The Things We Don't Want To Keep But We Don't Want To Throw Them Away #1

I grabbed the Magic Grow Pellets from my pile and threw them all into warm water to expand them all at once. Boy, that was fun! Now to find something to do with my new fun shapes. I'm thinking some sort of jewelry.

The Things We Don't Want To Keep But We Don't Want To Throw Them Away

You know you have them. We all have them. Those bits and bobs that show up in kid's meals, giveaways, vending machines, or just little things we bought because it seemed like a good idea at the time. They hang around the house. They pile up in corners and on shelves. They collect dust. But no matter how useless and in the way they become, we cannot bring ourselves to throw them away. We think we will find a use for them someday or that we are obligated to keep them since we spent money on them, but these things are just dragging us down and keeping us from a clean and organized living space. My goal here is to find something useful or artistic to do with these objects. To that end, I am collecting all of them in one place until inspiration strikes me.

Family Friday: The Family That Plays Together Stays Together

This is our wall of Guitar Hero/Rock Band controllers. As it turns out, this is much safer (and better looking) than sitting them on the floor leaning against the wall. My favorite thing about these music-themed games is that, since you can pick your difficulty level individually, we can all play together as a family regardless of how many hours we have logged on. Derrick plays a lot, while I only pick up a guitar controller when we play as a family or when company comes over. Also, this is one of the few games we can get Shawn to play that is creative rather than destructive. And that ROCKS!

We're Putting the Blog Back Together

After a long absence, I am bringing this blog back to the foreground of my attention. I was discouraged by the lack of activity (comments, mostly) but since then I have refined my crafting focus and I'm ready to get back on the horse. So get ready for more crafting content I firmly believe that if you build it they will come. They have to. We're on a mission from God.

New Tags

Here are my new tags that I made for putting in my tote bags and purses. I used a custom stamp for the back and printable iron-on transfer paper for the front. This is a lot nicer looking and easier to read than the hand-stamped tags I was making. However, I am still using used light colored denim pants for the base material that these tags are printed on. I wonder what else I could stick them on...