This past week
I asked a craft colleague to select her most useful craft tool. I am still awaiting the answer. It is not surprising that it takes some time
to choose. I thought to myself which tool
would I choose? Maybe it is the
guillotine. When working with paper it is certainly is the most important tool
to get a professional finish – but it could be replaced by scissors....Then maybe it is scissors. Yes, certainly a candidate. My most relaxing craft moments are when I can
cut paper or fabric, but I could replace it with a craft knife. On a third thought, my sewing machine. I would be lost without it and I do not only use it to sew fabric but also use it in my
card making process so maybe that’s it. For
a few days I went through all my major crafting tools as I use them and considered in
the back of my mind which one would I never be able to do without.
experience an Oprah ‘Ah-Ha’ moment. It
dawns on me that the tool I use every single day seems so insignificant I do
not even give it a conscious thought. It is the
PENCIL!
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A big pot of pencils sit ready on the worktable where I craft,
sharpened and ready for use. Pencils are
also almost everywhere else where I reach. On my desk at work, on top of the fridge, in
the drawer at the front door ready for a quick shopping list on the way out, in the top drawer of my bedside table, in my
handbag and if I scratch even in my rucksack. A pencil is literally tucked into every corner. I use them for writing, jot down notes or correct documents, to doodle and design, sketch or copy a design when I cannot find
a sheet of carbon copy. Here I am just talking
about the normal HB pencil.
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But there are more pencil treasures. When I open my craft tool storage drawers there lie the beautiful rainbow
coloured pencils: Ordinary colouring
pencils, pastel pencils, water colour pencils.
My eyes sparkle when I think the numerous creative possibilities that
can flow through the humble pencil. I think my most indispensable craft tool has been identified. The ordinary pencil that needs sharpening, not
the fancy, mechanical pencil that disguises itself as a pen.
I think I am a PENCIL FAN.
Interesting links about pencils
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