Duct Tape and Sunrises…

Congratulations to Shannon, Cricket and Jennifer for winning my giveaway.  Some handmade fun will be in the mail by tomorrow!

As I was rereading my new years resolutions post, something jumped out at me.  I realized I used two words together that really have no place sharing the same post.  It happened when I said;

I’m printing off my list (which included being more CRAFTY) on an actual piece of paper and DUCT-TAPING it to the fridge

The nerve of me!! !! To think that while I was supposed to be concentrating on using adorable, trendy, and archival paper along with acid free glue dots and breathtakingly beautiful embellishments, the first thing to pop in my head when considering a source of adhesive was…DUCT TAPE!  Ughhh!

When I recognized the error of my ways, I decided to not only adhere my list in some fashion to a place I often find myself, but to go one step further and CREATE something better than just a list.

To launch my resolution to become more crafty, I created this:

I adhered it to my bathroom mirror (with a suction cup) so I can see it every morning and every night before I go to bed.  It will remind me of what I haven’t accomplished (most days) and on the occasion that I actually worked on one of these goals, I hope it will make me smile.  (And it involved zero duct tape)

On a role I’ve been. On a roll.

I also made one of these banners for our workroom.  My mom and sister both have one in their craftrooms, and it looked fairly easy to make,  so it was actually my first craft project of the year.  A way to get my craft feet wet, so to speak.  If you don’t already have one, they’re simple to make (take it from me) and add a little bit of sunshine to a room.  And who doesn’t need that during the dark and dreary month of January?

And if that isn’t enough to pull you out of the winter doldrums, this is the view I had while driving home from dropping the kids off at school this morning.  It was such a magnificent color that I had to take a picture.

Happy Thursday!