Thursday, December 8, 2011

When life hands you cardboard...

say thank you, pass the yarn!

One of the very reasons I started this blog was to force myself to use the materials I have on hand and get creative with what I have. After unleashing the crafter inside of me, I have begun to hoard collect in an organized manner, all sorts of supplies. Tshirts, fabric scraps, felt, cardboard, string, yarn, frames, foam board, and many more random items that may or may not someday become something AMAZING! Since Christmas is right around the corner (and since I keep forgetting to get my bin of Christmas decorations from my parents house) I wanted my craft night to be Christmas-themed! 

It was bliss. Pure bliss. 

Gotta love the age where kids can't tell time. It was 6:40 and I told my toddler that it was bed time. She totally fell for it... With both kiddos in bed, the husband off at a basketball game (he's a ref, go michael!) I put on a movie, plugged in the hot glue gun and got started!

Can I just take a moment and say that my favorite art supply investment is my hot glue gun. We're best friends. We get along so well, and rely on each other more than any other tool in my stash. Bliss. Pure bliss. 

Anywho, my to-do list wasn't exactly set in stone. I had pulled out everything imaginable and figured the ideas would just come to me. And they did! 

Picture frame Starbucks art?? Check.


Yarn wrapped cardboard letters?? Check.


Snowflake garland?? Check.


Felt ornaments?? Check. Check. And check.


That third ornament is supposed to be a football... you could tell, right?? My husband came home at the tail end of my crafting and his suggestion was a soccer ball ornament. I told him he'd have to settle for a football. 

With all of these little projects done, its making me SO excited to get my bin and go to town on our house!! Opening my decorations bin is like Christmas morning come early. I always manage to forget what I have... Which sometimes doesn't work in my favor "that's it?? I totally thought I had more!" Either way, the second we have our tree up (its a fakey fake. we bought it at grocery outlet the first year we were married. its pretty pathetic looking, but I tend to get sentimental about things, so I doubt this little guy will be going anywhere any time soon...) our house will feel festive! So excited!! 

Who knows, maybe I'll bust out ole trusty again (mr. hot glue gun) and tackle some more crafts! Ooooor, I should bust out the ole sewing machine and actually get started on a few of my gifts... yeah, that's probably a better idea.... 



Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Storage, take two!

It has once again been a while since I've posted anything... I'm so not good at this regularly-posting, thing! But! Its ok! I'm here again, that's all that matters!!

I did a post a bit ago about changing diaper boxes into storage boxes. I used wrapping paper, which has held up just fine, but I wanted to see how it would be if I used (yet again!) some material I have here. I will be utterly devastated once I use up all that material the previous owners left here... it has come in quite handy to me! Anywho, I love how they turned out!!!


I used the felt flowers again that I had used on a wreath I made... Love it! I've got two more diaper boxes waiting for their makeover, and I'm pretty darn sure that they will both look like this! 


You know what I love about storage boxes?? That I can hide all my random crap in them and still make my house look presentable (although, right now it is NOT presentable... hence the storage box craft...) One of these days I will be shipping off my now-fit-throwing amazing little toddler to her grandparents house so that I can crack down on organization in this house... Trust me, it needs it. As we speak, there is a bag of those snack size chip bags in our bedroom, an easel in our living room, baby bullet under our dining room table, and many more randomly placed items around our house that are DESPERATELY needing a more permanent home... preferably NOT where they are now. 

This will change. Soon. My sanity is counting on it. 

Anyway, have a great rest of your day! If you are up north on I-5 and see random things on the side of the freeway with a "free" sign, don't be alarmed. I might have given up on owning things all together, in hopes of having an organized humble abode....