To Create

Once upon a time I used to create. Craft, sew, paint, draw, and more.  I loved to create. Heck, I even earned a bachelors degree in art (emphasis in graphic design).  Making things and designing things was a daily occurrence. 

Then I had got married and had kids.......

Creating certainly didn't stop but it slowed.  I put most of my extra energy (if there is such a thing) into scrapbooking which I still do and love. I have missed all the other though.  I am determined through this season of life of being a mommy with young ones to use the abilities God has given me and to get back to some of the things I have missed.

I love to sew.  I took a sewing class in high school and it was so much fun.  I used to make dolls, pillows, blankets, window coverings and more!  I am going to put my (rusty) sewing skills to good use starting now!

See this....

This is our school room.  When we moved I had about two weeks until we had to get back to school and so most everything got put away very quickly and not in a really organized fashion.  I have big plans for this school room! I want it to be a bright and colorful, cheerful place that we want to come and learn.  A place that gets our minds revved up!

I am going to start simple (because like I said, is there really "extra " time?)~

I went to the fabric store and got this....

I love this material.  It has so many colors in it and it is not feminine.  Good thing because I am surrounded by BOYS in this house! Even a boy cat!

I am going to use this material to make book case covers for the bookcases you see in the first picture of our school room.  I can't wait!  You will be able to open them from the front but the cute covers will make the room look a lot more tidy and less cluttered.

Look at this....

This is the curtain covering one of the window in the school room.  Obviously first I am going to get a new curtain rod so it hangs properly.  Second I am going to embellish these coverings with the material above and some bias tape I bought.  I plan on putting layered circles on this to brighten it up.

Lastly, I have this bulletin board.... this boring old bulletin board....

I plan on sprucing this up with a bit of paint and some fabric.  We need a bulletin board and this one is still functional it is just plain ugly.

Stay tuned to see if my sewing skills can be put to the test and I can use the newly bought material to spruce up our school room.  I will share my creations.  However, I can't promise how soon I will share.  I am hoping in about a month to have this all done.  I love it.  It really gets my creative juices flowing.

Do you create?  Why not start simple and get back to something that you have really missed doing?  I pray you can!

~Blessings~