Sticks and Toothpicks

My little idea for the day is another frame, but I glued toothpick to it for this project. From a distance it kind of looks like wicker. For a project like this, hot glue doesn't work it was plain old tacky glue so it did take longer to finish and set. I am still trying to decide whether or not to paint it. I guess it just depends on what picture goes in the frame.

I need to really find my muse again soon! This job is draining my inspiration. To overcome a bit of this, I am posting about my husband's Uncle John. John was one of those incredible souls, he was a free spirit and enjoyed life so much. He is the one who got my husband interested in Jimmy Buffett and was a very important person to my husband. An avid outdoors man, he was always on the hunt for the perfect walking stick. Here are three of them that we now have. He had an eye for finding perfect branches for his creative outlet. We lost him a few years ago at much too young of an age but we have these beautiful mementos from him. Many times, inspiration comes along in unexpected ways. I am very thankful that he was in our lives because he was such a great influence for my husband. We miss Uncle John, but his spirit definitely lived on.

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Heartthrob Cafe Memories

The best job ever and the coolest friends that I ever had were when I worked at a restaurant called the Heartthrob Cafe. It was in downtown St Paul, Minnesota and was so fun! Today we had a get together to catch up and reminisce. This is one of the many good things about facebook, finding people that you wished you never lost contact with. So, today my post is the buttons that I made for this event. We had 'flair' that was a lot more fun and cool than a restaurant chain that I will not name here. We danced and sang birthday songs. The girls wore poodle skirts and we did all of this while wearing in line skates. We were a crazy family and honestly this was one of the best times in my life. Ahhh...memories. In the time spent there somehow the button machine came into my possession. In honor of our gathering, of course I had to make pins. Here are also two murals that I painted at the restaurant. Let me...

Too many ideas!

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!

Fun Fruit

So, the other day, my mom gave me a wire fruit basket. I really wasn't sure what to do with it until yesterday when I went to Michael's. They had paper mache pears and apples on clearance for .50 each. They had five total so I got them all. There may be a trip to another Michael's soon because five is not enough to fill the basket. Painting them normal was not an option they had to have fun patterns and bright colors. I am still debating about adding a fun glitter finish to them or just a plain gloss coat. They do need something else, to make them complete, we'll have to see what kind of inspiration hits me. Have a great night!

Creative Dawn

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