We thought it would be fun to do an arts and crafts night, you know, to mix things up. Riiight. The pictures do my arts and crafts catastrophe no justice. In true Amy A-D-D doesn't.have.a.crafty.bone.in.her.body fashion, I started the project, got frustrated, got up and walked away, went back to the project, got more frustrated, ate the delicious dinner my friend cooked for us, went back to project and then quickly reached DEFCON level 5 frustration...and then gave UP on it! Right after dinner A started working on her wreath. Perfection. Seriously?? Just a blow to my creative ego, thank you very much.
So, we went to Michaels to get everything we needed, and long story short, we ended up having to do a different wreath because we couldn't anything other than neutral burlap colors. We started out wanting this one:
Loove this wreath, however it's a little more complicated (to me) than the other one. It required stitching, yikes, and then cinching...clearly way over my head. Here is my wreath before I gave up.
My friend put hers together in about, um, like ten minutes...like it was no thang! Just to be clear, it called for two layers (front and back) of the ruffle wreath, but we only had time for one layer.
Lots of hot glue, puffy paint, foam zombies...YES! Suffice it to say, there probably won't be many more arts & crafts nights, unless it is on an elementary level ;) But, we did have fun...and that's most important, right? The arrow on my head reads "I'm with creepy" ;)
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8 Fabulous Comments:
You crack me up! I totally think your wreath is salvageable- keep going! A little more ruffling and hot glue you last name initial on there, and you'll have a super cute personalized fall wreath! I have faith in you:)
Lol!!!! I feel your crafting anxiety pain!!! It's like everyone I know can make homemade things look like a million bucks and mine looks like it's worth one penny - so terrible!!!! Your wreath actually looked good!! I was super impressed :)
Xoxo
thanks for the morning laugh over my hot morning coffee. for what it's worth, that wreath looked way to hard. what the heck is cinching?
Oh Amy, we have a place here called Painting with a Twist. I think the one in Asheville is called Canvas, Paint & Mingle. Take your bottle of wines, friends and I promise you will be crafty by the time you leave! There was not a bad painting in our entire class. The instructors are great and it s a ton of fun!!!
Bummer that the wreath didn't turn out how you wanted. I hate when that happens, but it looks like you still had a fun evening!
oh but it looks like you had so much fun!!!!
Girl, your wreath looks fine! Listen to "Waiting and Wishing"--they know what they're talking about. You should go back and give it another try when you're feeling less frustrated. If you weren't artsy-fartsy, you wouldn't feel the urge to be crafty :)
I LOVE the Halloween cozies! Too darn cute.
HAHAHAHA. I love it! That's how I am with arts and crafts, too. :)
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