Project #5

I didn't get home until 9:00 tonight.

Adam and I are both feeling sick.

Date night got cancelled.

Adam leaves tomorrow for 7 days and still hasn't packed.

We have soooooo much laundry to do.

Needless to say, a crafty project was the last thing on my mind tonight.

I thought about just skipping it or even posting a project I had done before.

Then I realized that I would only be cheating myself and that is NOT how I roll.

Thus...project number five was created

I have had this stash of vintage teeny tiny plastic deer for awhile and was never sure what to do with them.  They are too cute, and I wanted to find the perfect project for them.

I had seen this post awhile back and for some reason it popped into my head tonight and it was perfect!

I busted out my materials...

and got busy painting ( I didn't have any glue so I used my sparkly gold paint for adhesive) and dipped my little deer in the glitter!

That last photo is a reference photo, so that you can see how cute and tiny these deer really are!!

Oh my gosh I love them so much!!

I think I'm either going to make:

1. cute festive hair pins

2. a little garland of these

3.  use them on my gift tags

4.  or all of the above.

I painted a ton so I am sure I can use them for more than one thing.

Also I want it noted, for future reference, doing this little project made me feel a lot better.  Plus, what else is there to do while the laundry is cycling through?

Good night friends.

xo

janel

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a challenge

One challenge I am facing these days is my lack of motivation to create.  Don't get me wrong, thanks to Pinterest, I am on inspiration overload!!

Moving all of my art stuff out of the nursery and putting it into storage has been a hinderance for my creative drive totally.

I still have some supplies, and seriously, the storage unit is like 3 minutes from our home, so I really shouldn't have all of these excuses right?

To get myself out of this rut, I am challenging myself to create a new project every single day for the next ten days. "10 Days of Making."  

I will also be posting all of my creations on the le blog each night to share :)

On a side note: My DSLR has been broken since August :(  I told Adam that all I want for Christmas is for it to be fixed.  I feel like I am less likely to do DIY's and cute stuff when I don't have my camera to photograph with.  I also feel like my blog has lacked a little bit with only posting iPhone photos too :)  So yeah, this project is also going to motivate me to get my camera fixed.  

I am so excited to get this creative party started!!

Be excited for a fun week :)  I also have two really rad giveaways coming this week!

Check back.

Alright, I am off to dig out tooooons of supplies.

xo

janel

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Horse Inspired Clock DIY

Today I am blogging over at Little Gray Pixel!  I will be sharing the full tutorial on how I made this cute little horse inspired clock :)

Hop on over there to get the full tutorial :)

I had so much fun making this for the nursery!

Enjoy.

xo

janel

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little sewing...

So, since there will soon be a little someone living in our house, it's time to make some room :)  I have thought about and thought about what I wanted to do with my studio space.

The studio space WAS in the nursery and NOW I have a teeny tiny little studio space In our living room :)

I pretty much love it so much.  As you can see in the photo above, the studio is now directly between our kitchen counter and a bookshelf :)

To give you an idea on how tiny the space is...it used to house our tee-pee...

Teeny!

Even though it's a lot like my old studio, it still feels fresh and new and super inspiring!

I decided to christen my new little studio space by whipping up some more baby DIY projects.  Here are some of the things that I will be attempting (the links to the tutorials are underneath the photo)

1.  these cutie pie little shoes...

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2.  oh and another adorable little pair of shoes...

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3.  cute little baby hats, ready for the chillier weather...

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4.  these adorable little baby leggings...

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5.  and a fabric mobile..

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And if you need any other GREAT baby sewing tutorials, you can check out this round-up!

Oh geeze, I am so excited to start sewing in my new little studio space :)

xo

janel