coasters!!

i have "inherited" a HUNORMOUS amount of magazines.

yes, i know hunormous is not a word, but ever since J-boy #2 started saying it when he was five, it's stuck..

anyway.. don't distract me..

as i was saying, i have a hunormous amount of magazines.. the thought of getting my fav mag subscriptions for 5 bucks sounded awesome at the time, but when ur in danger of embracing your "inner packrat," all you end up with is more JUNK.

(did i just say junk?) i meant treasures.. *heh heh*

and just as i was having an epiphany regarding throwing them out so that i could become more organized, along comes the EVIL plot against me to create coasters! *gasp*

i was sO NOT lookin' for this.. but, honestly, i cannot resist at LEAST trying this tutorial for coasters as attractive as these..

i'll put up my finished projects.. one of these days.. summer is here and that means i need to put my creativity to work or i'll go crazy with regrets when the season is over..

wish me luck! =)

wallet #3

N girl is just that.. a girl.

she wanted a wallet, too.. a feminine one.. i took the fabric remnants from some baby clothes.

fun. =)

i have seen it ALL...

i'm tellin' you.. modpodge is INSANELY magical! most people would've told this woman that she was goin' craZy if she said she was gonna modpodge her shoes.. i don't know what kind of friends she has, but i NEED some real motivators like this!

look at these pics.. i am impressed. sO.. funny enough, before i even created this post, i had my kids with me at the table, cutting out patterns of fun magazine clippings.. something good is bound to happen, i keep telling myself.. ^_^

honestly, when i saw THIS story, i was like come ooooon... MODPODGE.? you gotta be kidding me. you don't decoupage sumthin you're gonna wear on your feet. and NOW... after seeing her cute shoes, i'm convinced that modpodge can transform basically anything..

isn't that SCARY???

girl, don't wear them in the rain is all i have to say. LOL

latest project..

something simple.. but i can finally say that MAYBE, just maybe i'm in a lil' bit of a creative mood again..

my daughter has been wanting a strawberry shortcake (ssc) pillow for

her bed..

she's a die hard ssc fan! LOL

sO.. i made her one last night..

just a lil' something to start getting my creative juices flowing.

i have LOTS of clothes, fabrics, scraps.. that need to be re-purposed into something useful or beautiful (maybe a decoration..)

this pillow is made up of two of my daughter's old shirts, that she didn't care much for.. and an old sheet that i used to make an angel costume out of YEARS ago. LOL..

i'm planning to make LOTS of projects out of old clothing, fabric scraps, etc., stay tuned. ^_^

*whimsy stuff*

i don't know why i got the idea of calling this *whimsy stuff*.. it just seemed fitting for such unique treasures grouped together for wonderfully creative photos! check these out..

i'm very fond of hodge-podge delights that cause the senses to purr like a dreamy kitty! ^_^

you can see more here..

enjoy!

copycats..

i've had my own issue with hoarded designs that never "do" anything for anyone but myself, because, i didn't want anyone to "steal" my ideas..

what a joke.

oddly enough, as King Solomon would say, "there's nothing new under the sun"

this, i dare say, is VERY true. most things that i've designed or created, i've found that someone else made it famous or, available.. heh heh..

sO.. i'm pretty proud of this particular "copycat"

the artist himself may not agree, but i think that her "knock-off" is much more enjoyable!

check out the texture of the second pic.. and the actual painting (the first).. colors are much more brilliant, but i like the fact that the copycat used fabric remnants.. i'm all about repurposing fabrics to create new art.. =)

if you wanna see more click HERE.. and here..

original"knock-off"