I’m not super creative or artistic. But I am crafty. And there is a difference. I can’t take a blank canvas and create some beautiful masterpiece. I can’t envision something really artistic and then create it. But I can make greeting cards or scrapbook pages with stickers, paper and embellishments that I buy from the store. But I pretty much do variations of the same thing every time. Nothing extremely creative.
I spent yesterday evening making cards, and it reminded me how much I enjoy doing “crafty” things. I haven’t done much lately, mostly because it’s summer, and I don’t love spending my free time inside. Or because we were planning a wedding. 
But that’s one thing I like about the winter. I can stay inside on the cold winter evenings and work on craft projects. I need to be more crafty.
My name is Rhonda. I am blessed to live in a beautiful place out in the country with my wonderful husband. In addition to our "real" jobs (I work at a garden center and he is a teacher), we have a small farm where we raise vegetables, eggs and chickens to sell at local Farmer's Markets. We are currently fixing up/remodeling a house into which we will soon be moving...hopefully. In my free time, (what is that?) I enjoy traveling, cooking, crafty projects, reading and watching the sun set on the hills.
When people call me crafty, it’s usually not a compliment.
I love your cards! I still have the pumpkin card you sent me becasue I like it so much.
I am very very not crafty. I admire you.
Crafts are a great way to spend cold winter nights!
I go through phases – from time to time I’ll pick up my crotcheting, painting, and scrapbooking. I must say I’m horrible at scrapbooking though! I don’t have the patience for it (strange, since I do have the patience for mosaics that take two months to finish).
Kari. I don’t want to hear it. You are totally crafty. Or you wouldn’t be a scrapbooker.
I love winter for the same reason. I never feel guilty staying inside when it’s cold and wet out… and I love a cozy inside-day where I can cross-stitch and clean and write and read to my heart’s content.
I’m neither artistic nor crafty, since most of the “crafts” I do have a specific pattern and therefore I’m just duplicating something I see in front of me. There must be a word for that, though, because I do have the patience for sitting and stitching or whatnot. I might have to make up a word for it, because I know I’m not the only one who has that talent of ____________.