November ALL ABOUT ME Challenge (2024) - Hobbies

[Cassel]

Let's continue this new challenge. We might be the ones taking pictures but we are not the feature of our layouts, so let's change that since we ARE important and have lots to say.

Every month or so, the layout will be about YOU, and a prompt will be given. If you have taken the Story Week Challenge, you will find some similarities but it won't be the same.

For the November layout, tell us something about a hobby you had as a child. What was it? Did you collect rocks? Already doing crafts? Building doll houses? It might be a trip down memory lane for most of us!

Remember that if you want to create pages for previous prompts, those threads will stay open. There is no right or wrong order to share about YOU.

[Anne Lamp]

As a kid I was totally HORSE CRAZY.  I collected anything to do with horses, figurines, pictures, books, you name it.  For my 8th grade graduation my dad bought me a horse, well he was at that size right between being a pony and and a horse which was the perfect size for me (5ft tall).  Dad built a small one horse barn where he could get in out of the weather with a small corral attached.  It was my job to feed and take care of him.  I don't think I ever saw him go in that stall except when I fed him. I remember seeing him with icicles hanging from his mane and several inches of snow on his back. 

[Sue Thomas]

1 hour ago, Anne Lamp said:

As a kid I was totally HORSE CRAZY.  I collected anything to do with horses, figurines, pictures, books, you name it.  For my 8th grade graduation my dad bought me a horse, well he was at that size right between being a pony and and a horse which was the perfect size for me (5ft tall).  Dad built a small one horse barn where he could get in out of the weather with a small corral attached.  It was my job to feed and take care of him.  I don't think I ever saw him go in that stall except when I fed him. I remember seeing him with icicles hanging from his mane and several inches of snow on his back. 

With all due respect, were you 5ft tall or the pony/horse? As horses  are measured in hands. 4 inches is a hand. A pony is under  14.2h, anything over  14.2h is a horse.

[Susan Ewart]

1 hour ago, Anne Lamp said:

As a kid I was totally HORSE CRAZY.  I collected anything to do with horses, figurines, pictures, books, you name it.  For my 8th grade graduation my dad bought me a horse, well he was at that size right between being a pony and and a horse which was the perfect size for me (5ft tall).  Dad built a small one horse barn where he could get in out of the weather with a small corral attached.  It was my job to feed and take care of him.  I don't think I ever saw him go in that stall except when I fed him. I remember seeing him with icicles hanging from his mane and several inches of snow on his back. 

We could be soul sisters.  I was horse crazy too.  Only I didn't get the horse.  But later as an adult I worked/lived on various breeding farms (thoroughbred farm with 10 stallions and a Quarter horse farm) and hunter/jumper farms.  Did you collect Breyer horses and Mark's Best of the West horses and gear? Some had moveable legs and necks and came with lots of gear, like saddles and bridles...it was as close as I got to owning a horse. 

[Susan Ewart]

40 minutes ago, Sue Thomas said:

With all due respect, were you 5ft tall or the pony/horse? As horses  are measured in hands. 4 inches is a hand. A pony is under  14.2h, anything over  14.2h is a horse.

...and did the measurement go up to the withers only? I remember measuring horses (warmbloods) for some kind of registry.  

[Julie Magerka]

I liked horses too (still do) but I never had one nor did much in the way of being around them (except riding the ponies at the fall fair). When I was about 8 or so, someone brought a horse to a field nearby and we kids got to try a ride. I got thrown off pretty fast but landed safely. Not a great start to a horsey career.

[Sue Thomas]

52 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

...and did the measurement go up to the withers only? I remember measuring horses (warmbloods) for some kind of registry.  

Yes, you always measure  at the  highest  point of the withers. Almost all equestrian discipline classes, especially showing, whether  leading rein or ridden are categorized by height.  Such as section A,B,C or D. Particularly  in Wales and UK.  Section A Welsh pony maximum height 12h.

Section B Welsh pony maximum 13.2h. Then you have the  Welsh cob Section. Regardless of the breed, anywhere in the world, a pony  is under 14.2h, and a horse is over 14.2h

[Anne Lamp]

2 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

...and did the measurement go up to the withers only? I remember measuring horses (warmbloods) for some kind of registry.  

I was 5ft tall. My "Ace: was 13.2 hands.  ( I think), it has been close to 50years ago when I finally sold him to get a bigger horse.  None of the others I have had ever had my heart like my little Ace though, He had quite a personality.    As far as my collections, most were ell cheap-o's. LOL

Edited November 11 by Anne Lamp

[Corrie Kinkel]

No horses over here! The only place where I could see a horse was on the weekly cattle market on my way to and from school. At that point in time there was still a cattle market in the center of Rotterdam!

When I was in elementary thé thing to collect were sugar packets and I think I just went along because it was fun to exchange the double ones and those from abroad where the rarest you could have. My 3 aunties were already travelling abroad and brought back lots of them because they didn't used sugar in their coffee or tea😉. The sugar packets are long gone but the hobby that always has been a part of my life is photography. It must be in the genes, my dad was a keen amateur photographer and made me enthousiast as well.

For this layout I used a couple of Anna Aspnes goodies, the font is Gill Sans MT and I made the aperture of a cameralens to substitute the letters O in the title. I used black, gray, white and a bit yellow to make the background in honor of the old photos!

[Anne Lamp]

I don't remember how I got interested in tatting in my teens but I did.  I asked my Aunt who was great at crocheting and many other crafts if she tatted.  She said no but her Aunt had tried to teach her when she was about my age, but said Aunt Stella finally threw up her hands and said she made more knot mistakes than Aunt Stella could undo.  I talked Aunt Stella into showing me how to do it, and bought a how to book.  When I picked up on it pretty good, Aunt Stella gave me the tatting shuttle that was her Mothers.  That would be my Great Grandmother's. I used it for a long time and then it broke.  I still have it wrapped up in my jewelry box with a note saying who it belonged to.  I haven't done any tatting in a few years, partly because no one I know would have any interest in what I created.  Here is a butterfly I tatted for my Sister.

[Julie Magerka]

1 hour ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

No horses over here! The only place where I could see a horse was on the weekly cattle market on my way to and from school. At that point in time there was still a cattle market in the center of Rotterdam!

When I was in elementary thé thing to collect were sugar packets and I think I just went along because it was fun to exchange the double ones and those from abroad where the rarest you could have. My 3 aunties were already travelling abroad and brought back lots of them because they didn't used sugar in their coffee or tea😉. The sugar packets are long gone but the hobby that always has been a part of my life is photography. It must be in the genes, my dad was a keen amateur photographer and made me enthousiast as well.

For this layout I used a couple of Anna Aspnes goodies, the font is Gill Sans MT and I made the aperture of a cameralens to substitute the letters O in the title. I used black, gray, white and a bit yellow to make the background in honor of the old photos!

Love this! The touch of the photo apertures as letters works so well!

[Susan Ewart]

8 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

No horses over here! The only place where I could see a horse was on the weekly cattle market on my way to and from school. At that point in time there was still a cattle market in the center of Rotterdam!

When I was in elementary thé thing to collect were sugar packets and I think I just went along because it was fun to exchange the double ones and those from abroad where the rarest you could have. My 3 aunties were already travelling abroad and brought back lots of them because they didn't used sugar in their coffee or tea😉. The sugar packets are long gone but the hobby that always has been a part of my life is photography. It must be in the genes, my dad was a keen amateur photographer and made me enthousiast as well.

For this layout I used a couple of Anna Aspnes goodies, the font is Gill Sans MT and I made the aperture of a cameralens to substitute the letters O in the title. I used black, gray, white and a bit yellow to make the background in honor of the old photos!

I love this layout as well as the story.  I too left photography for holidays only when I quit working in the photo business (as a photo lab supervisor), it was too expensive.  It wasnt until I was doing warm/hot glass work and silversmithing that I needed to get a record of what I was doing that it revived.  And then I really found my passion when i joined the Campus and needed to have photos for layouts.  

[Susan Ewart]

7 hours ago, Anne Lamp said:

I don't remember how I got interested in tatting in my teens but I did.  I asked my Aunt who was great at crocheting and many other crafts if she tatted.  She said no but her Aunt had tried to teach her when she was about my age, but said Aunt Stella finally threw up her hands and said she made more knot mistakes than Aunt Stella could undo.  I talked Aunt Stella into showing me how to do it, and bought a how to book.  When I picked up on it pretty good, Aunt Stella gave me the tatting shuttle that was her Mothers.  That would be my Great Grandmother's. I used it for a long time and then it broke.  I still have it wrapped up in my jewelry box with a note saying who it belonged to.  I haven't done any tatting in a few years, partly because no one I know would have any interest in what I created.  Here is a butterfly I tatted for my Sister.

This is so neat.  I was never good any kind of needle or crochet/knitting works.  I'd be begging you to make my snowflakes for my tree.  I have crochet ones from my mom and I love them.  She tried to teach me crochet but I'm a lefty and it was hopeless.  Later, I would learn how to bead crochet and make bead crochet necklaces with sterling silver endcaps/clasps.  

[Julie Magerka]

9 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

This is so neat.  I was never good any kind of needle or crochet/knitting works.  I'd be begging you to make my snowflakes for my tree.  I have crochet ones from my mom and I love them.  She tried to teach me crochet but I'm a lefty and it was hopeless.  Later, I would learn how to bead crochet and make bead crochet necklaces with sterling silver endcaps/clasps.  

I took crochet lessons in my 20s and ended up with many shawls and afghan blankets. I don't sew, knit, tat, or do anything like that since then.

[Corrie Kinkel]

20 hours ago, Anne Lamp said:

I don't remember how I got interested in tatting in my teens but I did.  I asked my Aunt who was great at crocheting and many other crafts if she tatted.  She said no but her Aunt had tried to teach her when she was about my age, but said Aunt Stella finally threw up her hands and said she made more knot mistakes than Aunt Stella could undo.  I talked Aunt Stella into showing me how to do it, and bought a how to book.  When I picked up on it pretty good, Aunt Stella gave me the tatting shuttle that was her Mothers.  That would be my Great Grandmother's. I used it for a long time and then it broke.  I still have it wrapped up in my jewelry box with a note saying who it belonged to.  I haven't done any tatting in a few years, partly because no one I know would have any interest in what I created.  Here is a butterfly I tatted for my Sister.

Anne I admire your tatting work! I never mastered tatting or crochet, somehow that wasn't for me. However I did knitting, embroidery, sewing and lace making.