DIY Dry Erase Goodness

I saw this idea on Pinterest (of course) that you take a picture frame and put scrapbook paper inside and then you can use dry erase to write schedules, notes, whatever on it. 

Kind of genius, and I am going to try the 3 day diet (aka the Military Diet) where you lose ten pounds in 3 days. I desperately need to get rid of the medicine weight, and maybe then I will feel a little better about doing things, and won't have to drive home upset because I attempted to go out and couldn't do it. (Instead I take out all my anger in crafty ways). 

I found a frame: 

Put scrapbook paper in it (originally i had a really cute pattern over a coral color, and then tried to write on it and realized that it was almost impossible to read.)

It looked cute, but i had to take the patterned paper out. (Also I am left handed and it is VERY hard to not completely clear what I just wrote while I write more).

 This is what it ended up looking like. The original one I saw used paint chips, which I think would break it up nicely. Also a larger frame. I will try that next.

They say that things are always clearer after the storm. I guess you can say that for eyes after crying.

I will be the Pinterest Pioneer

My new goal is to actually do the things that I pin to my Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/corinnewins/). I have so many things pinned that I forget about I want to actually begin doing them. This will help me stay busy, keep my mind engaged, and create awesome things.

I think I am going to move things I try over to another board and then post the blog posts that I create onto that board. My first try was on July 4th when I saw a shirt that I liked and decided to create my own version. I did my take on the bow back shirt with lace. The image below is taken from the link below.
                                   (http://www.heatherlyloves.com/2012/05/diy-bow-back-t-shirt.html)

I took a shirt I found at target with an anchor on it and cut off the sleeves and then used some lace and created the bow effect in the back. I also tied a ribbon on the shoulder and just stitched the center to be sure it wouldn't come untied. I will get a picture of the back of the shirt on here soon.

Everyone Has Inner Demons

In the past 4 years I have learned that nobody is who they seem. Everyone has been through something that someone else could not handle, and I think the majority of people forget this. I'm no exception, but I also know that behind everyone's smile, and laugh is an event that brought them to be able to make the a smile or laugh.

Every story has at least two sides, and most of the time people only hear one, and if they are lucky enough to hear both sides, then they know that something is not usually just one person's fault. There are actions and sequences of events that lead to one person making a drastic decision that inflicts pain on the other person.

Every relationship goes through times that would break most people, and the majority of those relationships fail at that moment. The ones that do not are the ones who then go through worse times just to be sure that they can handle it. I believe that nobody is perfect for each other, everything is about compromise and how much each person is willing to give to allow the other person to flourish. If two people are on the same road, then that makes for a boring drive, the exciting ones are the ones with surprises, and winding roads, and views that make you say "ooh". f Ia couple can get to that point, then they deserve the view at the end of that drive.

Birdcage Beauty

As I slowly begin to know myself again and understand that even though I feel like I missed the last year of my life that I am not the same person, and cannot go back to be her, I've had to find things that I do like. When people ask me what my hobbies are I always panic a little inside because I think "OMG I don't have any because I can't do anything, and don't really have any friends so then I look like a loser because all I do is watch TV and clean". I used to love to just hang out with people...and I still do, I just also need time to myself, and I can't quite figure out the balance between the two yet.

I love to do arts and crafts though, and in the past couple months that has been my outlet. So I think that I will redirect my focus onto making this into a craft site, so that other people who use crafts as an outlet may find some ideas.

I'm going to start with my birdcage light! G and I found an old birdcage at a yard sale, and I had no idea what I wanted to do with it but I knew i had to have it. So it sat out on our porch for a week or so until I decided that we needed a light in our bedroom. There is no ceiling light (not even a hole for one) so all we had was a swag light that he put over my vanity to give me some light (it looked like something out of a horror movie with just a lightbulb hanging around).

I spraypainted the birdcage red and then just took the light and put it in the middle. There are other examples of people who actually used pendant lights or christmas lights, it doesn't really matter, just depends on your taste and how much light you need from it. I think christmas lights would look really neat wrapped around parts of it. Swag light kits can be found at any hardware store for about $20, and you will also need the actual part the lightbuld screw into (I'm not an electrician so I think that is all, and the directions seems pretty easy to connect and make them work).

I used a hook in the ceiling to hang it at the height I wanted, and Voila! Let there be light!

I am going to try to remember to take pictures of the steps .... I'm not a very detail oriented person and I don't usually follow directions, it's more trial and error until I get something I like.