My Creative Space

  It's a fishy place this week as I work on more magnetic fishing games for my little store and also for a special little boy.  I really enjoy the sewing of the fish and octopus , seaweed and boot. It is enjoyable to sew and add the magnet, stuff and finish off the little fishy details (fins and eyes).

 Then it comes to making the bags and I procrastinate a little.  The little drawstring bags are very simple and easy but not nearly as fun to make as the fiddly fish.

I always leave the fishing rods to the very last to make.  I don't enjoy making them.  They are more time consuming and because the magnets need to be very firmly attached I use a very strong glue.  It is messy and I always get glue on other places where the glue shouldn't go. Firstly the sting is glued to the rod and then the magnet to the end of the string.  Once this is dried I glue a ribbon wrap around both ends to hide the ugly parts and make the whole fishing rod stronger.



Finally they are finished!  Definately more work involved than it looks but they are gorgeous and lots of fun for kids to play.



It is really interesting to see how much time and effort goes into making craft.  During the week I read this blog post by Amarias Paper Work.  It really opened my eyes to how much work some crafts are taking into account the hours spent just how hard it is to price items for sale.

Please pop on over to Our Creative Spaces to look at some more crafty goodness.