Hobbies
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Topic: Hobbies
Posted By: EthansMummy
Subject: Hobbies
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:36pm
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Okay Ladies I need help. I do not have a creative bone in my entire body. I have given up smoking since having Ethan but I have now replaced eating in the times when I would have been smoking. This doesn't help me as I am trying to lose weight.
Sooo.... Can anyone suggest a relatively cheap hobby for someone with no creative ability ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:40pm
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First off I have to say WELL DONE!!!!!! I know it not easy to do I still find it hard Hubby is still a smoker.
ok not so sure if it is cheap, but cross stitch is great you jsut have to follow a pattern great for us one's wohtout a creative bone. you could also take up knitting it is pretty easy and cheap. O love doing craft, but like you not too creative so thing's that follow a set pattern are great. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:43pm
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Yea i think that was the easiest thing about giving up is that Daniel hates it he has never smoked and has been trying to get me to quit for over 3 years now. Cross Stitch sounds not bad. ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:45pm
| I did cross stitch once, its soo easy! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:46pm
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Make christmas and birthday cards for you family. Last year we had NO money so for presents I took some photos of Hannah in reindeer antlers and a santa hat, and made them into cards for everyone. Doesnt cost heaps (just printing photos and some cardboards), cheaper than buying pressies.
Or you could get some cheapo wooden frames from spotlight or the warehouse and paint them or stick things on them (paua, shells...) and put a photo of Ethan in them for pressies? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:46pm
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Well done you!!
I took up scrapbooking, its as hard or easy as you want it to be, and it whiles away hours in what seems like minutes.... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:47pm
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oh yeah and as cheap or expensive as you want it to be as well...I eye up all rubbish with an eagle eye.. (paper/card etc, not food) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:48pm
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Yay Linelle on giving up smoking. I have been smokefree for 1 year and 1 week and 1 day today and I love it. I was silly enough when I was pregnant with Andrew to quit the day I found out I was pregnant and start the day I stopped breast feeding. This time it is so for good. My hobby is playing in the brass band that I have played in for years - but what about gardening. Growing a vege garden. Seeds don't cost all that much and now is a good time to be planting. I have that to entertain me as well now. And you may find that Ethan when he is older will help you out. Andrew loves being out inthe garden pulling weeds (he only pulls weeds) out and watering the plants. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:48pm
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wrapping paper is great to be reused for crafty things ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:50pm
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tell me about it Aimee, I have a hot water cupboard full of it, I am a real hoarder... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 7:54pm
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Was going to take up scrapbooking but my Grandmother in-law does it so well I would rather not plus not creative enough.
Another suggestion is painting stuff like in spotlight they have plain wodden box's that you can paint not too bad in price. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 8:13pm
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I'm probably going to suggest a really boring one here...reading! I read everything! Every section of the paper (including the deaths - how morbid!), every flyer that comes thru the letter box. I probably go thru a novel a week. And it's cheap if you just go to the library instead of buying books. They also have magazines to borrow too.
My DH can't seem to figure out how I can read my book, watch tv and still have a conversation with him! Multi tasking at it's best! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 8:20pm
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I do exactly the same, sparkle, and it drives my dh NUTS. I love love love to read as well... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 8:24pm
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I love reading but Dh can't understand why I do it. I am getting Andrew into reading and he is loving books at the moment so will continue that on. What about photography - you don't have to have the flashest camera around to take pics of Ethan. Set up different scenes like they do at the flash places that charge you an arm and a leg for 1 tiny little photo. And if its a digital camera you have at least you know you can take as many pics as needed to get "the" photo of him, and not worry about the wastage of film. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 8:44pm
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sign up to a million forums?
i'm addicted to atleast 3 atm. not to mention myspace, which i constantly change and work on the html  i'm such a nerd!
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 8:54pm
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I have to say scrapbooking too - I am a total addict. There are 2 best bits to it. The first is that you are reliving awesome memories in a fun context. The second is that you can go as simple (cut out pictures, card put them on a page with journalling and stickers), or as complex and creative (etching in metal, combining fabric, developing into altered books etc)as you like. And places like spotlight/warehouse/stationary warehouse have a good basic supply of stuff. -------------  
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 9:09pm
| study. i do it extramurally and am currently working on four assignments....see, can't you see me working on them...due tomorrow. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 9:32pm
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haha exam tomorrow for me too
trust me linelle... you'll discover all the talents in the world when you are working to avoid school 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 10:51pm
| i always discover a need to clean...or iron. only despearation can make me do it. |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 26 October 2006 at 10:59pm
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I read constantly, I get really grumpy if i cant read and yep hubby gets annoyed at me reading and watching tv and not letting him change the channel cos Im "watching something"
I used to make teddy bears, they really easy, you can get cheap material though and are great for gifts, I even sold some red and black ones, good old canterbury colours. in fact i sold heaps of teddy bears and was making a decent amount of money out of them considering it was just a hobby. Knitting is another option and if you dont know what to do with the stuff you knit and dont want to sell it then I would suggest donating it to the hospital or CFY's soemething like that. I know the neotnatal units are always losing stuff when parents take it home (like we did oops but it was his first hat so we had to keep it) |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 7:41am
| What about painting? I know it sounds creative, but doesn't have to be. Find a picture that you want to paint for Ethan's room through kids colouring in pages. Cut around it and stick onto a canvas from the $2 Shop. Then get some reasonable paintys (not $2shop - you need thick acrylics), and paint over the paper and voila! you have a neat pictyure for the wall! |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 8:40am
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Or get a stencil from the internet like I did and blow it up.. then cut it out with a craft knife and paint through the stencil onto canvas. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 8:40am
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you could make an alphabet chart for Ethan's room too.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 8:45am
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I love scrapbooking too. $2 shop has some GREAT scrapbooking stuff. Bought a whole heap of neat Christmas stickers to make cards with.
I find I get bored with cross-stitch really easily, but then found long-stitch. It's a lot easier and faster, and you can get beginner kits from Spotlight that are in some really neat, bright kiddy designs. And congrats for quitting smoking 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 9:23pm
Good work on the quitting I know how hard it is like others I took up reading romance novels  . Completely off topic someone who hasn't been smoking for ages does the urge ever go away? I have been not smoking for about 18 months and if I get a wiff I want one so bad (have given in once or twice and ewwww it's so in the mind i nearly spew) sorry for threadjacking
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 9:29pm
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good on you for quitting smoking!!! well done
how about putting photos in of Ethan to a baby book, etc...also are photos lying around that you need to put in albums...start simple and get inspired by there...i have kinda of purpose left a few wedding things in a pile to get onto when im off work with bubs...photos, etc..mainly... get creative from what inspires you...see if there are some classes of differnt things in your area to attend without outlaying a lot of money - scrapbooking can be really expensive! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 8:00am
no rachandjack the urge never goes away i stop for 3 years ans every now and the it would come back and unfortully i started again but i am going to kick the habit soon oh and i read aswell allways have ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 9:46am
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Daniels dad quit about 6-8 years ago and he told me that no the urge doesn't go away but you know how much it costs etc and you learn to just ingore it. I have tried one since quitting the it was tasted like the smell of an ash tray. I don't even remember why i started or what i liked about it but then i got addicted and didn't even realise. ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: kiwigal
Date Posted: 29 October 2006 at 10:46pm
| I have really got into scrapbooking although I am way behind on my sons scrapbook.At the moment I am doing a suprise scrapbook for my sister who just had a baby a week ago. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 9:08am
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I haven't had the urge to smoke and i've been smokefree for just over 1 year now. I find the smell so gross at the moment and it makes me quite sick. How knows what it will be like when I finish breast feeding this one. One thing that makes me not want to smoke is the cost - I don't think you can get a packet of smokes now for under $10. When I gave up I was smoking B&H (expensive ones) at $9.65 for a pack of 20's and $11.10 for 25's, a packet every 2-3 days was costing $9.65 x 3 = nearly $30 a week and I now use that money on baby stuff so that is 3 bags of nappies a week it so adds up. - Sorry to hijack again. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 9:54am
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Well done for quitting!! I've been smoke free for several years now and I must admit, the smell makes me so sick!! I haven't had the urge to smoke in as long as I can remember...thank goodness! I also wonder why on earth I started!!!
Don't really have much to add to the hobbies, I read lots, addicted to forums and have also started scrapbooking...all good hobbies! Haven't picked up my cross stitch in a while but I have several Winnie the Pooh small cross stitches to do. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 10:02am
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If you don't mind sharing.... what other forums are there?? ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 10:15am
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I presume I'm allowed to post it? I spend time on the Nappy Network - as we're using cloth nappies full time now it's great for getting advice etc. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 10:22am
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There is the ones on Treasure and Huggies websites (I find these spec the Huggies are very competitive - my baby did this before he was meant to by milestones) I don't spend much time on them and you can't talk about anyother nappy other than theirs. I'm still on my wedding one (nzwp) not as much now but as there are a few woman getting married in this wedding season that were on during my wedding season it is nice to still talk with them and really just waiting for their weddings to be over and down with to see the pics. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 2:48pm
| The Everybody.co.nz bulletin board is another |