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How other people react when you take up crafty hobbies or start your own creative business can be fascinating - from the well-intentioned questions, to the outright frustrating expectations, your friends and family need time to adapt to your new life choices! My last blog post about 5 ways people react when you start making jewellery got a lot of reactions, with makers and creatives from across different media sharing their own tales of comedy or woe. Some of those situations I've known, some I've never thought about, so I've come back to the topic for a special commenter edition, with 5 (more) ways people react when you make handmade.  1. "Look! You could make this/Could you make me one of these?"It's painful to see your name tagged in a social media post, with someone asking you outright "This is lovely! Could you make me one?". No. Because I have my own ideas, my own styles, and I'm not going to steal the work of another person. Buy it from them!
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Are you thinking about an October Drawing Challenge, but feeling stuck on what to draw? If you're not aware, it's become an annual 'thing' to do drawing challenges through October, encouraging people to do a drawing a day (or one a week, whatever you like) be it pencil, ink, digital, biro... Regardless of ability, experience, confidence, it's all about experimenting, having a bit of fun, and perhaps getting more confident in drawing, and (re)discovering a passion.
A lot of artists and illustrators create prompt lists, so you have a creative jumping off point each day. Prompts are usually a word or two, concepts, things, which spark ideas, so you can focus on having fun drawing, not staring into space wondering what to draw.
The prompt lists I've found this year don't spark with me personally. So this blog post is all about tips and ideas, with helpful downloadable sheets, to create your own list of drawing prompts! There are many ways to wear a hidden message in jewellery, from writing inside a ring or locket, through to coded messages like beads arranged in Morse code patterns. But something truly beautiful, and very interesting to play with, is using grapheme-colour synesthesia.  You don't know what synesthesia is? It's where someone experiences strong secondary sensations or associations in response to a stimulus. It might be seeing colours when reading numbers, or having a taste in their mouth when hearing a certain word. Precisely what they experience varies from person to person .
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