Bow Board Project

Okay, I will confess that this is not my latest project. I actually made this last fall but I wanted to "fix it" before I posted it. When I made it I was in a hurry and therefore only used tape to tack on the fabric and ribbon to the back. Within days the ribbon was already falling off. Yesterday, I finally went around and glued all the ribbon and hung the board vertically so it fit better on the back of Robyn's door. I originally was just going to hang some ribbon in the bathroom but quickly realized that my two older boys probably wouldn't appreciate that.
This project probably cost me around $5--for the foam board and the ribbon. I just used left over yellow fabric and batting from a previous project. Very simple to make. It makes a wonderful wall hanging!

And, yes all those bows are homemade! Except for the Minnie Mouse Ear hairclips. Those were sent to Robyn from her wonderful aunt who vacationed at Disneyland! Thanks Megan!!

UPDATE: My craft area is ALL clean! It's still officially summer, so I got it done on time! In fact it was having that space back that motivated me to get the bow board done!

Thou shalt not steal

I have to be honest and say that in my 22 years (since I was eight--we won't count before that) I've never had an issue with stealing--ever. It just wasn't right. You just didn't do it. It was never okay to steal on purpose or on accident.

Today I had a moment where the urge to steal could have really taken over rather quickly. I walked out of a store with an empty cart through the "garden center" passing a store clerk who didn't check my receipt. As I was putting my purse and Robyn in the car I noticed a package of Huggies Little Swim Diapers in my cart. How did they get there? Did I put those there? Maybe I did put them in but later changed my mind and thought I had put them back on the shelf. Did I unconsciously put them back in my cart? Did Robyn put them there? A whole list of scenarios were running around in my head. Regardless of how they got there I knew I didn't pay for them. I actually didn't buy anything in the store! Oh my--did I just steal something?

I think everyone has that moment where they say, "I could take this and no one would ever know." The rationalizing...after all it was actually something on clearance that I could really use.

Are you kidding me?! It took me less than a minute to turn around and hand the item to the clerk by the door. She promptly said that she wondered about that when I walked out but just figured "it was nothing". She was absolutely astonished and overly appreciated my honesty. I guess she doesn't run into such honest people on a regular basis...that's too bad.

This incident made my day. I'm glad to know that even in the most innocent of circumstances, I had the power to be totally honest with myself and those around me. I absolutely believe that but it's good to be tested from time to time.

A year later

Remember my proud AFTER feeling that I felt when we finished decorating my craft area last summer?

Sadly, it didn't stay that way...Welcome to my end-of-summer project...getting it back to looking like it did a year ago. Wish me luck.

Course, we have plans to completely rearrange the living/dining room again. With the number of piano students that I teach, it's become necessary to move the piano back into the dining room. It will become the "study". Still not sure where the dining table is going...

I guess we're in clean-up mode this week!