I'm pretty sure I've always displayed a natural bent toward the arts. My parents will tell people it started when I scribbled silver crayon all over the back of their 70's orange corduroy couch when I was two (but really, in my defense, I thought it could use a little help). Writing, drawing and tinkering on our piano were things I always gravitated towards, especially since being an only child forced me to create my own fun.
The trend has continued, however as of late, I've found myself wanting to be a bit more adventurous, like getting into photography (although I really haven't done much with that over the last few months) and baking Ella's Yo Gabba Gabba cake for her birthday. I find something quite addicting about throwing myself head-first into some kind of creative outlet, especially one that seems involved and/or difficult. My problem is that I tend to romanticize the process and have exceedingly high expectations of the end result (read: perfectionism). So half-way into Ella's YGG-turned-WTF- cake, I realized that I might be in over my head. But I had stacks of cake and globs of fondant on every square inch of our counter and the thought of crying uncle made me sick to my stomach (or was that the exorbitant amounts of buttercream icing I was licking during the process?) In the end, a two day-long process ended with a pretty good-looking cake, if I do say so myself. Of course, it wasn't as perfect as I wanted it to be (although nothing ever is, right?). And I'm not even sure that Ella really cared as much as I thought she would because- wait, that's right- she's TWO. But I felt the gratification of seeing a project through to it's completion (and the fact that the completion was edible and didn't look like crap).
So the next daring project I'm throwing myself into is furniture restoration. Originally, I had looked at some furniture at Pottery Barn Kids, but since we're moving and moving costs money, I nixed that idea. Then I looked at Target, but felt I would be sacrificing quality for convenience (though I'm not knocking Target because God knows I spend entirely too much money in that store). I eventually ended up scouring Craigslist for a furniture set and came across this:
Although it's definitely in need of a little TLC and a fresh coat of paint, it's in great condition overall, and has a lot of potential. I love the girly, vintage-ness of it. :) So once again, I've plunged myself into all things furniture restoration and beefing up on a few blogs like this one and also this. Then, I went to Home Depot, sporting the same lost and confused look on my face that I see some men wearing when they're in the grocery store. An hour and approximately 70 bucks later, I headed home. And now, on this long July 4th weekend, the fun begins.
Did I also mention we're moving this week and that I'm painting both Ella and Milo's rooms in the new house?
Who bites off more than she can chew?? THIS girl.
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