she's crafty

thanks to enchelleada, i believe i have been bitten by the craft/inspiration bug. i am dying to make crafts, decorate my house like a pta mom on halloween candy, and make my blog pretty with a new, clean background. however, and unfortunately, i have to work. all the time. no chance to really do anything with my inspiration, except think about it.

i would like to make an inspiration board, but a) i don't know what that is, really, and b) i am afraid it will just make me long even more for the days of freedom and craftiness i am envying. update: enchellada shared what an inspiration board really is, and now i am going to make it a goal to make one. eventually.

what is this desire to be homemade and crafty? i have this weirdly innate, inside desire to be a stay at home mom, making crafty things with paper, glue and buttons and fabric. i want to find round little pumpkins and sparkly fall decorations and things to decorate my (nonexistent) mantle, use fun masks to dress up my mirrors and picture frames, and hang unique, perhaps antique decorations from my walls and set on my tables to create a faux reality.

the other night, i indulged my craftiness and tried my hand at handmade-edness: i made a fun halloween wreath using materials i had at home already (i.e. no money spent, YAY!). i added it to my front door, to dress up the pile of pumpkins that are collected on my doorstep. i'm enjoying the new spruced up fall look on spruce st...

also please note: the beginning of this post was written before the second part, including pictures, so it was originally going another, deeper direction. however, i've decided to go with the lighter, more visual version- keeping it light on you, my readers, and allowing me to write other, more profound, posts. maybe.