life lived creatively
Sometime last year, I started rearranging my craft room. To avoid moving large pieces of furniture around repeatedly, I made a scaled floor plan & furniture pieces. Paper is much easier to move around than heavy furniture! Given my background as a drafter, this was an easy thing for me to do. I thought it […] Read more…
That’s right, this is a DIY hand painted root! I find inspiration all around me, but this is a first for me. I doubt it’s the last either because this was so much fun to do. : ) Most of the time when I find interesting things in nature, I just display them as is. […] Read more…
Since I’m on an “organize & clean up” kick I’ve noticed how often I turn to cup hooks to help out with this. You can find them in almost every room of my house! I also had a dilemma in my craft room that was fixed with the help of some cup hooks. Today I’ll […] Read more…
Last week I posted about how I organize my WIPs. That was more about storing the physical project, but there’s another part to it. The patterns & details! This post will deal with how to keep up with the who, what, when, & where of WIPs. That just leaves the why, to which I say […] Read more…
It’s hot y’all! It’s got to the point that being outside past 10 a.m. is just not worth it. I can feel a bead of sweat forming the moment I step outside because it’s so muggy. Bleh! This has left any gardening I may do to early in the morning or late in the evening, […] Read more…
On Wednesday I showed y’all a glass dish I was using to sit my succulents in. I would fill it with water & let the plants soak it up. This left the dish with quite a bit of mineral build up around the dish. Since I have a new planter, I’d like to use the […] Read more…
It’s wonderful Wednesday y’all & time for some DIY fun! I’m still working through my office makeover & those projects will trickle in over time as I figure things out. Right now I needed a DIY planter for my stranded succulents! The ones that were supposed to go in my office planter have been hanging […] Read more…