Ok, I listened to the first one with Laura Bassen.
I liked the easy flow of conversation and really enjoyed Laura Bassen. Crafty chat is a very fitting name for the series! I had a little bit of trouble figuring out who opened the video. I recognized Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire and I could tell from the conversation that the one they were semi-interviewing must be Laura Bassen. I had to go back and listen again and there's a very fleeting moment where the sort of moderator, I guess, introduces herself ... and even then I didn't quite catch her name. I thought she said Lydia Siedler at first. (Turns out it's Lydia Fiedler, of Understand Blue). Did anyone else miss that?
Two points I found particularly interesting
1. find your source of inspiration, and spend your time there
Hey, didn't you start a thread on that subject recently Jan?
Jennifer McGuire was talking about how she doesn't like to look at blogs, but loves to flip through Instagram. Laura likes looking through feeds of blogs. Others like Pinterest or Youtube. With soooo much info and inspiration out there and no possible way to see it all, it seems good advice to find what you like and not feel bad about skipping the rest. I know I used to look at Kristina Werner's blog regularly and Jennifer's almost as much, and I participated in the Hero Arts challenges for awhile ... but lately I'm not looking at blogs much at all. I like to look at cards on Pinterest on my cell phone whenever I get a chance or even lying in bed at night - bad habit, don't do what I do! Ha!
2. practice, and enjoy it!
I thought it was a great point, that if you play a musical instrument, you practice. Why wouldn't you practice if your hobby is stamping? (I found Laura's demo of how her friends stamp amusing! Ha! Plunk the stamp down and pick it right up quick!) It was helpful to hear them say it takes perseverance. Yay! It's not just me! Sometimes I wonder why, as long as I've been stamping, I still mess up! I think I need more play time. Practice when I don't need a birthday card in an hour!
Thanks for the link Jan. I'd love to hear what you and others think.