I consider it reading because there are posts after posts about different type of crafts. They are so inspiring and those ladies (more often than not, the authors are females) made it look so effortless to hand make all-sorts & they seem to have all the materials needed at their fingertips - not to mention the talent :p!
These bloggers or site owners are so passionate and happy about what they are doing in their lives that they generously share what they know. The common thread I see in many of them, not all, are they are mothers too. Some of my closest friends, who are just as crafty and talented, and they recently became new mothers. And, I just keep thinking to myself, how lucky are these ladies' families.. to have someone who knows how to do all sorts of useful, practical and beautiful things. If they don't, they pick it up or figure it out in an instant.
I want to be like them.. I would like to be that mother who inspires by example. I think as I grew older, I realize just how blessed and lucky I am to have my parents - who are smart, crafty, talented, resourceful, well-read & well-traveled to guide me and be there for me. I still remember the yellow little doll's knitted dress by my mom and the ping-pong bat made by my dad for my primary school projects. They both scored excellent marks :p
I think I have a long way to go but hopefully this is a solid start to a lifelong of DIYs :p The picture above is my first attempt at homemade frozen yogurt (strawberry + bitter chocolate bits), the mister thought it could have been sweeter but otherwise, he happily finished it up. One of my daydreams is that one day, me and my children (in the future) would have Sunday scoops at home, they pick the flavors and we'll make it together at home, afterwards we enjoy the dessert with a Sunday evening movie... :p
Enough about daydreaming..here are some of my favorite sites to stalk:
Craftgawker (This is like the Pinterest for crafts/DIY projects)
Howdoesshe (Love this one, it's a very down-to-earth site with wide ranging subjects)
Ishare (IF ONLY I HAVE A PRINTER! but still, I stalk..)
HeyLook (A very pretty, pretty, useful, colorful, makes my hands itch to do something site :P)
Project Nursery (Hm.. it's one of those for future reference site but please check out these real life magazine-spread worthy projects)
WeddingChicks (Yes.. am happily married but who would say no to pretty pretty things...>.<)
Of course, you have the Pinterest, Design*Sponge, Martha Stewart & I occasionally do peek into craft material sites like Etsy and Anma .. I could easily spend hours going through these sites :)
Now, I will do more DIY projects and maybe, just one of these days, post up more of my DIY projects :p
Inspired,
ABE