Hello Beautiful Peeps! Hoping that everyone had a lovely and productive/relaxing weekend and that you're as ready to start your week as I am!
I am starting up a new Blog Series that I will (hopefully) be posting every Monday...except this week, this week Tuesday is the new Monday. The "Creative Collection" blog series will essentially be my week-at-a-glance...giving you an idea of what I'm working on, what's inspiring me, what new items will be coming soon to the shop, future freebies and tutorial coming up, a small sneak peak at the "Featured Friday" blog post coming that Friday (stay tuned for more on that later this week!) and a bit of a wrap-up from last week! I just know that you are all waiting on baited breath to know what I am going to do next...so here you go;)
1. Spark: This week's inspiration (or creative spark if you will) is coming in the form of some lovely Fall colors. When I can't decide on colors I always fall back on my two favorites... purple or turquoise (or even better, both). In my opinion you can't go wrong with either one, and Design Seed created this color pallet, dessert hues, that I can't wait to use in my crafts this week!
2. Projects and Progress: I haven't had much of an opportunity to stitch lately, and this week I'm gonna change that! I love these little leaves that my cousin Jenna designed, and I'm trying to make myself work outside my comfort zone and stitch on colored and patterned fabrics...wish me luck! And if you adore these Autumn leaves as much as I do, don't worry, they will make an appearance in Stik A Pin In It very soon!
3. TBR & Reviews: Most people that know me know how much I love to read (maybe even more than crafting...shhhhh, don't tell anyone!) so I always have a book or two going. Lately my reading has included a lot of How-To's/Educational books as well as inspirational materials, but I make sure to get to the good stuff too! At the moment the good stuff is "Catching Fire". It's a reread for me but I want a refresher before the movie comes out! I'm also pretty lucky that my "educational" reading is pretty dang entertaining...I recommend The Handmade Market Place by Kari Chapin to anyone starting up a small, crafty business. I have also found a new guilty pleasure (guilty because it's not all that cheap...but way worth it) with Molly Makes magazine. Seriously folks, if you love the crafty check this one out!
4. Guilty Pleasure: And speaking of guilty pleasures... who among you have played the hilariously horrible game of pure inappropriateness, Cards Against Humanity? Some of you are raising your hands proudly, some have no idea what I'm talking about, and some of you are hiding in shame. I had a good friend suggest this to me a few months ago...so I ordered it and it came in the mail today! Can't wait to break this out at the next adult game night!
5. Featured Friday: I never knew I could love a cut up cardboard box and scraps of fabric so much, but I do, I love it, I love it so much. I love it so very much that it's going to be the center of my very first Featured Friday blog post on, well, Friday. I know you are all super jelly you don't have your own box and fabric magic, so I will be nice and share with you how my amazing husband, Mr. N, (whom I love almost as much as box and fabric...almost) made this simple contraption that changed my life...okay I'm being a drama queen, but it did make it easier.
I have to say that last week was NOT an excellent week for me. I was feeling very overwhelmed and a little under the weather... I kind of just wanted to curl up and hide from the world. Instead I got an unexpected visit from my mum (it doesn't matter how old you are, when you are feeling less than, we always want our mummies) and I went from moping to getting sh** done! Now I feel refreshed and eager to start crossing off my to-do list...time to take over the world, or at least my small corner of it!
Later Peeps,
ShellyLyn Nguyen
Later Peeps,
ShellyLyn Nguyen
