I'll start by admitting that I've been a little obsessed preoccupied this past week or so with some new blogs. Ok, maybe about 50 blogs. It's actually Nate Berkus' fault if you ask me. Have y'all seen this guy? He's absolutely adorable and has a great home design show that comes on during the day (so those of you who have a 9-5 job might not have a clue who I'm talking about). I rarely catch his show, but when I do, I'm totally inspired to redecorate my entire house!!
So not all that long ago he had a girl on his show who was featuring some before and after's of her house. He mentioned that she is best known for her website www.centsationalgirl.com. It took me a few days, but I finally looked her up and that's where the crazy spiderweb of blog-ville started.
In the past week I've bought a new glue gun, been to the dollar store (more than once...), Hobby Lobby, the Goodwill store, burned my fingers with hot glue, etc etc etc. all because I was determined to make some of the a.dor.a.ble things I found on these blogs. And, I know I said in my last post that I wasn't a craft girl, but I feel like this stuff falls into a whole different category. Maybe I'm just trying to convince myself that it's cool. Whatever. I had a great time entertaining myself and I'm sure the madness isn't over yet.
Here are a few of the projects I've copied made.
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| Book page wreath Words cannot explain how in love I am with this wreath (and Patrick thinks it's pretty cool, too!) I'll admit that the picture doesn't do it justice. |
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| Numbers before I was toying with the 1... I clearly didn't go with that idea. |
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| Numbers after Not sure where these will end up, but I have hopes of it looking very cute! |
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| decoupaged tray that I'm using as a catch-all |
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| Valentine's Day decor |
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| Frame before with a little Valentine's Day art |
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| Frame after Not sure I'm loving how BOLD the red is on this one |
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| A frame I found at Goodwill |
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| That got turned into this... with a little Subway art inside. |
Fun stuff!! Here are the blogs I've joined over the past week. I'm sure I'll be adding more, but these are my favorites for now. This is also where I found the inspiration for the projects I made. I certainly want to give credit where credit is due.
I am totally doing that book page wreath. It's awesome and just what I need! I, too, used to think of myself as uncrafty but with a few simple tools, some time (hello, nap time!), and good old fashioned will...cool stuff can happen! Thanks, pal!
ReplyDeletep.s. loooooooooooooove Nate Berkus! Don't love how much older he looks than he did on Oprah...reminds me that I and also way older now :(. Do you know about his story with the Asian Tsumani? Its really sad :(
ReplyDeleteI am so proud of your artistry!! What a good job you have done on all of your projects - can't wait to see them in person. xxooxxoo --ym
ReplyDeletewhoa, woman. you've been busy! everything turned out so awesome. i LOVE the wreath! if the craft fairy strikes me soon i might give it a whirl (although my crafty projects never seem to come out that well!)
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