Some much needed improvements

Despite the fact that my husband was confined to the bed from his foot surgery and required LOTS of attention, I still managed to have a pretty productive weekend. Besides catching up on movies I've been meaning to watch (50/50, Drive and The Secret World of Arrietty) I finally organized and set up my craft room. I converted the spare room/bunny room into a creative space where I can read, write, create or just simply have some "me time". It basically looks just like my living room in my beloved apartment did and that's definitely a plus! I've got ample space to do pretty much anything I can think of in there. Thankfully, we didn't get rid of that ugly old computer desk so I have a great workspace that will be okay if it gets damaged.

(Phin and Booboo were loving having me in "their" room)

It doesn't look very inspiring or creative yet but fun decorating plans are in the works. A few things I'm considering are strings of origami hanging or draped across the walls, some twinkle lights, and maybe even a few cotton ball clouds hanging from the ceiling. I should mention that this was a child's bedroom before we bought the house and the ceiling is painted blue with white clouds. The greatest idea that I can hopefully follow through with will be to hang fabric from the ceiling that drapes over the futon (like a canopy for a bed) so that it resembles a teepee! If you can't be creative in a teepee then your creative juices may have dried up!

The whole motivation for finally working on this room came from the creative writing workshop videos I recently purchased from my favorite author, Francesca Lia Block. I'm absolutely in love with any and everything she writes and she definitely had some good advice and tips in her videos. One of her main points was to surround yourself with a creative space that inspires you. Fill it with images and objects that you can get ideas from, candles, music, bascially anything that evokes the senses.

Since I spend a lot of time on the internet getting craft ideas and tips and whatnot I also revamped the Tumblr account I had, Wonders of the Wild, and made it into an album of images that appeal to me in one way or another. It's actually a pretty fun project and it satisfies my "hoarding/collecting of pretty things urges".

Wonders of the Wild



All the images are found via Pinterest, or WeHeartIt, so sadly it's basically impossible to credit them.