Jan 21, 2012

Avoidance, Denial & Artistic Slob-bery...

i do have a dining table...really i do!
i use the word "dining" loosely though since not much
dining ever goes on there!
{ June ...this post is for you! semi-full disclosure! ;}
[the flecks you see are tarnished GGG, i swear! that cat hair
you see...well, that's just plain cat hair...sorry!]



it's THE surface that gets the best light in the house
so it's my staging area/photography studio.





to say that it's piled high with "props" would be an understatement...
to say that every visible and invisible square inch is covered...
now that would be the truth! ;}





for whatever reason i decided to embark on the task i have been
avoiding for...well...forever! call it spring cleaning...we don't really
have spring here so spring cleaning in january works just as well
as april!





maybe i simply had a hankering to refresh my memory as to just
exactly what that table looked like? it's been ages...who can
remember these things??!





so, i started weeding...and separating...and sorting...




and along with all of the above, came a lot of asking, too...
asking myself why!in!tarnation! do i have all these things?





seriously! yes, yes, i am a creative sort and i need to let my muse
lead me where she will...{did that make you gag?! i was attempting
to be artsy! ;}




ok, ok, the real deal is that if i put stuff "away"...i forget that i have it!
i am old and frail...ok, not really, but sometimes i think i can actually
feel the grey matter seeping out my right ear, so i can't put too much
stress on my brain!





"stress" would mean making my self remember just exactly where i put
said bit or bob! i just can't do it...thus...it must all remain at my fingertips!
which accounts for the mounds upon mounds of "props"{read:crap! ;}





{sidebar:these peeps appear to have a mosh pit going!}





sound like hoarder denial to you? yah, me too!





so, like i said, i weeded and sorted and trashed for hours on end!
ok...at least one entire hour...





separating...discarding...purging...in the vain attempt to liberate
my table...from, well...me.





and i still ended up with all this mess!
geez!
do i put it in shoe boxes?
zip lock bags?
tupperware?




and for corn sake! i hadn't even started on the other end of the
table! {it's a very long table! ;} what's to be done with me?





i know...the problem is me...and my slobbery!





for now, i am exhausted and in need of carbs and sugar...
and fatty foods! {they clear my head!} i will think about all
this again tomorrow...
at Tara!






{Lorenzo LLama wasn't there to help....just to gloat! look at that smirk!}

Jan 16, 2012

Pick A Peck Of Pretty Poppers!

i just had to give it a go!
Tink's Tutorial made it look so easy and fun...how could i resist?
{excuse the unedited pics...Picnik does not seem to be working...
at least not for me...so, these shots are au naturel! ;}


you may know Tink better as Elyse of Tinkered Treasures ...
former punk and newly crowned romantic who is giving Marty Stew
a run for her money in the queen of craftiness department!
and her Valentine poppers are featured in the latest issue of Romantic Homes.




now, as we all know, being unprepared is my motto!
hey, it's not something you probably want to aspire to...
just being honest! ;}






when i get the itch to make something...
when my muse wakes up from her nap...
when i have had too much sugar...






invariably, i am lacking many...or darn near all of the basic
bit and bobs i need. case in point: toilet paper rolls.






so make way for improvisational crafting...aka MacGyvering




there it was in all it's glory...
a beautiful paper towel roll, sticking right out of the hefty
bag in my kitchen!






so, i just snipped that sucker into 3 sections!






obviously, my poppers are not regulation Tink size...




but they still turned out pretty cute!




{and you can give the smaller ones to people your only like...
and give the full sized loo roll poppers to those that you actually
love! because, as we all know...nothing says i love you like
toilet paper! ;}





thx ever so for the tute, Tink!
once you get gluing and snipping and tying, you almost
can't stop...well, almost...that is until you remember you
have an as-yet-still-unopened-bag of Hostess donettes! ;}
i have my priorities!


Met Monday @ BNOTP
Project Parade @ DIY Showoff
JSIWU @ The Girl Creative
Brag Monday @ The Graphics fairy
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice
Good Life Wednesday @ A Beach Cottage
White Wednesday @ Faded Charm Cottage
Air Your Laundry @ Freckled Laundry
Pink Saturday @ How Sweet The Sound
Saturday Night Special @ FUNky Junk Interiors


Jan 14, 2012

This, That & The Other...

i'm weeding through the 700 plus shots i took Christmas
morning...boy do i have an itchy trigger finger! i will take a
picture of anything it seems!




i was even making pink vignettes out of things that Santa brought!





i guess i am always "mentally" blogging...even on Dec. 25th! ;}





hmmmmmm...amidst all the pinkness...there appears to be
something amiss in this shot! ;}

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet The Sound




my baby niece put Mary, Joseph & baby Jesus to bed...
you know, they must have been tired after their long
night in the stable!



even the pets get in on the goings on! poor Noelle!




why i keep my day job...
how in the world do you take pictures at night?
{but if you squint your eyes and have a couple glasses
of wine...you'd swear you were in Stars Hollow!}
i should take better pictures by now...but then again
i should be 20 pounds thinner...and keep my roots in
check better...but i need a nap just thinking about that
kind of effort! phewwwwwww!



Jan 8, 2012

Well, Fan-cy That!!!

day late and a dollar short...that really should be the name of
this blog! trends and all manner of coolness pass me right by
much of the time...most of the time. thankfully, i am just a tad
too lazy to be all caught up in that stuff so i don't need a shrink
to help me with my self esteem or anything! ;}




{photo: matthew mead holiday }

some of you may be aware that mr. matthew mead put out a little
publication called holiday a couple of months ago...fiiiiiiine piece
of work too! well, i just got my mitts on it a few days ago and...
katie bar the door! such a wealth of cuteness and ideas! but it was
these fans that caught my eye first!




and just who says they have to be for Christmas only??!!
doesn't anyone else have a tree, of some sort, for all the other
holidays too?
well...you should!





so with the help of the inimitable graphics fairy, i found designs for
".everyday" !
{i didn't think ""detailed" instructions were needed...i'm sure we
all have been making fans since we were wee things...a dab of glue...
bits & bobs...a little string...and there you go! ;}




a door knob...





a package...







any 'ol thing you desire! above and far beyond o tannebaum!

Mosaic Monday @ The Little Red House
Project Parade @ DIY Showoff
Met Monday @ BNOTP
Brag Monday @ The Graphics Fairy
Good Life Wednesday @ A Beach Cottage
White Wednesday @ Faded Charm Cottage
Saturday Night Special @ Funky Junk Interiors






and always remember to think outside the fan!