TO DO: Make a List, Check it Twice, Throw it Out the Window, Write a Lengthy Blog Post

Ugh.  The List.  

Most of the items on my list need regular maintenance and upkeep (like the budget and haircuts and yard work, for example).  I've taken so long to accomplish them that I need to start over again!  

I'm considering the list complete (though not perfectly), since the only one I haven't accomplished is the "getting back into my favorite jeans" goal.  (Dang it.  I love those jeans.).   I've decided to check it off, because I've started exercising again and I'm much healthier than I have been in a long time and I just can't look at this list any longer.  I need a new one.

It was good for me, the list. I feel good having worked hard on some big projects.  I've made some progress, and that's nice.

I had the most fun doing the giveaway projects!  I had forgotten how much I love artsy-crafty stuff! Each project was something I had never done before, so unfortunately, they looked like novice work.  (Sorry ladies).  Still, it was satisfying, happy work.

Here's what I came up with (I promised a few people I would take photos of them):

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I sewed an apron {no picture}:

I made this for my sister.  This giveaway actually turned out pretty nice because I happened to make it WITH my sister, ha!

Petal Wreath:

I liked this.  It was super easy and I think it's cute. 

Silhouette:

This was for Marci.  I loved her engagement photos and thought it would make a cute silhouette. 












Dream Journal:

This giveaway recipient is an amazing writer and poet.  So I thought it would be fun to "make" a dream journal.  First I made a collage with magazine and craft paper, based on a dream poem I liked (which I copied in the cover of the journal).  Then I decopauge-d the collage onto the cover of a composition book.  Nothing fancy, but it was so much fun.  There is potential for real cuteness and fun with this project.  Ada decorated her own notebook and it turned out darling.







The Sleep Mask:

I was initially most excited about this project.  The recipient of this gift is an Audrey Hepburn fan.  I was watching "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and Holly Golightly was wearing this darling sleep mask with gold eye lashes and green jeweled eyes.  I thought, "It's perfect!  That's what I'll do!"

Unfortunately, this project requires dainty, detailed embellishment-type work and was really difficult for me to make.  The eye lids are very crooked, there's craft glue marks all over it and it will likely fall apart very quickly.  (Sorry Sarah).  I included a mix CD with this gift as compensation.

I learned a lot.   For instance; craft glue is a hoax, created by the devil in order to drive people insane - igniting demonic fury, wailing and destructive tantrums.


Good times.

I officially declare the To Do list COMPLETED!

Hey, I even covered the van floor with plastic to protect it from the wet winter.  Such an atypical OCD effort on my part should alone absolve me from having to complete my "I can Blog again, when..." list.

It's my list and I can throw it away if I want.  And blog when I want, okay?

I like having a place to record my thoughts and "adventures" (as Ada would say).