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!
It took a while to collect enough can tabs for this frame, but it was worth the wait! This is an idea that I cannot take credit for. One of my college friends posted a picture of a vase that she made out of the tabs and I thought that a frame would look good too. The frame is just basic and was 1.49 at the Goodwill. Grey seemed like the best color to paint it to go with the can tabs. After that, I just started hot gluing them on in rows. The frame still needs a picture, but for right now it looks good without anything in it. There still are some tabs left so I am going to keep collecting them and see what idea may 'POP' into my head. Sorry, couldn't resist! There are so many possibilities for items that you can recycle. It is really fun to create something out of what others may throw away. 
My great aunt Marcie was a creative whiz, she made the most unique things. I still remember as a kid going to her house and seeing a Christmas decoration that she made out of a turkey breast bone. She had cleaned it all up and used it to make Santa's sleigh. I was really young when it was shown to me so recreating it isn't a possibility but it is things like that that make you inspired to recycle objects that can become great treasures.
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