crafting |

I like to make things.

a lot.

I am sad to say that after having penny it takes me a WHOLE lot to muster up enough energy to make anything. I got ideas…so. many. ideas. but when penny is asleep and brett is out of the house, what I end up doing most is just sitting. and staring. you know how everyones big advice when having children is “sleep when they sleep”? in theory, that sounds great! but when she is sleeping I want to stay awake and enjoy the silence. I want to be aware that I have nothing to do. I want to feel the nothingness and soak it up so that when she is awake again im not like…dang…I slept through my rest!?!

anywho…ive been getting the urge lately. you know…that diy feelin.

so I made a michaels run with my dear friend faith and bought some canvases…one of which is a 40X60 BEAST that I have GREAT plans for. of which I only paid 40 bucks for because michaels was having an absurd 65% off canvas sale. WHAT!

so with my 2 other little canvases I decided to make a little simple something for our bedroom.

brett and I are kind of a mushy pair. we are definitely THAT couple that says “I love you” probably a little too much. one of my favorite things that we have been doing since we first started dating, is whenever we say good bye…he shouts out “YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL!” and I reply “YOUR HANDSOME!” I’m quite fond of this little farewell, so I took literally like 10 minutes and made it into some bedside “art work”.

If you are curious at all, our headboard was made by my dad and was actually our back drop on our wedding day! I have SO many other home projects planned. At the rate I’m going I’ll most likely finish one project every 6 months or so. Hopefully my creative spurts will be more frequent than that.

this weekend was…heaven. we did nothing. we cleaned a little. we ate at home. there was a target trip somewhere in there. but mostly we watched movies and laid down all day. it was perfect.

on saturday morning, brett and i made pancakes for the very first time. i know. why this long? the truth is…i dont really like pancakes, unless they are my sis in laws punkin pancakes that she makes for my brother (and on rare occasions i get to partake. those are damn good pancakes my siz!). i’m thinkin penny loves pancakes because they were gooooOOOOood. we got to sit and have a little fam breakfast with bretts bro and we felt so fancy with our pancakes, eggs, and breakfast potatoes (it doesnt take much).

ive been having extreme nesting mind. i say extreme because it is not limited to our little girls room. no no no, that would be too simple. i actually said this to brett the other day “hey babe, do you think our landlords would be mad if we took our cabinets out of the kitchen?” to which he lovingly replied “yes, i dont think they would be too happy about that.” eff nesting yall…i want to RENOVATE. everything. because the things i have in mind are all sort of grand i have done nothing. which is super productive.

but on saturday i got my craft on. i spent some time outside reading the other day, and brett had left a bike wheel on our patio. its been sitting there for a couple of months and i weirdly enjoyed the way it looked out there. i started to think about what we could do with this thing. it started to get dark outside and my reading time was dwindling and i though…man i wish we had like a lamp out here. IDEA! bike wheel chandelier!

i spent most of the afternoon wrapping yarn around the wheel, and around the wire that would hold it up. our plan is to get some battery operated led lights (soft white, because i hate that bright white biznass) and wrap them around the tire. i think it will add a little bit of fun and definitely some much needed light on our patio. we can move our scrabble games outside long after the sun has gone down : )

hopefully i’ll finish this soon and i can update you with some pictures of it in action. how this project helped brett and i prepare for penny, i have no idea. but it eased my nesting mind for a moment. just…a moment.

happy monday friends, hope your weekend was whatever you needed! i know ours was : )