Lately, I've been trying out a lot of new things. I am officially on a quest of learning and challenging myself and, ultimately, my creativity. You think sewing is out my comfort zone? You bet it is. Were you always jealous of all those women that blog about sprucing up their clothes, their furniture? That "upcycle" their old stuff in the house with their "do-it-yourself" magic? Yeah, sign me up - I'm jealous. I envy you, people! How do you girls do that? For the longest time I was convinced I can't possibly be good at any creative stuff, or be good at any-thing...period. I soon learned that you GET good at something when you challenge yourself, when you try new things, when you LEARN. Bingo! A light went out in my head. What if I join those creative ladies. Let me try that UPCYCLE thing myself. Can't be that hard, can it?
That's the part you insert the scene of me running to JoAnn's to buy a sewing machine... Man, I never knew that part of JoAnn's that houses all the fabrics, all the lace, all the bias tapes (??), all the PATTERNS!! Whoah, hello new obsession!! It was like Pandora's box just opened and I got sucked into it. All of a sudden my To Do list and my Want To Do list got ten pages longer! I have a whole section on Pinterest dedicated to stuff I want to do eventually. By the way, Pinterest... Oh man, talk about obsession! If you think Facebook was sucking all of your precious time, you obviously don't have an account on Pinterest! For me, it's like an enchanting world... A world of color, pretty things, fashion, interior design, and lots and lots and lots and lots of ideas. Digresssssssssing. Sorry. Where were we? Sewing. Thank you for occupying my other half of the brain with possibilities and future projects. All of a sudden changing the colors in my living room or making my own fashions are not so far in the distance and I just love the idea that I can DO it.
I never knew the word "upcycle" existed. It means taking an old garment or piece of furniture and adding your own embelishments to make it look new or better. Like this T-shirt...I added fabric flowers to it by hand. So easy to do and so romantic...Now I want to put flowers on everything.
Or, for example this second project I did just by drawing the idea on paper and taking some not-so-accurate measurements...
How can you "pretty-fy" the world around you? Try these cute cupcake wrappers made out of doily paper.
Yes, I totally made those banana chocolate chip cupcakes/muffins so they can rock the wrappers! (while also almost burning the house down in the middle of photographing them!)
Or, you can make the world prettier and better with a delicious dinner every once in a while. Try one of these simple ideas.
We had friends over the other night and I made them these mushroom, garlic, spinach ad feta stuffed phyllo pockets for appetizers
Then, for the main meal we had homemade pasta with sundried tomato and arugula sauce.
This is the sauce
And this is the result. Really yummy, if I can say so myself!
During the week, I prefer easy stuff like this stirfry with veggies and a side of wild rice.
If cooking doesn't make you happy, I don't know what will.
Today I needed to remind myself what I'm good at and where I want to GET. I don't think I'm good at any of these stuff, I think I'm really good at trying, at bettering myself, at learning. If you do just that, you might even make the world a better, prettier place...maybe not the whole world, but your own little nook.
I try to achieve that and it makes me happy. So, stay creative!
That's the part you insert the scene of me running to JoAnn's to buy a sewing machine... Man, I never knew that part of JoAnn's that houses all the fabrics, all the lace, all the bias tapes (??), all the PATTERNS!! Whoah, hello new obsession!! It was like Pandora's box just opened and I got sucked into it. All of a sudden my To Do list and my Want To Do list got ten pages longer! I have a whole section on Pinterest dedicated to stuff I want to do eventually. By the way, Pinterest... Oh man, talk about obsession! If you think Facebook was sucking all of your precious time, you obviously don't have an account on Pinterest! For me, it's like an enchanting world... A world of color, pretty things, fashion, interior design, and lots and lots and lots and lots of ideas. Digresssssssssing. Sorry. Where were we? Sewing. Thank you for occupying my other half of the brain with possibilities and future projects. All of a sudden changing the colors in my living room or making my own fashions are not so far in the distance and I just love the idea that I can DO it.
I never knew the word "upcycle" existed. It means taking an old garment or piece of furniture and adding your own embelishments to make it look new or better. Like this T-shirt...I added fabric flowers to it by hand. So easy to do and so romantic...Now I want to put flowers on everything.
Or, for example this second project I did just by drawing the idea on paper and taking some not-so-accurate measurements...
How can you "pretty-fy" the world around you? Try these cute cupcake wrappers made out of doily paper.
Yes, I totally made those banana chocolate chip cupcakes/muffins so they can rock the wrappers! (while also almost burning the house down in the middle of photographing them!)
Or, you can make the world prettier and better with a delicious dinner every once in a while. Try one of these simple ideas.
We had friends over the other night and I made them these mushroom, garlic, spinach ad feta stuffed phyllo pockets for appetizers
Then, for the main meal we had homemade pasta with sundried tomato and arugula sauce.
This is the sauce
And this is the result. Really yummy, if I can say so myself!
During the week, I prefer easy stuff like this stirfry with veggies and a side of wild rice.
If cooking doesn't make you happy, I don't know what will.
Today I needed to remind myself what I'm good at and where I want to GET. I don't think I'm good at any of these stuff, I think I'm really good at trying, at bettering myself, at learning. If you do just that, you might even make the world a better, prettier place...maybe not the whole world, but your own little nook.
I try to achieve that and it makes me happy. So, stay creative!
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ugh, I'm starving now....
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