This February, Meet Niky Foster, our maker of the month. Niky focuses on DIY and Crafting for Residence & Life-style, the place she creates lovely tasks in addition to lovely moments. Study how stepping exterior of your consolation zone and a reminder to ‘hold going’ will lead you to particular locations.
Are you able to please inform us a bit bit about your self and your life? The place are you from? The place do you reside? How did you get began in DIY and your artistic function? What are your hobbies?
My title is Nicole Foster, however I’m going by Niky Foster on-line. A number of years in the past, I made a decision to step out of my consolation zone and create a YouTube channel underneath the channel title DIY By Niky Foster, a spot the place I used to be capable of doc and share my dwelling diys and crafting diys. Unbeknownst to me, my channel would develop rapidly to over 100,000 subscribers and I’d be capable of share my love of diy, crafting in addition to sharing suggestions and tips as a full time creator. Though I really like doing dwelling diy tasks, crafting with my cricut, making envelope artwork and placing collectively puzzles are a few of my favourite hobbies.
What does it imply to you to be a creator and maker?
To me, being a creator and maker means being artistic, attempting completely different tasks and never being afraid of stepping exterior of my consolation zone. Despite the fact that I’ve my favourite kind of tasks to make, I nonetheless love difficult myself to attempt new issues on a regular basis.
When did you start work with DIY craft tasks and the way did you get entangled?
In faculty, I used to work for a celebration planning enterprise (it was truly my finest buddy’s small enterprise) and we used to make DIY tasks on a regular basis. We’d do promenade set ups, bat mitzvahs, child showers and extra! I lovveeddd seeing an thought sketched out and are available to life. This was the very starting and from there it spiraled! Lol.
Inform us about your type and the method. Do you’ve gotten an all-time favourite mission or creation?
I’d describe my craft type or design type alongside the strains of a clear aesthetic. Typically, I do prefer to mess around with daring colours, however I really like a clear look that outlives developments. A part of my course of can be attempting various things that look fascinating or enjoyable to make or recreate from inspiration. I don’t have an all-time favourite mission but, however I’m engaged on it.
What evokes you?
I really like attempting new craft tasks and inspiration at all times hits once I least count on it! Typically I’ll be scrolling via Pinterest and a brand new mission will catch my eye. I really like attempting new issues that I’ve not tried earlier than or difficult myself to attempt tasks that appear arduous at first, however as soon as I’m into it, I can determine it out. The crafting group evokes me on a regular basis and I really like that everybody shares their makes and encourages others to do the identical.
What are the necessities in your ‘maker toolkit’? What’s your favourite medium?
Necessities embody high quality paper, a ruthless quantity of scissors, clear glue, double stick tape, some common pens and acrylograph paint markers. My favourite medium might be acrylograph markers as a result of there’s much less mess to them than with different paints.
What recommendation would you give different makers, designers, and creators given your expertise?
Preserve going. Typically now we have tasks that we’re engaged on and may lose steam. The phrases from one in all my closest buddies – she at all times tells me to ‘hold going’ and actually, simply listening to that’s supportive and evokes me to do exactly that! So I’d share that very same recommendation with others as a result of often now we have one thing that we actually need to share and with the intention to do this, now we have to maintain going. 🙂
Do you’ve gotten any particular objectives for the long run or dream tasks?
One among my objectives is to continue to grow my YouTube channel and to maintain inspiring my group. One among my dream tasks is to have a branded collaboration. I’ve actually good concepts and a background in product growth and would like to put that to make use of once more.
What’s Your Favourite Colorscope Coloration at PS?
Hydrangea! I really like the colour itself in addition to the that means! It resonates with me.
Do you’ve gotten any favourite PS objects that you’re loving proper now?
I really like every part at Paper Supply, so it’s arduous to decide on simply 1 factor, however I’ve to say, the customized handle stamp and my stabilo pens!
How do you have fun the ‘each day’? Simply by including a artistic component, even when it’s small, for example, simply coloring a web page or discovering a colourful strategy to write notes helps me to have fun the on a regular basis.
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