Creative Breaks for Sanity
Most days, my brain has about 1,000 more ideas than I will ever be able to accomplish. Some are things like “dust the stair rails and frames” or “check menu plan for dinner tomorrow”. Some are “sort through kids’ old clothes” and “just get rid of that pile of stuff already”. Others are “sew a block for the quilt”, “check on wicks for the candles you’ve been meaning to make for about 5 years”, “plan crafts and snacks for upcoming holidays and saints’ days”, etc. Already you can see that I’m overly ambitious. I mean, dust the photo frames?! Yeah, right.
Truth be told, I love a creative break in my day. It often is what helps me re-set when I’m about to lose my marbles and lock myself up in the bathroom. Even 5 minutes stolen away at the sewing machine while I piece together a few blocks, 
or a few minutes with some photo editing and a blog for my family (sorry, guys, I know I owe you one or twelve with pics of the kids), or something along those lines, can really alter my mood for the better.
And, I can’t resist a DIY. Last week, I made some hard perfume, with beeswax, almond oil, and essential oils.
I have 5 pounds of wax in the closet, waiting for me to find the wicks I’m sure I ordered so the kids and I can make some candles. There are kits in the closet, also, waiting for warmer weather so we can make more garden stepping stones. I just can’t help it. I love dabbling.
“crafts are better than dusting!” Please can I just come out and say that I think you are my long lost identical twin??? Or we’re sharing brain waves, at least 🙂
Love this post because it’s like reading a little piece of me.
Someday maybe we’ll hang out and sew together 🙂
You know I would love that!
ps – I’d love to hear more about this perfume project 🙂
Oooh! Ok! I will post a quick one about it!
Haha, I was thinking what Theresa wrote, but I have been wanting to learn to sew for yearssss just have not figured out where to start (sewing machine from two years ago still in box). Quilting is something I’m so drawn to. I have all the random crafting things scattered all over too. So while Theresa is giving me an itch to re-learn crocheting I’m really really getting an itch to get to and just figure out how to quilt a blanket. I really want to make one for each of the boys. Oh and frames are not dusted around here.
Do iiiiit! Try sewing!! I personally have given up on crochet. I just can’t do it.
Quilting is fun. I really like it. It can be easy, too. Or hard, you get to decide. 😉