Creative Dawn

I have this idea and hopefully in some small way it will catch on.  The library is a place that I really enjoy, there have been quite a few creative books that have helped with this blog and also many books that I read from there.  Currently, the Harry Potter series is what I'm working on.  Book number six is the one that is now being read and when I got book five, there was a bookmark left in it from a past reader.  This sparked an idea in my head, what if I keep this bookmark and then return it with another bookmark and a note. It's like a pay it forward in bookmarks.  So, I made a new one and added the note at the right on the back.  We'll see what happens, I may even just make a bunch and stash them in random books on my next trip to the library.

I have blogged about my trips to the library and the variety of crafty books there for borrowing.  It is fun to look through the stacks and browse through them.  This book really caught my eye, 'Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts'.  It has a lot of 50's and 60's crafts that the author discovered in her own browsing through vintage craft books and magazines.  Some of the crafts bring back memories of childhood, items made out of Popsicle sticks and macaroni noodles.  What fun! The one that I decided to do today was a flower craft.  In the original pattern that she found it had stated that these would look great added to your poodle skirt.  That is DEFINITELY retro!   There were three styles, but only two of them really caught my eye, the zinnia and the daisy.  The pattern used a thick craft glue, but I like my hot glue gun, so that is what I used.  In these pictures they are adorning a sweater and a t shirt, but they would look great ...

Checking out creative books from the library has given me much needed inspiration on those days when my ideas are few or zero. Currently I have a crochet book, a book about updating your wardrobe and a book of retro craft ideas. The retro one is fun because it brings back memories of childhood crafting with popsicle sticks and found objects.  Today's post is from the Kooky Crochet book.  There are many ideas to crochet that are not things that your Grandma would make.  The only thing that I made so far out of the book is this little birdie.  He is about two inches high and is going to be perfect for an Easter/spring decoration.  It took less than an hour and is a great beginner project if you are new to crochet.  In the book it was done in a variety of colors, but I do love varigated yarn so that is what I chose.  How can you look at this sweet little guy and not smile!  Oh, by the way it is Tuesday and that means I made a trip to t...