We now return to the regular post broadcast, hope your smiling, anyway I was asking how do you get your creative laser beaming, (I Know...) is it from your job, your family, where you shop, TV. How do you come up with your ideas? Mine come from surfing the internet, using my cameras, my tablet or just thinking! I'm always thinking of ways to create, how I can practice my craft and manifest some fabulous masterpiece that will be admired by trillions! Honestly, I never quite go that far with the "admired by trillions" but maybe I'll start but I do look forward to my next piece and what it will look like outside of my mind.
When I started crafting it wasn't for some of the typical reasons like, relaxation, hobbyist or boredom. It was for excitement and the urge to see how well I could accomplish it! I knew I could create something that someone would "AWWW" at! At first, I assumed all I needed was a computer, printer, and fabric and from those three items I would be wowing the world or at least the few people I knew and become a creating guru, but unknowing to me it was a lot more complicated than that.
Fast forward 15 years, I have a broader understanding in what it takes; patience, discipline, and determination will serve you great in the crafting world! Because if I don't know anything I know that an idea is different from the process that it requires to manifest. Heck, the idea is the easy part... sometimes! I've used quite a few programs in my crafting (CAREER?) moments in life and like all things in life they have a learning curve, some easier than others. I've had the pleasure of working on both mac and PC so, I'm going to share what I currently use and what I've used.
In my opinion, they're all good software but it's all according to how personal you want to be in the creative process to which editing program you will aspire to. Now I hope you don't think I have this extensive list of editing software I've used because I don't. I've used two photo editing softwares personally so with no further ado here's the list:
Currently I use: CraftArtist 2 Professional [Download],
HP Pavilion, Presto HIX heating press and Epson all in one. My past equipment was the macbook pro, adobe illustrator, power point and 2010 iWork.
I told you it wasn't a long list but info is info. I hope it helps?
As always, I'm going to share a video I enjoy, and give you a song from our album Midwest Royalty to listen to. I believe music heals like craft mends so why not combine the two, besides I'm a music lovin', family-oriented, black lesbian who's proud of it!
Below is a pillow I made for our Veterans because they deserve appreciation 365 days of the year, if you would like to make one you will need:
1. A laptop
2. A printer
3. Fabric (your choice),
4. Some editing software (click craft artist 2 link above)
5. Heat vinyl
6. A weeding tool
7. A heating press.
To all who has, is, and will...
Appreciation is one of the greatest gifts in life, make it a mission to give! To hear more of the videos I listen to click here.
The song I'm sharing is called Love Letters it is the perfect song to dedicate to your special someone. The video below is another one of my favorites called "Digits"! Hope you like it!
As always...Happy Creating from 2ufromus!!!!!!
I have no claims to the videos I upload it's strictly for sharing purposes only!
It takes me some time to get my beam on, but my inspiration comes from my sorroundings, love, family, friends and GOD. Love reading your posts, I can relate in so many ways!
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