YouTube has been often my go-to source for how to do things that I need to do. There are lots of "how to" videos. My car's sunvisor broke, and I actually found a You Tube video on how to pull out the old one and install the new one. Very helpful!
My daughter has been making "Let's Play Minecraft" videos. Every day I look at her new video. The last few days, other things have caught my eye. Videos on crafts -- and one thing has led to another.
My daughter has been making "Let's Play Minecraft" videos. Every day I look at her new video. The last few days, other things have caught my eye. Videos on crafts -- and one thing has led to another.
Yesterday and today, I got sucked into crafting videos. And they're ENDLESS! It's not a bad thing, there's a lot of good information out there. I'm really fascinated by some craft ideas, and I found a couple of channels with tons of good ideas.
Craftklatch, which I mentioned the other day in a blog, is done by a lady named Mona, who shows how to make all kinds of things -- I found her first by seeing what she does with resin. I'm totally fascinated by resin things, and want to try it. She also shows how to make ornaments from duct tape, and so many other things. I even found her blog, with more ideas.
So I looked at several videos on her channel and others, about resin. That led to me seeing other interesting channels. There is Paperpastels -- a young woman named Ashley, whom I found via more resin projects. But she shows how to make molds, how to make erasers, all kinds of things. That led me to her other channels as well as her blog, because I wanted to know more about her.
Then, I noticed a video about making a candle out of crayons, which led me to SoCraftastic -- this young woman is really funny. Then of course I just had to look at other candle-making videos. That led me to soap making... starting out with how to make liquid soap from bars of soap. Then that led me to...
A channel called MistyPrepper, who had a soap-making video, "Making Soap with Marsha" -- out in the middle of nowhere, in Russell Creek, Tennessee, making soap with lye and oil and shortening, etc., out on the picnic table. She made it look so easy, and I've been avoiding it because it sounded complicated and dangerous.
That led me to other MistyPrepper videos, including "Making Candles with Marsha", using a kerosene one-burner device to melt the wax, a generator for electricity for the glue gun to attach the wicks to bottoms of jars, etc. She said they don't have electricity.
I even watched part of a MistyPrepper video about a hand-cranked clothes-washing device, and found Misty's blogs, and read a few to figure out what state Russell Creek is in.
Friday, two days ago, I had my granddaughter over, and found a You Tube video on how to make a simple bracelet using the Rainbow Loom -- this was a big help to us -- we were able to quickly figure out how to use the loom and we made a bracelet, which she loves.
You could watch and watch and watch, and never "do" the things.... and waste time. Or you could watch and then follow along.
Most of the really popular channels and videos have taken a lot of time and work to make, promote, and make some more. Some of them have elaborate setups to make their videos, and some make videos even 3 a week, and each video has had a lot of time-consuming editing done to it before being uploaded. I appreciate the work they've put into them, and they come up with great ideas.. wonder if they ever have that media's version of "writer's block"???
Ok, I admit, I'm very distractable... but hey, now I know how to make a bracelet, a multi-colored layered candle using crayons, coasters, both liquid and bar soap, cough syrup (by Misty), molds for resin, and erasers, paperclip bookmarks, charms, and duct-tape ornaments! And from my daughter, I learned about zombie sorters:)
That led me to other MistyPrepper videos, including "Making Candles with Marsha", using a kerosene one-burner device to melt the wax, a generator for electricity for the glue gun to attach the wicks to bottoms of jars, etc. She said they don't have electricity.
I even watched part of a MistyPrepper video about a hand-cranked clothes-washing device, and found Misty's blogs, and read a few to figure out what state Russell Creek is in.
Friday, two days ago, I had my granddaughter over, and found a You Tube video on how to make a simple bracelet using the Rainbow Loom -- this was a big help to us -- we were able to quickly figure out how to use the loom and we made a bracelet, which she loves.
You could watch and watch and watch, and never "do" the things.... and waste time. Or you could watch and then follow along.
Most of the really popular channels and videos have taken a lot of time and work to make, promote, and make some more. Some of them have elaborate setups to make their videos, and some make videos even 3 a week, and each video has had a lot of time-consuming editing done to it before being uploaded. I appreciate the work they've put into them, and they come up with great ideas.. wonder if they ever have that media's version of "writer's block"???
Ok, I admit, I'm very distractable... but hey, now I know how to make a bracelet, a multi-colored layered candle using crayons, coasters, both liquid and bar soap, cough syrup (by Misty), molds for resin, and erasers, paperclip bookmarks, charms, and duct-tape ornaments! And from my daughter, I learned about zombie sorters:)