Heyla, Hope you dig out the modgepodge and if you cover stuff I hope you post it too
been on a modgepodge high still...

still wet and stacked to dry... have lots of boxes. have a problem getting rid of the boxes. they are also some seriously ugly boxes. so... tada. pleasing to me boxes :D:D

my wrists are kinda dinky so bracelets are usually too big.. the upshot of that is i can dismantle bracelets toss on a few more beads and get a bracelet and pair of earrings out of it... so.. uhm yeah. that's what i did.

I inherited all of my mom's fabric which was super heavy on the florals, pastels and lace bits and bobs.. i gave her such a bad time about it and now i'm in withdrawal, i don't want to study for finals, and this is what i alternated polisci and business law with-

why does a skirt go under Home- complete projects? because it's the skirt to wear while doing laundry at the laundry closet-

i can empty the pockets into the matching catch all bin, iron it on either of the matching ironing boards, and after i wash it i can dry it and snag clothes pins out of the matching bags hanging in the laundry closet



i can leave handy little notes up with my rose magnets, and i have a curtain hiding the ecologically unsafe bleach i just accidentally admitted to owning.

ok, i know it really is all in all pretty dorky. but wow one sheet went a long ways. i have done very very very few crafting projects in the last half decade and it's really nice to just not care if it's dorky, or bad, and just do it and make something and toss it later if it sucks.. if that makes any sense..? i really enjoyed myself. not my taste, my style or well done.. but gosh golly i had -fun-

i also made sure no bit of ribbon went lonely without beads. lol. it really was just dorky fun..

I needed to make something bright, froofy and cheerful last night.. couldn't sleep. required cheer. this was it. it's going on the side of the hutch over my computer desk:}

this bird cage had hugely sentimental value to me but it was rusted, a mess, and just bleh. so uhm some wire cutters, spray paint, acrylic paint, scrapbooking paper, ribbon...
and crammed it with some more sentimental stuff- the pencil sharpener and tape dispenser from my great grandfather's desk... notecards and my blown glass pen and ink to try and prod myself into getting better about writing peoples notes. so.. these are a few of my favourite things :}
**edited to add- i saw something like this in a magazine, it might have been junk market style but i just can't for the life of me remember anymore or when or where or anything other than seeing a pic of someone doing something like this to a bird cage***




the before


partway through


parter way through


ok. back to grubbing out this scary craft room again goes me. but i needed a break from cleaning up in here and studying for finals...

hey everyone, thank ya.. gave me the motivation to finish allllllll 36 of those darn boxes. well. 37 including my CANDY BOX. everything from ribbon to marbles and magnets. hurrah. it's done! i still have the drawers of jewelry making stuff and the closet of doom to go, and the jars of buttons i want to do by colour but yeehaw all those boxes are done. thank you everyone and i even have some empty boxes left to fill with more craptacular stash

pssst. my aquarium. ok. i'm not amano. but i do love the planted aquariums. glad you liked his stuff. it really is an art form and blows my mind sometimes...

i keep griping that it's finals week.. i study and then i play. study play study play study play. when i went out for a walk to get a mocha and some air and decompress my brain there were so many pretty little mosses around outside so this is what i had when i got home.. she keeps me company at the table while i study now

ermm i started this post because i was just glad i went through my ribbon.. it's turned into a picture obese monstrosity of me trying to encourage myself to get through allllll the boxes of sewing bits and bobs. Not very exciting craftycreation wise but it is motivating me to finish going through all six gazillion boxes so I hope people will excuse me:}
I am really working at getting my crafting area organised, tidy, and hopefully cute as well. not super crafty but hallelujah I organised my ribbons!
cut out cardboard rectangles to wrap longer pieces of unspooled ribbon on. put anything ~2 feet and under on a safety pin and clipped that to an O ring. set out a jar for the tiny scraps I might want to use for scrapbooking or anything else. so, 3 hours and a movie later I've got organised ribbons I can find and use.


ribbons


binding


rickrack joy. it's come to my attention with this exercise that i'm woefully lacking in rickrack. what the heck?


and elastic! huzzah. box by box it's going from impenetrable tangle to accessible and usable!


snaps, hooks & things that clip.

it really is a good feeling to get a handle on the craptacular mess i've been living in for awhile...