Color Me Crafty

Being married does something to a women.  Among other things it has given me permission to actually be a girl.  Without diving too far into the depths of psychology I'll say that I have connected with my desire to be crafty; Painting, sewing, decorating.  All things I voluntarily avoided in my pre-marriage life because those were girly things and I, Heidi Bowen (at the time), did not do girly things.  I rock climbed and hiked big mountains and road my bike in the woods because it was cool and exponentially more fun.

But after my internship I had a few weeks wait before I could start working again.  Being a recreation therapist in an inpatient psych unit calls for A LOT of creativity and my mind was still reeling, begging me to satisfy it's need to think, to be creative. So, I sicked my creative mind on my house.  Here are the results:

Kitchen

Homemade magnets out of my scrap fabric, flowers, and feathers.  I was tired of looking at white.

 Before and after can shelf! A little spray paint, a little fabric and boom! Best corner of the kitchen.  I made the rod for the curtain out of a metal tape measure and fabric and paint was on sale. It all turned out to be about $10

 Menu board.  Found the frame at Wal-mart and painted it white and black.  Dry erase marker for everything else.

Found this beauty at the DI.  It was originally this ugly tan color with a semi cheesy saying on it.  I painted it white and made a stencil from a picture I found on google.  (Congratulations Cassandra on your up coming wedding!)

Living Room:

 I sort of missed the mark with these pillows.  Eh, I'm still a little shaky on my decorating legs.  But, I wanted to document my progress.  I like the shabby style...I'll need some practice.

This one was found on pinterest.  It made me nervous to put lace in my decor.  I felt like I was flirting a little too close to the grandma line.

Painting:

I bought Wal-mart water colors back in high school.  I picked it up again the other day and this is what I did:

Logan Temple.  I saw a couple weeks ago after a few fires.  The smoke made the mountains layer in the coolest way.

 This is a view from a  hike Austin and I took...a couple different ones actually.  The first one was my first shot at it.  Wasn't what I was looking for, so I did it again.

 A weird flower.  I tried modge podge on top of it to see what it would do. It blended the colors interestingly.

This one is Austin's favorite. So it got framed.  A pretty cherry tree to remind us of spring.

Last but not least, the door.  This is my effort to make a Halloween wreath:

Like I said, I'm still finding my decorating legs and haven't quite picked a style I like.  I'm experimenting.  But I must say, it's not too bad being a girl.

"Isn’t it remarkable to think that your very spirits are fashioned by an endlessly creative and eternally compassionate God? Think about it—your spirit body is a masterpiece, created with a beauty, function, and capacity beyond imagination."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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