[Nfb-krafters-korner] Another New Member

Tue Aug 18 09:44:36 UTC 2015

Hi Everyone!

(I hope I am doing this right.)  Although I have been on the Monday night calls, I haven't posted here until now.

My name is Annely Rose and I am in Florida.  I have done some crafting in the past, but it has been a long time.  I was busy with raising kids, working,  and taking care of my husband before he passed.  I used to knit and crochet, but that was ages ago.  I have made some braille cards and last week I did some safety pin beading at camp.  When I was a kid, my neighborhood friends and I used to make different craft projects: a Christmas wreath made from tissue paper and a wire coat hanger, leather belts, baskets, and other things I don't remember.  The projects I did as a child I used my partial vision, but now I am totally blind for the past 5 years so it will be a learning experience for me.  I look forward to learning new things to do.  I may get my daughter-in-law and 14-year-old granddaughter involved, too.  I look forward to spending time on the Monday night calls and doing projects.  I think that's enough for now.  God bless you all.

Annely
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On Sun, 8/16/15, Annette Carr via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] New Member
 To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
 Cc: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
 Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015, 7:27 PM

 What about making tactile
 calligraphy, or engraving it into clay or other
 substance?  

 Annette

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 On
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 Sent: Sunday, August 16,
 2015 7:10 PM
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 Well, you may not be
 the best calligrapher now, but all of the other stuff
 is still quite doable. Before you know it,
 you'll be teaching us.

 Greg

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Michelle Clark via Nfb-krafters-korner
 Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 6:01 PM
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 Calligraphy, wedding
 flowers, bridal veils, , bridesmaid hats, pew bows,
 rice or birdseed packs, sewing, wooden crafts,
 Christmas ornaments, wreaths,
 and on and
 on!

 Michelle

 -----Original Message-----
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 On
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 Sent: Sunday, August 16,
 2015 4:51 PM
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 Michelle,

 You don't have to have the
 family tell you it is alive. Feel of it. Feel of
 the soil. Feel for the blooms. It will actually
 love you for all that love
 and affection.
 When you feel a dead leaf, remove it. Or, dead blooms.

 What crafts did you enjoy
 before becoming blind? I'll bet one of us knows
 how to do that same craft as a blind person.
 Give us a try and see (big
 smile).

 Greg

 -----Original Message-----
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 Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 6:50 AM
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 I  have been blind
 for 11 years and have gotten away from doing craft
 things. However, I  keep thinking of the
 Holiday Wreaths we did at rehab
 school. I 
 came up with a  idea to make a  pattern to wrap and make
 the bows
 we affixed to the wreaths.  It
 turned out to be a  good  fundraising project
 for the school.

 Last month I  got up the nerve to put a 
 hanging plant on my front porch.
 For years,
 hanging plants on the porch became a  usual site for my
 neighbors. My family tells me it still lives
 and has blooms. I  guess I  am
 returning
 to that creative side of me. While I  am thinking about it,
 I
 better go an water it.
 Michelle

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Courtney Fulghum Smith via
 Nfb-krafters-korner
 Sent: Saturday, August
 15, 2015 11:39 PM
 To: List for blind
 crafters and artists
 Cc: Courtney Fulghum
 Smith
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 Welcome to KK!
 I'm sorta new here, too. All the folks here are
 wonderful &
 super helpful.

 What kind of crafts do you
 enjoy the most?   I love loom knitting & am
 just
 now getting back into plastic
 canvas.

 Courtney F.
 smith
 662.279.1301

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 > On Aug 15, 2015, at 9:12 PM, Michelle
 Clark via Nfb-krafters-korner
 <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
 wrote:
 >
 > Hello,
 >
 >
 >
 > My name is Michelle
 Clark and I  am interested in crafts. Prior to my 
 > vision loss, I  was "The Craft
 Queen". Several members of the Chapter 
 > in which I am President are interested as
 well but I  took the first 
 > plunge and
 joined the list.
 >
 >
 >
 >
 On Nov 7, we are having our Annual County Resource Day and
 are adding 
 > a  few other topics to
 spice up the event. One of the members wants to 
 > run an exhibit table for blind persons to
 do crafts. Her sight has now 
 >
 diminished to a  point where she can no longer see what she
 is doing 
 > either. However, we know
 better.
 >
 >
 >
 > Any suggestions on
 how to do this? Anyone in the DC Metro area  who 
 > would like to come out and assist us? We
 want to see how far this can 
 > go. For
 certain, some new members to the Division.
 >
 >
 >
 > If I  do not fall
 asleep Monday, I  will be on the conference call.
 >
 >
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 >
 >
 > Michelle
 >
 >
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