A time for . . .
When I was a kid I used to clean my room before I did my homework. I am not sure why I felt compelled to do that. I just couldn’t really concentrate until I was free of the clutter and chaos. I sometimes think it was a way to procrastinate without feeling guilty since, hey, I was still being productive right? Later, I think I started prioritizing that way in order to have a little motivation to get the tasks done that were no fun. So my long list of fall chores is coming to an end. I am so excited. Fortunately, some of them have been enjoyable. While the wallpapering was difficult, it was also so fun to see the kitchen transformed. And when I felt like all the work was just no fun, I supplemented by working on Ethan’s quilt. Since we have moved around so much I feel desperate to make this house feel like my home. With an “exaggerated sense of design” it takes a lot of work for me to transform a place into my own (thanks to Dave French, friend and former art teacher who brought his family to spend the day with us yesterday, for putting that dilemma into words) . And just like when I was a child, I feel like I need the space to be my own in order to concentrate on anything creative besides transforming my space. So as I get closer to reaching that point I am starting to get very excited about other projects. I loaded up on buttons at the big Joann’s clearance. They were selling them for 25 cents a card. I bought as many cool ones as I could find. It was such an amazing steal that I had to total up the cost if I hadn’t gotten them on clearance. Sixty-five bucks worth of buttons for 4 dollars. Woohoo! I can’t wait to start adding these babies to my projects.
I also found this cool old bedspread at the Goodwill. I think it would make really fun tote bags. I just love the colors and “old style” print (trying to avoid the exhausted words retro or vintage, but I am too lazy to look in a thesaurus.)
love the buttons and again, thanks for my goody box!
in return, I looked up “vintage” and here are my results”
outdated, old fashioned, outmoded, dowdy, moth-eaten, antiquated and finally…OLD!
I like OLD things! :)
So let me try a few of those just for fun:
I just love the colors and “dowdy” print.
I just love the colors and “moth-eaten” print.
I just love the colors and “outmoded” print.
I think this one I could actually live with:
“I just love the colors and old fashioned print.” Although it still sounds like we are talking victorian or something. I guess maybe we will have to rewrite the dictionary. I don’t think OLD is as bad as it used to be thought of!