I've been thinking a lot about this condition of craft whoring. I don't feel like it's an appropriate title for what I do. Well, it's an appropriate title for what I have been doing in the past, but not what I do currently.
A craft whore, does crafts, often for monetary value, and she can't really stop what she does and doesn't spend to much time with her projects, thus the wrecked results. If she spent more time with her projects she'd be a craft wife or a craft girlfriend.
A craft whore, does crafts, often for monetary value, and she can't really stop what she does and doesn't spend to much time with her projects, thus the wrecked results. If she spent more time with her projects she'd be a craft wife or a craft girlfriend.
I have the wrecked results part, but I don't craft for money. Most of my crafts are gifts, chosen carefully for the giftee. And I don't commit (I have changed my brother's Christmas presents twice already), which matches the whore thing, but the urban dictionary's definition, "someone who is addicted to crafting" is not the correct definition of the term craft whore, I feel and it is not the correct definition for what I do.
I am addicted to crafting, but that doesn't make me a whore. A whore may be addicted, but the an addicted person is not necessarily a whore. The whole selling aspect doesn't match up and the pattern of obsession, binging and bouts with sobriety (periods of sanity).
If someone is addicted to drinking, they call him or her a drunkard, or an alcholic, so maybe we should play with those words more, to see what comes out. A craftard or a craftaholic.
I really like craftard, cause it kind of combines the word "craft" with "tard." Which probably describes what I do in crafting more accurately. Craftaholic works well, but I can quit at anytime, :). This title denotes the addictive nature of crafting, but not the half-hearted sloppiness and subsequent mess that is the general result of most of my attempts. Craftard's my favorite title, so for future reference, my chosen crafting nickname is CraftTard.
Craft on addicted crafters! Love from the,
I am addicted to crafting, but that doesn't make me a whore. A whore may be addicted, but the an addicted person is not necessarily a whore. The whole selling aspect doesn't match up and the pattern of obsession, binging and bouts with sobriety (periods of sanity).
If someone is addicted to drinking, they call him or her a drunkard, or an alcholic, so maybe we should play with those words more, to see what comes out. A craftard or a craftaholic.
I really like craftard, cause it kind of combines the word "craft" with "tard." Which probably describes what I do in crafting more accurately. Craftaholic works well, but I can quit at anytime, :). This title denotes the addictive nature of crafting, but not the half-hearted sloppiness and subsequent mess that is the general result of most of my attempts. Craftard's my favorite title, so for future reference, my chosen crafting nickname is CraftTard.
Craft on addicted crafters! Love from the,
