Making Time.

I'd love to know how people make the time to be creative. I try my best, but I just seem to get no where fast. Its either be creative or let the house get messy. Be creative and everyone goes hungry,lol. I have loads of ideas just bouncing around my head, which are now starting to sound like loose screws in a metal box!

I have been invited to join an exclusive crochet group on Facebook. Its a closed group, so not anyone can see what goes on. But its fabulous. A few projects are put up on the wall as suggestions for us to do and then groups of us get together to make the same projects. I'm currently doing,"The Drop in the Pond", knee blanket.

http://www.freewebs.com/bethintx/dropinthepondlaprobe.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkJwDJ0QYUA

I'm making it for my Grandmother as an xmas present....

I also managed to finish a rainbow baby blanket for a friend of mine. I'm hoping to give it to her in the next week or two.

Not a good day!

My day started so well, and plummeted so fast. Some of the pots got done last night...but the ones not done where just moved. They were also the pots needed to cook today's Lasagne's (which are not going to happen now!). Then my daughter was naughty and we spent almost 2 hours in the battle of wills, as she refused to say ,"Sorry". In the end she flaked out without apologising and without lunch. In turn I then became racked with guilt! This was the first time I had tried the naughty step technique, and I can see why so many give up with it! Also I cant get down to my child's level and I cant pick her up to mine. For that vital eye to eye contact. Both our eyes are now sore and I'm sure we're now both feeling really rotten. I know I am.

Today is not a good day!

CHANGE OF VIEW.

This blog was inspired by another blog that I read in the Sun newspaper yesterday.

http://www.discoverdisability.com/

Not only do I want to write about my creativity, I also want to write about my Disability. When I have more time I will write about why I am where I am. The story is obviously long and complicated....But in the Discover Disability Blog, Karen's writing really does portray the same problems, pains and emotions to which I suffer also.

This morning I have sent an email to my local disability support unit at the local council offices. They should appoint me my own social worker to asses if they can help me. No doubt they will say no to save on costs, even though I'm hoping just to get a volunteer a few times a week.

This is what I got up to yesterday morning and this morning....

My husband seems to think that moving house suddenly cured me and I was able to wash pots again. When reality is I cant stand and wash pots. I haven't been able to for over 2 years. In our last home we had a dish washer that my son could easily load and unload without complaint. But our new kitchen is too small to fit in a dishwasher.

And the laundry always looks like this. I cant bend nor lift and load the washing machine or the tumble dryer.

I know a lot of people who will be saying,"Your son/husband should do it!", but I didn't have my children to be my slaves or permanent carers. My husband does what he can, but he works a full time job and has to leave at 5am and doesn't get home until 8pm. By which time all he has time to do is eat rest and head straight back to bed to start the next day all over again. The pots will eventually get done, but until then I have to work around them . And as for clothes I have to wear whatever I have clean upstairs, whether they match or not.

Back in time.

After going back in time 15 years ago, looking at my artwork, I think its safe to say that really I am an abstract artist. Also when looking at examples of freestyle crochet, it too looks like abstract art. I think this is where my heart belongs, although I always say, "Art has no limits". Never limit your capability. Mines limited enough as it is.

All the examples at the bottom of this blog are from 15 years ago and the crochet is from recent projects. I do have some paintings that I wish to place in a post later, as they mean a lot to me.

I also want to explore some ideas I've had in the past of making some abstract portraits of friends and families. I would also like to do some of famous people too.

WELCOME.

I've started this blog today as, as the name states, I am disabled and creative. The only thing I have left thats any use in my life is my imagination and creativity. I produce one off pieces of work. I dont believe in graphic art or art created using buttons on a computer. I believe true art is made using raw materials. I mostly use (now) crochet and paint on canvas. I am hoping in the near future to combine the two. I really want to start freestyle crochet and turn it into art work.