Creative Dawn

I am in a vegging mood right now so my post will be short and sweet today. A few days ago my post was about a frame made from trim off of a shirt.  There was A LOT of pieces left over so, I strung them together and made them into a necklace.  In my box of miscellanious I had the necklace strand and just sewed the new 'bauble' onto it.  A headband decoration may be the next thing that is made with the extra trim pieces. 

Can you believe that over 300 posts have been made on Creative Dawn?  I just realized this today!  This has been a fun and challenging goal to complete and I have learned a lot about myself and found a few new creative outlets as well.  Today's post was kind of an accident.  This cute black top is a favorite of mine but the trim was always falling off.  The solution was to just remove them all and put them in my button/trim container.  After I snipped them all off I got the idea to add them to this green silk frame.  In the frame is a great picture of my Grandma and Grandpa on their wedding day.  After the new trim was sewn to the frame it gave it a bit more personality.  The frame is a purchase from a few years ago, it was in a clearance bin.

It is May and I have four months left in my quest for creativity.  I do intend to keep posting after the 365 days, but probably not daily.  Being a creative person ideas are always be coming up and I hope that others will be inspired by this blog.  Please, if you enjoy my ideas send me some feedback.  I would love to hear from readers.  So, here we go, month number nine...  Here is a cute find from the Goodwill, a chicken napkin holder.  To begin with I started with a coat of tan paint and then just started adding squares of color.  The way it turned out kind of uneven really appealed to me.  It was a fast project and I couldn't believe how good it looked.  Well not everyone will probably agree with me, but I like more modern design.  Normally I don't buy paper napkins so I used some of my cloth napkins rolled up.  This is another example of using an item that was intended for one thing and using for another.  Yes...

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 h...

I've had this mirror for a while and I don't really remember the original color.  It was purchased at the Goodwill probably about seven or eight years ago.  When I first got it, I applied a crackle finish on it and then painted it black with a gold design.  Now, with no budget, I figured it was time to change it.  This is a design that anyone can do.  Using painters tape, rip off small chunks and stick to project.  Paint over it in any color, let dry and add more tape then paint it again.  Once you have the design and colors that you like, remove the tape and you have an interesting pattern with very little work involved.  I think this one turned out like camoflage.  This mirror is a larger size than most of the other ones blogged about.  It is 19 x 29.  I don't know what I like about mirrors so much because, I don't always like seeing myself in them but they are great for decorating and making rooms appear larger.  Quot...

 Right now you could say that I have too much time on my hands.  Yes, yes I do, but this is a great idea!  What do you get when you combine an old black plastic video cover, a scrap of fabric and duct tape?  A great little purse!  When I first came up with this idea I was looking for a book to transform into a purse but I didn't want to ruin any of the books that I own.  Luckily right next to one of my bookshelves is a crate filled with VCR tapes.  It struck me that the cassette holder could work.  I grabbed two that had the hard plastic cases and started to experiment.  I had a few ideas for how to make the handle with parts of old purses and then I spied the duct tape sitting on the floor.  This could work!  The first extremely difficult task was to remove the photo/info card and used it as a template for the fabric.  Yes, that was sarcasm.  I used a pinking sheers for the fabric since I didn't feel like doing any sewing....

Lately I have been on a drawing kick.  For anyone that is creative in general I think that that is normal.  Your brain gets on a roll with certain ideas and you can't change your coarse until everything is emptied out into the world.  Here is another drawing only this time I decided to use a red pen.  Apples are so simple but here they get some personality and a bit of Peter Maxx influence.  I told you to look for that.  The frame was simple black and is recycled from a fashion drawing I had done a few years ago.  Remember, no income, start reusing the old stuff!  The plan was to repaint it in tangerine shade.  It was going to be a solid color but after the first coat was applied, I like the worn look so that is how it stayed.