pause.

i need this mug: it'd be a good reminder for me to just slow down sometimes. i'm not good at that.

as a result, i have done no crafting since that chair i did in july. none. i suppose a few things here and there, but nothing major. no furniture. no fun fabric shopping. no salvaged chairs.

 sigh . . . 'tis life, i suppose.

that is about to change. i am embarking on a new project that will require some craigslisting this weekend, a few cans of spray paint (i'm thinking bright pink. seriously.), and some fabric (and honestly, what project of mine does not involve these three?).

we don't need more furniture - and we definitely don't need more spray painted and re-upholstered craigslist furniture - so i'm not quite sure what will become of it. it's the process i enjoy more than the final product anyway.

in other "garbage we found that we don't need that now sits in our basement" news, we have this:

i'd been on the hunt for a nice big old shipping crate to be used as blanket storage for years. was going to a zumba class (my first and last- if you don't count the impromptu class my sister lead in my mom's living room over christmas . . . ) and saw an art framing gallery was having a warehouse sale. stopped up. saw this bad boy for under $10. called mq to immediately put down his breakfast and drive down to pick it up. got it home. and haven't the slightest idea what to do with it now. not. the. slightest.

it's big. it's also about 100lbs. seriously. it needs some serious tlc. apparently they don't make 'em like this anymore (or use them) because of some bug infestation. . . . which of course, mq disclosed as it sat in our living room. we also don't have space for it. but i had been searching for so long i couldn't pass it up!

we bought casters for it - which we've yet to attach. and it sits in our basement along with other unfinished furniture we've collected over the past several years.

we need to get our creative juices flowing again in this house. it's a good way for me to pause.