Get 'er Done Art Challenge: Week 1

In my last Daybook (here on my sister blog), I talked about how I've got too many incomplete craft projects and supplies piling up in my living room.  I decided to put myself on restriction: I will not purchase any craft supplies for a month or until I run out of projects (whichever comes first). The only exception is if I need to buy something to finish what I'd started (sometimes I do miscalculate the amount of supplies needed).

So...

Week One

This first project was really simple, but I'd let it sit undone for months.  I use these clothespins as tiebacks for my living room curtains.  The "naked" pins didn't look right with my curtains, so I painted them to match.

I'd made one of these for someone else and used the leftovers to make one for me.  This is part of my fall table display that's part of my Dollar Tree Challenge.  The table isn't quite done yet, but I will post pictures upon completion.

Diana gave me this piece of scrap wood last year and I knew what I wanted to do with it, but wasn't sure how.  I found the hooks at the Dollar Tree.  It took me two tries to hang it.  Word to the wise, use the Command hook and loop strips designed for heavy pictures instead of the hooks.  I bought enough hooks to hold the weight of this, but they didn't make it two hours before they fell off the wall.  They'll get reused for something else.

 

This project was so fun.  I taped off the window paned and painted them (don't ask me how they're still crooked--I measured and measured....).  Then, I attached two of the small trays from the Dollar Tree that I painted with wire and hot glue.  After gluing floral foam inside the trays and Spanish moss to the foam, I cut apart these flower picks from a bunch I got from Hobby Lobby.  I figured since I didn't have a yard and couldn't tend a real window box in my apartment, why not make an indoor one.

Finally finished the latest baby blanket.  This is a shell stitch pattern from an old needle craft book.

This fall wreath was for someone at work.  I'm really getting into these mesh wreaths.

I painted this as a sample for an upcoming painting party and to have a new welcome sign for my front door.  It was the first time I've painted something like this and I had a great time creating it.

Whew!  That was a lot in a week, but we didn't have any assignments due this week due to the holiday, so I had more creative time than usual.  Next week may not be as productive, but we'll see.