What do you do to cheer yourself up? Do you splurge on ice cream? Go to the mall? Read a book? Knock out a glass, or two, or three of wine? Not that I'm speaking on experience on that last one.
I want to know how do you turn that frown upside down?
You wanna know how I make it through a rough day? I craft. My MIL cleans. Like ALOT. Like as in she may or may not vaccuum the same room five times in one night. I suppose that habit would be alot more beneficial than bombing your house with glitter & glue guns.
To me there's something so therapeutic about crafting.
I especially love the challenge of taking something & giving it a whole new life.
Like this little blue ceramic canister the hubby picked up the other day because he "figured I could do something with it". You bet your bottom dollar I had just the idea for this little thingamajig.
I still had some of that Looking Glass spray paint left over from my DIY mercury project.
I thought it would be cool to have some silver mirrored stripes on the jar along with the initial of our last name. All I did was tape off my stripes AND then I allowed my Silhouette machine to come back into my life. Oh. I didn't tell you! Yeah, the two of us have been on a trial seperation after I almost threw her out my office window a few months ago while trying to make some favor tags for my grandma's surprise party. It didn't end well. Luckily, this time she cooperated & cut a vinyl circle & "B" for me.
Spray paint away. Remove the tape & vinyl & TADA! A new monogrammed pencil holder.
So what do you do to cheer yourself up?
8 comments
that is so cute!! sweet that your husband got it so you could do something with it to. I drink an iced coffee, watch tv, eat frozen yogurt or make something to cheer myself up!
oh and going shopping definitely helps too!
That is adorable! And how much do I LOVE that your hubs picked it up for you...what a guy! Unfortunately, nothing makes me happier than a pint of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey...hence why I have to wake up at 5 every morning and run my buns off! I've got to find another source of happiness! ;)
So adorable. This would be a sweet teacher gift, too! What a sweet husband you have!
So cute! I wish I would clean when I was stressed! :)
I love to craft to relieve stress & lighten my mood! There is something about working with my hands & getting lost in a project that it just magical. Your new pencil holder is adorable :-)
So cute & clever! There might be donuts involved when I cheer myself up - I should channel it into something productive like crafting or cleaning!
It's funny ... you should read my post today ... I almost threw my Silhouette into the pool as well. I read all these posts about how cool and easy and quick they are ...yada yada. I felt I must be a complete idiot. It's nice to see they can be a pain too. They really don't give you much instruction...it's more of a "Here's where everything is and what it does". Last nite I HAD to figure it out but it took ALL NITE.
I do like to create ... but a hot bath...crossword ... and then shopping helps me. I do kinda have to straighten before moving on ... but hopefully I'm not OCD. So nice your hubs takes an interest...mine thinks I'm crazy.
I'd love to hear from you!