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I wasn't able to make it to the craft store last night before it closed, so I had to settle for a trip to my nearby Meijer to fulfill all my tissue paper needs. (For those of you who aren't from the midwest, Meijer is like a super Walmart; it's a combo of both cheap stuff and cheap groceries.) I was actually surprised by the tissue paper selection there. Although there was no burgandy, which I was really hoping for, I was able to scrounge up some paper in silver, raspberry, and sky blue hues. After returning to my apartment, I quickly realized that the raspberry looked much more pink than red, and clearly wasn't going to work in my space. Slightly disappointed, but not discouraged, I assembled the other, cooler-colored pom-poms du papier. I really like the result.
I still want to add a third fluffy, floating orb to the mix, so I'm going to try and run out to the craft store in a bit. I'm thinking a nice, small cobalt pommy might do the trick. That was the one color that Meijer didn't sell in a single color pack, which surprised me, because I thought that a primary blue would be pretty standard. Oh, and for those who would like to know, I bought packs of 10 sheets of tissue paper for $1.99, used jewelry wire I had lying around to form the structure, and hung the orbs with a clear jewelry elastic. So these little beauties were $2 apiece, except for the silver one which was $4 because it's metallic (at least that's what I'm assuming).
Yesterday I forgot to add that one of the reasons I was drawn to the poms is because I have three petite floral balls resting on my coffee table. I found them while on a trip to Walmart for something completely unrelated. So yes, pretty things can be found anywhere and everywhere. I don't adore shopping at places like Walmart, and when I have the money I'm going to be all about the ShoLo, and organic markets. On a graduate student salary, however, I can't be as earth and people friendly as I'd like. Well, I suppose I could be, but then I wouldn't have cute things in my apartment. Oh the dilemma.
Walmart Floral Orbs
I still need to take those photos of unfinished projects; that will be tonight's task. Since I don't have those, I thought I'd share some of the thing's I've recently discovered that are on my "love list."
- I love these shoes that were on the undiscovered seller list on Etsy. All organic, custom-made, recycled ballet flats. What's not to love? Every time I check back at the store, more have sold. Crazy!
- I love the ruffled cardigans that are a mainstay at J. Crew. Every time I walk into a store (or outlet) I eagerly seek them out, only to let out a disappointed moan when I discover that the price is way more than I should ever spend on a little sweater. That being said, making my own adorable, ruffled, and best of all, one-of-a-kind cardy is definitely on my must-do list.
- I love this awesome shower curtain from Anthropologie. It reminds me of a giant flamenco skirt. For future notice, anthro is my "love, love, love" store. It speaks my soul's language, if that makes any sense. It's one of those places where I walk in and know that I'm at risk of falling in love with anything I glance at or touch. It has an aura that just makes me feel like I've come home. Tiny bookstores, hole-in-the-wall cafes, and vintage clothing stores elicit the same response from me. Sometimes I strongly dislike living in a place that lacks all those things. Sigh....
I have the unfortunate tendency to lose myself in the present. Each of my actions is not simply the task at hand, but instead a conglomeration of the multitude of activities that are flooding my mind in that moment. In simpler terms, I find inspiration in everything and am constantly dreaming up new projects to add to my to-do list. While I love and cherish my fifth eye (third eye's already taken, and I don't like even numbers, so...), my list of future tasks has grown to giraffe height. To make things worse, my actual occupation, graduate school, takes up approximately 12-15 hours of my day. Why a crazy, creative girl like me decided to try and get a PhD in chemistry I'm still trying to figure out. Anyway, I have no time, and the ideas keep coming, so I need to make some headway in knocking that giraffe down to at least an ostrich.
That's where this little venture into blogging comes in. I figure that if I take the time and effort to share some of my ideas, and the progress that I've made on them, then I may actually be inspired to attempt and/or finish them. As I've neglected to mention, I loooove starting new projects, but as my inspired cogs continue to crank out new tasks for my poor excuse for spare time, I never seem to end what I start. However, it's a new year, and I resolve to finish the ends on all the tails I've left hanging (literally in the case of my knitting projects). As to how I'm going to keep the new ideas at bay, I haven't figured that one out yet, and to be honest, I really don't want to stop them, just slow them down a bit.
I'll try and post pictures of started, but unfinished projects soon. My latest idea, is to make tissue paper orbs to hang from the ceiling of my sparsely decorated living room. The room was in desperate need of sprucing, and during one of my 5,000,000 daily visits to Etsy I found this shop: pomlove. I loved the poms, but decided that I could save some money (my constant mantra) and make my own. So I did some google-ing, and came across this how-to from Martha Stewart (see picture below). It's fast and super simple, so now I'm off rushing to the craft store to purchase the desired paper. Pictures of finished orbs to follow!
