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Crafting: Journey or Destination?
in Crafts
If you could magically craft faster, would you? Or is crafting about the journey, not the destination?
I was asked this by a crafty friend. We both agreed that it could vary by project but it got me wondering if most nesties craft for the journey or for the final product.
What type of crafter are you? Are you working on any projects that fit into the other category?
Re: Crafting: Journey or Destination?
For me, crafting is both the journey and destination. Its funny you ask this because DH asked me the same question about 2 weeks ago. I LOVE the creative process of crafting and the ability to "lose" myself in the process. I also enjoy the end product. There are some tasks that I would magically speed up (hand hemming being one).
If I do not enjoy the process, I typically don't complete the task or would rather pay someone else to do it. Ex: I HATE making hairbows. I mean, with a passion. I buy them now. I can make them, but since I don't enjoy it, it isn't worth my time. I'd rather do something I love!
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I agre I think it is both. I am working on a pregnancy scrapbook and while it is time consuming I can't imagine wishing that it would speed up because I love the creative process, picking papers, deciding how I want the page to look, etc (this could explain why it takes me so long to scrapbook
. I also love knowing that once I finish the end product will be something I can cherish and be proud of.
I do try different craft stuff and like J said if I don't end up enjoying the process I just end up putting down. I tried crocheting and I get so frustrated that I never try it again but I see all these cute things that are crochet but I rather pay someone to do it then have to do it myself.
I will say that I did 10 cupcake books last christmas and while I love crafting I wish there was a way to speed it up because it was VERY time consuming and by the end I was like "no more of this" but everyone that got one for christmas loved it and they are using it, so I might have gotten frustrated and wish I could speed it up, it made it all worth it knowing that it was something people are using and they loved it.
Both to an extent, but it is more about the journey to me.
My business partner and I have very different ways of working, and a designer we worked with several times used to call me 'puzzle brain'. lol
I love figuring out the constructions details, how to make it smarter, better, etc.. I really enjoy the process. I love seeing whatever it is emerge...and once it is completed, my mind starts working on ideas for future projects.
I'm definitely a destination crafter. I like to see finished products, stacks of perfectly bound quilts... lol! I love seeing finished purses, but I get bored easily making them.
I'm a journey cook, though. I love to cook and bake, but I most often give away the finished product because I'd rather not eat the calories. lol
Justinlove, I think it's hilarious that you hate making hairbows! I love it!!
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I should buy them from you (and you could send me some cookies in the package too!)
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I acutally do both.
Most of the time I quilt for the journey. I love to see the patterns and indivudual pieces come together and find the hum of the sewing machine relaxing. I even enjoy caculating out the amount of fabric I'll need since I rarely make the quilt the same size as the one in the pattern. The closer to the end of the process I get the more destination bound the project becomes.
Crocheting often depends more on the project, though most I really enjoy the process of making (or maybe its the time with my husband on the couch). Most of my destination projects are started with a specific person or gift deadline in mind. My knitting skills are not fast enough for it to be enjoyable so it often gets set aside unless I have a particular deadline on a project.
My scrapbooking is almost entirely destination. I want to get the memories on the page and I don't want to get too far behind. I really enjoy looking back on the final product once I'm done but I get frustrated when the process becomes too time consuming. I do enjoy the journey when the pages come togther nicely and quickly.