forgotten diary

⟡ Collage: cut things up, rearrange them, call it art because it is

⟡ Linocut printing: carve a stamp, press it everywhere

⟡ Making your own ink from berries, walnut shells, iron

⟡ Watercolor: the most forgiving medium for imperfect people

⟡ Hand lettering: start ugly, get better, it takes exactly as long as it takes

⟡ Making playlists as an art form

⟡ Crochet: meditative, portable, produces something cute

⟡ Bookbinding: turn anything into a journal you actually made

⟡ Embroidery: more forgiving than it looks, more satisfying than expected

⟡ Soap or candle making: VERY functional and deeply satisfying

⟡ Charcoal drawing: messy in a way that feels free (love it)

⟡ Block printing on fabric: turn old plain things into something yours

⟡ Pottery hand-building without a wheel, its more accessible than you think

⟡ Pressed flower art!!!

⟡ Journaling with mixed media, like glue, paint, pen, tape, anything goes

⟡ Dried flower arranging

⟡ Sketching architecture: trains the eye to see structure everywhere

⟡ Leather tooling: more accessible as a beginner craft than expected

⟡ Natural dyeing: plants and fabric and patience and lot of magic

The passage of the seasons - Summer defeating Spring