March 12, 2011

earring holder

anxiety strikes again...and as a result, my earring holder is done and hung! i couldn't wait to start this project!! i had some materials at home (glue gun, staple gun, ribbon) and the rest of it, i got at walmart (frame, remenant fabric & mesh). not too many materials necessary for this project, which was great cuz i got a chance to start AND finish while the boys were napping.

of course, every project of mine doesn't come out without some learnings...ie., mistakes...and war wounds. *sigh* first big mistake -- i used a staple gun on a $5 frame from walmart. the staples busted THRU the frame. to make matters worse, i tried to fix it by covering it up with some ugly fabric flowers i had hidden for years. now i know why they were never used, thus "hidden". blah. ohwell. what's done is done, next time, i'm just using the glue gun. and in regards to my war wound, i went to go hang it and found i had blood all over my hands. i had no idea i had even hurt myself so i didn't even know where the blood was coming from! doh! in the words of cooper, "i'm a tough guy!"

i'm not really a flowery kind of person, but like i said, i wanted to cover up the staples around the frame and ended up with a super flowery looking earring holder. eeks. oh well, i didn't want to start over again so i just pushed through it...i'm over it. now time to buy some more earrings!