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clairegreen1974
clairegreen1974 Posts: 121 Member
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Just wondering what all you guys like to do to keep yourselves occupied/busy/out of trouble :laugh:

I am in the progress of turning my hobby into a little cash generator - I am a corsetier! for anyone thinking WTH? Its a corset maker, as in the steel boned, suck you in, waist cinching corsets like what burlesque dancers wear, and if you look at my tracker down below, you'll see the rather gorgeous Dita Von Teese, burlesque dancer and corset aficionado! (she can get her waist down to a teeny 18" when fully corseted) :smooched:

Being the crafty sort, i can also draw & sketch, I can knit, sew, cross stitch and a little bit of photography!
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  • mostaverage
    mostaverage Posts: 202 Member
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    When I'm not working or working out I like to to entertain myself with a bit of xbox gaming, reading and trying to be artistic with a camera
  • steve_crowther
    steve_crowther Posts: 28 Member
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    Hi,
    I like to paint and draw in both traditional media and on my iPad.
    You can see some of my stuff on my blog at www.stevecrowther.me

    steve
  • thegeordielass
    thegeordielass Posts: 208 Member
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    I like photography (particularly landscapes) and geocaching. Both of which involve spending lots of time outside and don't mix well with torrential rain and a non waterproof waterproof coat. Refuse to buy a new one until I'm at my goal weight though, lol.
  • ATOLLIT
    ATOLLIT Posts: 149
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    What is this spare time you talk about?!

    Haha seriously though, I play hockey from September-March with my uni team, when I'm back at my parents' for summer or whatever I horse ride (sadly no room to take the ponies to London!), and the rest of the time I've been getting into knitting and crochet. The problem is that I always see things I like, start making them, and then run out of time to actually get very far... so far I have started 5 different things, have 1 waiting to be started, and have finished only 1!
  • Kara_xxx
    Kara_xxx Posts: 635 Member
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    Hi :flowerforyou:

    My main hobbie (which is beginning to make a bit of money) is photography.
    We also hike a lot (weekends away in the Lake District with the dog etc).
    I have a rescue dog and do some voluntary dog walking at the dogs home where I got her as well as some fundraising.
  • thegeordielass
    thegeordielass Posts: 208 Member
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    I like photography (particularly landscapes) and geocaching. Both of which involve spending lots of time outside and don't mix well with torrential rain and a non waterproof waterproof coat. Refuse to buy a new one until I'm at my goal weight though, lol.

    Realised I forgot to mention my main other thing - not sure if it classes as a hobby or just voluntary work but it's a bit of both. I'm a member of girlguidingUK and a Guide and Senior Section leader - so that's girls from 10-26 I spend my time looking after. very few quiet evenings and weekends at home for me.
  • _Wucykins_
    _Wucykins_ Posts: 12
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    In my spare time I like to read, play games (3ds, pc or wii) and watching films.
  • ruthio77
    ruthio77 Posts: 52 Member
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    Love reading, never happier than when im well and truly engrossed in a a good book. Have also been known to lose weeks of my life on the playstation 3. These are my "lazy" hobbies! Also studying for an accounting qualification currently (so unbelievably exciting you wouldn't believe it)
    However I also love activities! I run with a club on sunday mornings, although i'm not sure i can claim to enjoy it as such! I live by the sea and my boyfriend and I have just bought kayaks, so we try to get out on them as often as we can (not so great with the awful weather at the mo). Go out cycling regularly and i recently took part in the London to Brighton Bike ride, which was ace!
    Also like stomping around in the great outdoors, My Profile pic is me just before clambering up Snowdon in the perpetual rain.
    Other than that it's the usual, walking on the beach, spending time with my friends and family, partial to the occaisional G&T :smile:
  • furby1
    furby1 Posts: 114 Member
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    At home I read a lot and am part of a book circle (we buy books usually from charity shops, pass round to each other and the last person to read it takes it back to a charity shop ), I also play on my playstation and when I feeling up to it use my wii for exercise. I love my garden but am not always well enough to work in it, but when I am, I'm in my element :)

    I decided that I need to get fitter and I bought an exercise bike of ebay. At first it was a definite chore which I was beginning to hate, but since I decided to make a blog of my "virtual journey around the UK" I'm on it daily so that I can then go to the map, work out where I would be if I'd actually cycled and then google the place and make a blog in words and pictures!...I've cycled the equivalent of 166 miles at the moment and my first blog was about the first 96 miles! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/furby1

    I play skittles as part of a team in the winter, and Quoits as a team member in the summer. The quoits I play is the indoor pub game with a table. I also go to the cinema most weeks with a friend to the matinee performances, when there's something worth viewing!
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member
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    At the moment my passion is travel so all of my annual leave (and a few weekends if we can squeeze something in) is spent on that. Not your stay in one place and mill about for a week or lay on the beach kind of travel but your run off your feet, squeezing 3 countries into 5 days kind of travel.

    I also love photography, which fits well with the travel.

    I love languages but I don't often get time to work on them - I'm trying to learn French and I'm quite keen to learn Portuguese.

    I read a lot (I have 3 hours of commuting on the train on work days) and love the cinema and eating out (unfortunately!), oh yeah, I'm a huge foodie! And love to cook - totally addicted to Masterchef Australia at the minute which has been inspiring me to try some new things.

    Oh and when I'm in the right mood I host socials for a website called citysocialising to meet some new people and also help other people meet new people!
  • ATOLLIT
    ATOLLIT Posts: 149
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    I can't believe that I actually missed reading out when I posted before.... that is like all I spend every day doing. A Kindle a couple of years ago is the best birthday present I've ever had. Amazon has SO MANY free books! Some of them are rubbish, but most are actually quite good!
  • sarah75x
    sarah75x Posts: 13 Member
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    I make celebration cakes.. Not the best pastime for a dieter lol:noway:
  • clairegreen1974
    clairegreen1974 Posts: 121 Member
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    Mmmmm cake :smooched:
  • p0kers0ph
    p0kers0ph Posts: 251 Member
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    I could really do with some hobbies or interests. I find myself getting bored way too often.
    I really enjoyed photography in college, so may look at investing in a decent camera, maybe a second had one just to get me started.
    I have also been meaning to look into horse riding lessons as I did when I was younger.
  • LexxySixx
    LexxySixx Posts: 16
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    you know, i never thought about stuff i do as ''hobbies'' just stuff i do lol...but im a bit of a odd bod, i like knitting and baking ''healthy'' *s******* stuff etc, but then ill go fix up my bike :/ i guess it all depends on what you feel like doing at the time :)

    :)
  • mostaverage
    mostaverage Posts: 202 Member
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    I could really do with some hobbies or interests. I find myself getting bored way too often.
    I really enjoyed photography in college, so may look at investing in a decent camera, maybe a second had one just to get me started.
    I have also been meaning to look into horse riding lessons as I did when I was younger.

    If you have a recent smartphone you could use the camera on that and get as creative as you can!
  • Ejwelton
    Ejwelton Posts: 331 Member
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    Hi,
    I like to paint and draw in both traditional media and on my iPad.
    You can see some of my stuff on my blog at www.stevecrowther.me

    steve


    I paint too. I love your work. I need to look at downloading an iPad app
  • paulywoo
    paulywoo Posts: 169 Member
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    I like camping and gardening. I've got a little veggie plot in my back garden where I'm growing lots of my own veg. Also love walking with my dogs :-)
  • emmas42
    emmas42 Posts: 17 Member
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    My hobbies are Archery, (Preparing for the zombie apocalypse! :sick: ) helping out at a cub scout group and roleplay (RPG). Not the kinky kind, the roll strange dice and fight dragons kind. Stupidly geeky and not very girly I know, but been doing it since I was about 13.

    The rest of my evenings are in the gym or spending time with my OH :bigsmile:

    I also spend a large part of winter shivering in the stands at Saracens rugby games... :happy:

    I seem to have no time to myself any more, but I love it all so much I couldn't give any of it up!
  • clairegreen1974
    clairegreen1974 Posts: 121 Member
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    roleplay (RPG). Not the kinky kind, the roll strange dice and fight dragons kind. Stupidly geeky and not very girly I know, but been doing it since I was about 13.

    Do you do actual Role-play too as in dress up? I have a friend of mine who i've just made another corset for who does - it was a lovely wench style one!

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