Holiday Decor

I was recently flipping through a magazine and seen a picture of button covered topiary centerpieces and instantly had an idea!

A couple trips to the craft store and I finally found the styrofoam pieces I was looking for.
Some paint and my stash of buttons and brads and this is what I came up with...

 

To start, I painted the trees. Green first...I was using my Claudine Helmuth studio paints, which I LOVE, but stryofoam sure does soak up a lot! So for the red & white ones, I used gesso first to prime- You know that expression, waiting for paint to dry... well that was me... waiting...and waiting...and waiting! I hate waiting! Next time I do anything with stryofoam, I think I will spray paint it instead. Hubby found Krylon water-based spray paint (while helping Julia with her science project) and it covered in 2 coats and dried in 30 minutes-

Section's at a time, I used my 3 in 1 glue to add buttons, resin flowers, trinket pins, brads and bling pieces. Using my alcohol ink, I changed the color of clear buttons and my crystal pins- easy peasey! That's how I got the green and red stars-

I am pretty happy with them and can't wait to add them to my holiday decor.

PINTEREST = INSPIRATION

I have been avoiding Pinterest for a long time- mostly because of how "addicting" I heard it is-
what was I thinking?
this place is a gold mine for inspiration!
Just like blog hopping, it is very easy to get consumed and REALLY easy to spend hours on the computer-
But just like everything else, make time for it and when your time is up...
move on!

This morning, my search is for scrap room space. I am going to be swapping rooms with my daughter- My craft room has a bigger closet and she really needs it. She has the smallest closet is the house- really it slightly bigger than the hallway jacket closet.
So the search- to find a few new ways to organize my room- found these and LOVE-LOVE-LOVE the ideas-

Thank you PINTeREST!!

Source: junkgardengirl.blogspot.com via Diana on Pinterest

 

Source: kendramccracken.blogspot.com via Diana on Pinterest

Source: itstaylormade.com via Thora on Pinterest

Source: onelittleword.typepad.com via Thora on Pinterest

Decisions....

For months, I have been dealing with the dilemma...
keep the blog, don't keep the blog...
keep it... don't...
Back and forth, back and forth.

As you see,  it's still here- and I am actually posting something. So I guess I'm keeping it :)
I really do have a love-hate thing going on here.
I just don't like the pressure I put on myself.
I love the inspiration I find on other blogs. I get the "I can do that" feeling, yet in the same exact thought, I get the "No way, I am not that talented" feeling? Should I try that? Should I share that? Who reads my blog anyway? Why post?

But just the other day I heard one of the ladies in my store say something that caught my attention...
"I started my blog for me-
a way to keep track of things I find, ideas and recipes to try and share.  It's my blog, I can do what I want with it- post if I want- no pressure"

No Pressure-
No Pressure-

Why should there be pressure? Just post what I want- when I want and if people check it out, great, if not... that's okay too.

Happy "NO PRESSURE" Day!