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Archive for July, 2009
The Start of my Crafting Phase
Lately I’ve been Ms. CraftyMcGee over here! I’m always finding new and unique projects to try out. I found these duct tape shoes I made about a year ago. Duct tape, craft foam, cardboard, and a little creativity! BOOM, you’ve got shoes!
They aren’t very durable but they are comfy. It’s also fun to say, “HEY LOOK! I made these shoes myself out of duct tape!”
Along with the nifty duct tape shoes, I found an insane number of pens, pencils, markers, and crayons. I noticed some were Harry Potter Scented Markers which would mean they were probably from 6th grade. So what did that mean? MARKER TESTING TIME! I was lacking ideas of crafts to start and figured coloring would be a great way to begin my crafting.
It was fun, and a majority of those 6th grade markers do, in fact, work.
Since then I’ve been trying chain maille, homemade cheese fondue, duct tape flower bouquets , making my own jewelry, and these will someday turn into a really cool basket made of newspaper. (Click here for instructions on how to do it yourself!)
Stay tuned for more creative craftiness from yours truly!
P. S. Got a craft idea to share with me? I’d LOVE to hear it via comment/email!
Straw Hats are Delicious
So for my birthday this year I hosted a Hawaiian luau. It was a blast completed with coconut bras, grass skirts, and straw hats from the dollar store. I spent the most I’ve ever spent at a dollar store (between $50-$60) but everyone got to be completely decked out in luau attire and the decorations were awesome.
After the party I decided that I wanted to keep the decorations and fancy dollar store attire in case I ever decided to throw another luau. I spent a little too much on everything to just throw/give it away.
My life and possessions are a semi-organized mess right now and I recently noticed there was a straw hat sitting on a DVD rack. But there was something else interacting with the hat…my cat. Her name is Piper and she hates you. She is very anti-stranger though, so don’t take it personally. So what was Piper doing with it you ask? Why she was EATING IT of course!
Um, gross?
So deciding that I didn’t want to be the one discovering the straw infested pile of cat vomit, I shushed her away and told her no.
Maybe straw=addictive for cats?
She couldn’t resist! She hopped right back up there and started gnawing away on it again!
After several more attempts of shushing, I realized how cute/strange/slightly obnoxious this situation was. So what did I do? I took the hat, put it on the bed, and photographed her nibbling the hat.
Piper and her fine dining experience.
I can hear exactly what the boy toy would say to this post:
“See hon? We don’t even need to have kids! We have Piper to annoy us and chew on things she’s not supposed to!”
Moving and Mother-in-Laws
The big move is OVER!
All of our junk crap valuables stuff was shoved into a UHaul and taken off to the wonderful paradise of:
…my fiancé’s mom’s home.
(Note: I think if this blog post were a horror movie, NOW would be the time where someone important would cue scary music.)
It’s the first move, and it’s not permanent. Our lease expired June 30th (The apartment complex wouldn’t allow us to add one more month…ugh!) and the new place we’ll be getting won’t be ready until mid-July/August 1st. So, with an extra month between leases, we’ll be keeping good ‘ole MIL company.
It’s not all that bad I suppose. I mean, I definitely don’t mind sharing a twin bed with Mike. Cozy, right? And the lack of privacy? That’s nothing! Just because we’re sharing a room with Mike’s twin brother and his girlfriend doesn’t mean we won’t get alone time! Of course, I never mind if his mother decides to come in the room right after I drift off to sleep and try to discuss things with me. Ask me a million times if I mind that the next month of my life will be spent wondering which random person put what random possession of mine where. I betcha I’ll tell you I don’t mind at all. Oh, and if the MIL ends up taking my luggage on a biking trip, using all my shampoo and conditioner, and nabbing a few of my shirts in the process…
I’ll just love it.
P.S. I do hope you’re all getting to know me well enough to notice this post was dripping with sarcasm. For those who didn’t notice, check your feet. There may be a puddle of dripped sarcasm by your feet.
