I often describe myself the same way when it comes to home improvement or do it yourself projects. I come roaring in like a lion ready to get the stuff done and then either I lose interest or I realize the project is too big or too hard for me and I give up on it.
So you tend to look at projects that way too?
Just as an example; one day I saw this photo...
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| Photo Credit - Rust and Sunshine Blog |
Isn't that gorgeous? So simple and elegant. I loved it and right away ran out to Michael's Craft Store to purchase tissue paper and little vases. After all, I had the tutorial from Rust & Sunshine to follow and I remember making these for my wedding.
I bought a big pack of tissue paper in every color of the rainbow. It's sat in my drawer for years and every once in a while when I am wrapping a gift in a gift bag I go and take out a couple of sheets and stuff them in the gift bag.
Then another time I was sitting at the kitchen table having coffee with my mom and sister and I was staring at my living room which all of a sudden seemed different shades of blah! So brown and beige and colorless. I decided that what I needed was some ribbons that I could attach to the curtains to add some color, something like this...
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| Photo Credit - DIY Window Treatments |
So I packed mom and my sister into the car and we drove into town and went to a fabric store and I bought yards and yards of ribbons in different colors, widths and lengths. But the time we had lunch and got back home I was too tired to mess with them and set them aside still in the bag for years. Just a few months ago I packed the bag up with some other things I was taking to Goodwill to donate.
Yep, in like a lion and out like a lamb! That's so me! Welcome March!
I love how you keep it real!! That could have been me, with the ribbons and the Good Will bag!
ReplyDeleteHi Pondside! Great of you to drop by. Yes, I have to keep it real...too many people in my real life read the blog and they keep me in check :)
ReplyDeleteI like the title phrase of this post.
ReplyDeleteI've also accumulated all kinds of materials with the intention of making them part of some project.
However, I feel that as I advance in age, this tendency of mine to prepare for a project and then, for some reason, loose interest- has greatly weakened. I'm more realistic about things. Age has its benefits.
DUTA - that may be part of getting older, time seems to go by faster. I used to read more and embroider and crochet and sew and refinish furniture but now it seems I barely have time to pull a good healthy meal together! What changed? Hmmm, maybe that's a good topic for a blog post! Thanks for commenting!
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