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!
A while ago, my mom gave me this jar and I shuffled it around the house trying to figure out what to do with it. It came to me last night. With the bathroom decor leaning towards tropical, I decided to fill it will shells. These are also something that I had collecting dust in the house. Now, filling a jar with shells isn't just dumping them in there and saying OK that looks good, no you need to show off the cool ones and fill the middle with the average ones. It took me two tries to get it the way I wanted it to look. There is a neat shelf in the bathroom that I had already decorated with shell frames, they were discount store finds from a few years ago. I centered the jar and then on put my wedding cake topper on the lid. I will get into my wedding stuff in some later posts, but the theme was obviously of the tropical nature. I love painting and drawing and everything else, but it is really fun when you can quickly make something that is simple and fills a void in your home. :)
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