Organizing with googly eyes

[BirdBones]

This is a really quick and easy Sunday-project...

Due to my inability to keep track of the date and dates in general and because my dear Suereal has made me co-organizer in a swap, I decided it was about time I made myself a crafting calendar, so I'd better be able to know excactly when to ignore the rest of the world and lock myself up in my crafting room... It does serve for an excellent excuse to NOT do homework too



I took one of those cheap cork-boards, wrapped some fabric (that I aquired at a market once and have about 10 meters of) over it and then proceeded to go completely mental with the hot glue gun (which has earned me another glue gun survival badge, I believe). To get some sort of calendar-like date line, I cut up some measuring tape. The octopi were rescued from an old window-decoration and outfitted with new eyes, the googly eyes... well, one can never have enough googly eyes on anything, right?...
The wonderful skull pins were sent to me by Suereal and it makes me happy to finally incorporate them in something fitting



The entire thing took about 30 minutes to finish including fighting with spiderweb-like strands from the hot glue, but I was victorious and am now all up to date with upcoming craft-events! Aren't you proud of me?

What do you think?

 

[LadybugsAndBumblebees]

That's a great idea, and I think I will make something like that for my craft room!  I have a craft notebook where I keep track of the sendouts, but it would be easier on me and less stressful to have a calendar just for swaps, and where I could always see it.

Great idea!

[jillybeans]

Ooo nice, BirdBones!  I really like the fabric you chose, too!  It looks all fabulously distressed!

I so wish that the Ongoing ATC Swap was as easy to track on a bulleton board.  But alas, excel spreadsheet for me.  *sigh*

[LadybugsAndBumblebees]

I just wisted this! 

[BirdBones]

OH, thank you Miss Barbara and Jillybeans!
I find it is easier to keep track of things when you can see them... plus, one can add all kinds of craft-dates to it like upcoming birthdays and things..  and as long as one keeps the notes stuck on pretty, it does make for a nice wall decoration

[suereal]

I'm always proud of you my purple checkered flamingo   That came out so well.  I LOVE that fabric and I would have bought 10 yards too.  I'm off to push the This ROCKS button now

[BirdBones]

OOooooh, thanks sweetie! I know what's going into your next care-package already...

[suereal]

heheh Your so good at keeping secrets

[microjivvy]

It's settled. I definitely need more googly eyes in my life. 

My favorite bits (other than function) are the very strange octopi.

[BirdBones]

Yes, I am naturally secretive, Suereal *hides face with cape*

Thank you, Jivvy! Goes to show that one never knows what junk can be good for

[suereal]

BB!  Do you see what you have done?  You have brought microjivy over to the Googly Side *said in my very best Darth Vader voice*.  The Googlies shall take over the WORLD!!!!  And you, BB are an inspiration to us all

[teachart]

I love this! The colors are fab. So useful too, I should totally make a reusable calendar too... I am terrible with dates 

Wonderful as usual my dear 

[BirdBones]

Oh, you guys!!! *blushing* You make me go all gooey inside

Gooey with googly eyes 

[LimeRiot]

Why in the world do I not have a crafting calendar?! What a fabulous idea. How have I managed all this time without one??

Of course, I'm not sure any calendar could be as fun and bright and whimsical and wonderful as yours! That fabric is fantastic. You should definitely be awarded another hot glue survival badge!

[BirdBones]

Thank you, LimeRiot! So glad you like it- and I am happy I found something to use this fabric on... The rest of it is lying in my craft room and throwing me the evil eye for not using it

[jcorn]

Oooh, so wonderful!  I just liberated a corkboard from the dumpster at work  and now I know exactly what to do with it.  I, unfortunately, do not have skully tacks, but am thinking that a google-eye on the head of each thumb tack may work nicely, especially since the last pack of eyes I bought has several colors of irises!

Hmmmm, will I want them all watching me craft? 

[microjivvy]

BB!  Do you see what you have done?  You have brought microjivy over to the Googly Side *said in my very best Darth Vader voice*.  The Googlies shall take over the WORLD!!!!  And you, BB are an inspiration to us all

Yes yes, blame BirdBones. 

I've had a couple of bags of googly eyes in my stash for YEARS... and never used them.  Having met BirdBones, I used googly eyes in two different projects within the last month.

[BirdBones]

jcorn- you know, I just bought a bunch of normal pins to decorate too! And I think it is sort of a bitter-sweet blessing to have googly eyes watch over you while crafting, after all they might be looking at you interestedly as well as keeping an eye on your schedule-issues

And Jivvy- that makes me so PROUD!  ...maybe I should make myself an evil-googly-eye-temptress-badge

[suereal]

jcorn- you know, I just bought a bunch of normal pins to decorate too! And I think it is sort of a bitter-sweet blessing to have googly eyes watch over you while crafting, after all they might be looking at you interestedly as well as keeping an eye on your schedule-issues

And Jivvy- that makes me so PROUD!  ...maybe I should make myself an evil-googly-eye-temptress-badge

You most definitely should BB!