Partially out of necessity (we make a little extra money from projects) and largely out of desire, our family has come to really revolve around making things.
Pepper and I met through an online dating service - and I remember wishing that there was a "crafty" criteria. In preparation for our wedding we began making as a family and we have not stopped since.
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Pepper and I met through an online dating service - and I remember wishing that there was a "crafty" criteria. In preparation for our wedding we began making as a family and we have not stopped since.
Note that all links in this Instructable go to other Instructables pages.
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I'm Ryan "Zieak" McFarland and have been pretty crafty since I was a teen. I used to spend a lot of time doing Native American crafts like beading, leatherwork, basketry and other frontier skills. Now I do some woodworking, soldering, home repairs and improvements... but I really love making things out of someone's trash. Check out the featured author article about me here on Instructables.
My wife of two years is Pepper. When she moved to the town I lived in she couldn't find work in her field so she started selling some of the things we make both locally and online. We also made custom glasses from wine bottles for many friends for our wedding. She is adept at picking up projects that I have abandoned or being willing to repeat projects to sell for money.
Our son likes to get in on the making too. He likes working on his tree fort, selling things at the local market that we helped get started in our town, and is developing an interest in wood working. This summer he made marshmallow guns to give to friends and sell at the market.
My wife of two years is Pepper. When she moved to the town I lived in she couldn't find work in her field so she started selling some of the things we make both locally and online. We also made custom glasses from wine bottles for many friends for our wedding. She is adept at picking up projects that I have abandoned or being willing to repeat projects to sell for money.
Our son likes to get in on the making too. He likes working on his tree fort, selling things at the local market that we helped get started in our town, and is developing an interest in wood working. This summer he made marshmallow guns to give to friends and sell at the market.
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I've repaired our TV twice, mostly because my family likes to watch TV. But since a couple of years, I for myself have more or less lost interest in watching TV because they usually only air stuff I've already seen or already know off.
And actually I agree, there's so much more time for making. Even if it's just putting together an instructable about coloring easter eggs and share it with like minded people from the community :-)
Matt Arlauckas