{"id":59646,"date":"2021-03-04T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T21:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=59646"},"modified":"2021-03-04T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T03:44:09","slug":"pandemic-hobbies-keep-people-busy-during-trying-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2021\/03\/04\/pandemic-hobbies-keep-people-busy-during-trying-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic hobbies keep people busy during trying times"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
A Fluffy Friend:<\/strong> A photo of the kind of crafts that Niki Ginter creates at her home business, while staying safe. (Photo by Stephanie Mayan\/ The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

D<\/span>uring a pandemic, keeping ourselves busy is a must.<\/p>\n

K<\/span>athryn Moore, former service advisor, joins a virtual interview telling what she\u2019s been doing since the COVID-19 pandemic started.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasted two months of COVID doing nothing and I was so bored,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

Since the lockdown, Moore has had more time to begin painting and start up wood burning again.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy older brother used to have a soldering gun and we would fight over who got to use it first. Sadly, it ended up breaking and I haven\u2019t used one since I was seven years old,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

Running a business and teaching is something that Moore would be interested in doing, but she is too shy to teach those who\u2019d like to learn.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy one friend would like me to paint her pictures for her soon-to-be nursery this year,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

Other than keeping herself busy with painting and wood burning, Moore and her family had gone camping during the summertime.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe explored a lot in B.C. and ended up getting a new addition to our family: a dog,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n

Niki Ginter, a former journeyman parts technician and a future social worker, now runs a business in the comfort of her home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ended up being laid off due to COVID-19 because one of the cell southern Alberta companies had shut down,\u201d said Ginter.<\/p>\n

In order to keep herself busy, Ginter needed to decide what she was planning to do next.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to rack my brain as to what I was going to do. If I was going to go back to school full-time or look for another job,\u201d said Ginter.<\/p>\n

In July 2020, Ginter decided that she was going to start a business.<\/p>\n

Ginter\u2019s business entails homemade crafts such as homemade masks, nurse caps, t-shirts, customized cups and sentimental gifts.<\/p>\n

“At first, it was hard to start running the business as I did sell a bunch of crafts at such a young
\nprice because you have to bring people in somehow,” said Ginter.<\/p>\n

Ginter has always been creative; the business is a perfect fit for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom always gave me art sets from what I could remember, and that got me started on painting and doing crafts,\u201d said Ginter.<\/p>\n

One of Ginter\u2019s favourite crafts that she has made were the coffee mugs. They are customized and can be used for gifts.<\/p>\n

The sentimental gifts are special, and I love making them because it’s meaningful for whoever they are for. – Niki Ginter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ginter was having a hard time coming up with a name for her business until she had settled on \u201cMama Bear Designs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe name Mama Bear comes from my family because that was my nickname whenever we go laser tagging. My husband\u2019s nickname is Papa Bear. It just fits and it\u2019s homey-like,\u201d said Ginter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During a pandemic, it\u2019s important to keep busy with new hobbies. [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":669,"featured_media":59648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S1 Pandemic Hobbies ","footnotes":""},"categories":[1432,1560],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-jobs","8":"category-pandemic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59646"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60753,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59646\/revisions\/60753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}