Do you have that one favorite crafty thing that gets you giddy butterflies heart-leaping happy? Is it clay, wool, paint, fabric, wood, a crisp brand new fine point pen, embroidery thread, watercolors, metal?
Mine is paper. And here is some Lokta paper that just came in the mail. I floated out of the post office on air.
Bits and flecks, rough and smooth textures, and the colors! All from the Lokta bush in Nepal. I so appreciate the Lokta bush, it's inner bark, and the people who turn that bark into paper, which I then get to turn into jewelry.
Whisper of pale cream-peach. Coral melon. Deep berry jam. Soft lilac.
The Lokta bush renews itself again and again. What a wonderful thing.
I'd love to hear your favorite crafty medium. The thing that by its texture or weight or shape or possibilities brings you joy.