DIY

Waiting Game – Bringing Nicasa to life one DIY at a time!

This is always the hardest part of any project, waiting for all your goodies to arrive, the excitement of opening all the boxes combined with the slight anxiety of evaluating your purchases — I love it.  All of it.  Even the anxiety, because that’s where I’m forced to get creative, even if only in my minds eye and everything ends up better than expected in the end.  But if I have any doubts, the waiting game allows me to get my own game plan going, think of solutions to marrying styles, textiles, colors, you name it.  Waiting also allows me a chance to get all the prep work done, and there’s always more than you think before you can start…

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While you were sleeping…

…I made these pretty little guys!  Remember these heads from my Home Goods score?  Well, here they are all dressed up and ready for Nicasa! All I used:  faux flowers, yarn, my trusty scissors, a needle and thread and in once case, some metallic paint and therefore a paintbrush. Other than that, no rules, no instructions, no real how-to adorn your faux head with flowers or how-to add flowers to antlers.  Just start creating what makes you happy.  Seriously, it’s that easy. I didn’t even stick myself with the needle (this time)! And all while you were sleeping.  🙂  

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