Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Get creative

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Right now I am working on a few personal projects that flex some creative muscles. The picture of the girl using a dictionary as a backpack above (via Sartorialist) reminded me to really embrace it.

I still fall into the trap of buying things that I don't need, but lately I have been thinking and executing more on DIY projects that have really panned out well.  One of the projects was a bookshelf made from milk crates.  During my trip upstate 2 weekends ago, I rounded up a series of different crates through haggling and bartering.  I think it turned out well, despite my uncanny ability to amass books that I will never read, which now overflow from the new bookshelf.  The current thinking is to gift every book that I finish; good ones to friends, bad ones to charity.



Another project that I am working on involves reclaimed barn wood.  The project is split into two parts: building a table & creating a series of signs.  This newer project doesn't quite have a picture yet, but I do have 9 pieces that are ready to become a table and 3 thinner pieces that need some paint to become a sign.  These projects will be finished by August, and hopefully a great photo will accompany its completion...hopefully.

Be well. Do good.

BG