Compared to my four siblings, I am considered the least creative and artistic in our family, so when I found out I was in the “makers” writing class I was a little worried. My older sister and neighbor have always been so crafty growing up and all my knowledge of DIY came from them. I know for anything to be DIY, it needs to be original and made by you. I’ve watched my sister paint and decorate her own dressers, make cute jewelry, and even explore creating her own clothes.
Every year in Utah there is a DIY festival in the summer. My sister and her friends took me this past summer for the first time and I really enjoyed it. The festival gave me a lot of ideas with how to make cute jewelry, so later that week I gathered some supplies and attempted to make a button ring. It was really hard for me to get creative and think outside of the box instead of just looking at guidelines, but I managed to pull something together. I think DIY is definitely a good stress reliever. Making that ring and a rope bracelet is the craftiest I’ve been and I’d like to attempt other arts and crafts, so I’m excited to see where this class takes me.
Recently I’ve started to look at Pinterest a lot in my free time and have been inspired by some of the work on the website. One of the crafts I really wanna do involves using mason jars as holders for miscellaneous stuff that is held up on a block of wood. I think it’s a really cute idea and a great way to decorate a bathroom or bedroom. It’d be fun to paint the block of wood a color that matches my room and decorate the areas where the mason jar isn’t covering it.
Here is the link to the mason jar holders.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/22729173094900394/
That mason jar thing seems like a really cool idea, and kinda makes wanna take that up myself. Thanks for the idea
ReplyDeleteI forgot I needed to give feedback, good blog, interesting read. It was a good idea putting that stuff about your family, it let's us, the readers, connect to you more, and helps us with Pathos
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