Baby Tirzah Mae had some spit-up issues. Serious spit-up issues. And since she initially received breastmilk fortified with preemie formula, her initial spit-ups were of the nasty staining variety. The slipcovers of our cream-colored throw pillows acquired yellow and brown blotches of varying sizes from being spit upon.
I kept telling myself I would make new slipcovers.
But a year passed and two. And we had another baby spitting up. And then another (who spit up less thanks to #termbaby!)
The slipcovers didn’t get made.
But after I spent a frantic week sewing Christmas outfits and Christmas jammies for the little ones this past Christmas, I realized just how much I enjoy doing something creative. I set a goal to try to do something (anything) creative once a week this year.
In January, I made new slipcovers for the throw pillows. I cut one week and sewed one slipcover a week until, at the end of the month, I had covered all three of the formerly cream-colored pillows.
I love how well-lit my living room is – but it does make getting photos of the couch a little difficult :-)
We’ve been cleaning out our basement in preparation for getting it finished – and as I cleaned, I found some Dr. Seuss-themed reusable shopping bags my sister-in-law had given me years ago (I’m guessing right around when Tirzah Mae was born!) My sister-in-law had used one side panel to decorate her children’s playroom and had offered me what remained so I could do the same for Tirzah Mae. Of course, I accepted (because I’m all about anything free and am a serious hoarder of craft supplies.)
At any rate, I found the shopping bags and decided maybe I’d use them to decorate our foster children’s room. That was February’s project.
I got right to work at the very beginning of the month, stretching a couple of panels around some stiff chipboard and sticking them up on the clipboards in the “green room”. I puzzled a bit about how to complete the task and arrived at colored panels with circles in them.
The kids and I painted panels, including extras to make circles with.
The panels sat and sat and sat for weeks (I’ve not been great at getting in creativity every week this month!)
And, at last, since this is now the last week of February, I cut out my circles and got them completed.
Not bad, if I say so myself.
Everything looks great! I know what you mean about forgetting what doing something creative does for us until we get back to it.