On being all crafty and domestic...

I know so many homemaker moms, who are always sewing something up or baking some great dish.  I want to be that mom.  It's not that I'm completely devoid of the capability.  I like to bake and cook, and I've become much more "fancy" in recent years, and I still remember basic sewing from 8th grade (I think).  I could surely sew up a pillow or a curtain if needed.  It's just that I need more practice at it, but I just don't have the physical and mental energy to put into being crafty on a daily basis.  I wish that I woke up refreshed in the morning and led my children in some cutesy art project, to frame and hang on the wall for everyone to "ooh" and "ah" over.  I wish that I could sew and knit and crochet, and had the space to refurbish old furniture and build new.  I wish that I had the space to cook endless amounts of baked goods, and to perfect the art of cake decorating.  I wish that we had the space to have a small garden, full of fruits, veges and herbs, though honestly I'm not outdoorsy, so I don't know how much I'd really enjoy tending to that.  The hubs could do the tending and I could prepare the bountiful fruits of our labor.  I wish that I could take amazing photos of EVERYTHING, and then put them into scrapbooks for each kid, to remember every waking minute of every single day.

But no...my mornings consist of waiting to drag myself out of bed until the last possible moment.  Then usually (I'm very ashamed to admit this) feeding my children a pop tart or cereal bar for breakfast, (because that involves not having to go upstairs to the kitchen and pour them a bowl of cereal) while they watch Nick Jr. or Disney Jr. (UGH, can I stop to say how much I HATE that change?  Could they really not come up with something more original?  Was it so horrible to keep it Playhouse Disney and to let the monkeys, the only endearing characters, stay?  Anyway...).

So, yes, I need to change my habits, but another things holds me back from being so crafty...the cost!  It is so expensive to be crafty!  Why does something that ends up being so homey and sweet and from the heart looking, cost so much to do?  Food is expensive, fabric and yarn are expensive, paint is expensive, cameras are yikes! expensive.  I mean sure you can be crafty on a budget, I'm just not great with budgeting...yet.  (We're working on it).  And surely, once you make the initial investment in many of the items, it's not so bad to maintain, but I just don't have the funds to start up on much right now.  When I do, though, this is my first purchase (maybe sooner though, because, as I mentioned, I'm not so good at budgeting AND saying no to the plastic).  

Here are some other "crafty" wish list items:
For Sewing
For Scrapbooking

And some future projects (hopefully):
Something similar to this
I'd love to be able to crochet this and these
Yum!  This looks delicious!
One of these to help me figure out what night to make it
I LOVE this!
And something to clear up all that clutter