accept Donations For Materials And Shipping Tho.)
