Never have I thought of myself as crafty, but yesterday it occurred to me that perhaps I’ve got a little craft in me! I lined the back of a shelf in Maggie’s room with wrapping paper and Mod Podge. I didn’t document it from start to finish because I wasn’t going to share with all 9 of our blog readers, but I’m pleased with the end result. Lucky you, right?
Barry ended up taking a few pictures ~ we’re working with him to learn how to focus manually….be patient with the man! We got the shelf free last year from my aunt (thanks, Sue!) and it has floated around between our guest room and Maggie’s room. I’m not a huge fan of things that are just plain, old white. If I had my way, everything would be beautiful, solid wood or enhanced with color.
Every time I’ve looked at this shelf it has bothered me, but I’ve never pulled the trigger on sprucing it up. The shelf is inside Maggie’s closet and NOBODY looks twice at it, but when I’m feeding Maggie and the closet is left open, which happens often, I’m stuck looking at this shelf. So, after pulling the backs off, mod podging (is that a word?) the wrapping paper on, and putting the backs on, I had myself something that I actually like to look at.
Just today as I sat down to nurse, I looked over at the left-open closet and new-fangled shelf and found myself pleased. Granted, it’s just a little bit of color, and it’s just wrapping paper….but, dang, it’s the little things that make me happy these days.
Awesome. Nice job. When I was pregnant with Juniper I spent a lot of time spinning white prefold diapers into all kinds of magnificent colors in a dye bath outside. My husband thought I was completely wasting my time. But after changing, washing and folding those diapers over and over and over again every. single. day….. I am SOOOOOO happy (and so is my man!) that I dyed those suckers green, purple, blue, pink, orange……
It’s the little things that make up a day. And it’s the days that make up a life.