When is comes to this time of year, my mind goes into creative overdrive. I realize my posting is much less now that my original goal has been met, but believe me, I am still making stuff. There are about ten Christmas gifts in the works as well as my calender drawings. Current projects involve sewing, crafting, drawing and crocheting. I am proud to say that a good chunk of gifts are already done or close to being done, yeah! Working in a fabric store has definitely boosted my creativity and some days too many ideas are crowding my mind. Because funds are still low for us, I have been buying things bit by bit every payday. It helps to not have to blow an entire paycheck all at once. This also is good because with my discount on top of sale price, I have gotten some incredible deals. Add caption Today, my post will be the first of my calender pages. There are two finished so only ten to go!
The project for today came from a few places. In my youth, I remember going to a friend's house and her Grandmother showed me a Christmas decoration that she had made, it was in a small frame. It was red velvet fabric and old jewelry and was in the shape of a Christmas tree. Then, a month or so ago I was watching the Nate Berkus Show. He has great ideas and is from Minnesota like me! He was showing what to do with things that you think are trash or not useful. Kind of like the things I do in my blog. So anyways, he had old jewelry and frames. Here is where the light bulb went off in my head. I had purchased a painted canvas at the Goodwill for a few dollars and was going to paint on it, but the canvas was torn. I ended up removing the canvas and using the frame. I stapled on some muslin and topped it off with an old shear embroidered curtain. Then dug through all of my jewelry and buttons and started to decorate it. I consider it a work in progress because new things can be added. I always have old jewelry because I don't want to throw it away or one earring was lost and it was a cool pair so why toss the other one. See a past post for necklace ideas out of old earrings and other stuff. Here is my new creation and I can't wait to see how it progresses. A really ornate frame might be the perfect item to finish it in the future.
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