Welcome to Craft craves and Wanderlust!

Hi folks!

Thank you for visiting and welcome to the first post of Craftcraves and Wanderlust. This blog has come into being due to two simple reasons. Firstly, crafting is my first love. I thirst for scissors and yearn for glue! My eyes gleam at the sight of coloured paper and my heart leaps every time I touch wet clay. All my childhood afternoons were spent sitting on the floor surrounded by heaps of my treasured "collected scraps", buried in vivid daydreams of the plans of my creations. Although life does not afford me a lot of time to weave my splendorous scrap anymore, I often find myself lost in those vivid dreams while travelling home and it's after several hours have passed that I wake up from a daze to find myself sitting on the floor in the midst of papers, pens, glitter, glue, clay, cutters, beads and baubles, scissors in hand and pure ecstasy in my heart at having created in physical form a part of the sets on which my dreams take place. I often gift these creations to those closest to me perhaps hoping in my subconscious mind that through these they will become a part of my dreams and be able to paint my imagination in hues unseen thus far. This blog is an extension of this gesture. I share with you my creations and welcome you to share your ideas so that the worlds in our minds can merge.

The second reason and theme of this blog will be about my unquenchable wanderlust. I have been very lucky in my life to have traveled to many different countries from a very early age and to have always been surrounded by people who are crazy about travelling. I currently live in Japan, in one of the most beautiful cities in the world; Kyoto. Kyoto in itself cannot be completely explored in a lifetime and I am constantly falling in love with it as I find out more and more. This city therefore deserves to be written about! I also plan to write about the other parts of Japan that I have traveled to, as well as other countries. I shall not only provide a description of these places, but also useful tips for reducing expenditure and increasing convenience which I have learnt from other friends or from first hand experience and hope will help some other like minded travelers.

Apart from these two main themes, if some other ideas suddenly take hold of me and forcibly pour themselves in ink, then who am I to restrict them! Hope you enjoy reading and cultivating your craftcraves and wanderlust!!