A Thursday Regular?

If this blogging thing is going to become a regular thing in my life it's going to need some sort of structure. Because I like structure, organization and order. I drives me crazy if  I don't have my days planned out. Even days just chilling at home are pre-planned in my head. I have my outfit ready in my head the night before, I know what time I want to wake up (not that I actually get out of bed..) and if I'm going to shower..."flying by the seat of pants" doesn't work for me. I get stressed and forget things. And then get more stressed over forgotten things. it's never ending.

So to add structure to something as carefree as this blog...I'm make thursday a thrift purchase show off day!

 Maybe Thrifty Thursday or Thursday's Thrifts or Thrifting on Thursday...Thursday's Thrifty... I'm still working on a name :-)

This summer I learned that I enjoy thrifting. A LOT. and of course I set aside a time period in my week for thrifting. This summer it seemed to be Thursday nights before soccer. Now it's Tuesday, my day off.

I have quite a few pieces that I am very proud of. Including these beauties.

This long wooden beaded necklace still had it's price tag for $120, I scored it for  $2.99

The following 3 were .99c each. A deal for jewellery i like to think

I have many more amazing Thrift store finds, including 2 bags, pretty jars and plates, shoes etc.. That I can't wait to share on Thrifty Thursdays :-)

Vessal

For our Interior Styles class, we were given wool felt to create some sort of vessel with. A vessel was classified as something that holds something. Pretty much anything could go for this project if you could back it up. Brand Felt (www.thefeltstore.com) supplies Humber College with the felt and prize money for the best designs from this project.

There were many fabulous designs that I saw yesterday, and the class winner definitely deserved to win! Congratulations!

I created a bag, using orange and grey felt, an old necklace for the strap and a pendant from another necklace on the front. Part of this project was sewing skills. I have none. Zippo. Nada. When my mom wanted me to learn how to sew in High School, I choose Law or Geography instead. And now look, I'm going to be an Interior Decorator. Someone who deals with pillows, drapes, curtains... should have listened to my mom!

Halfway through the assembly of this bag I may have broken the needle on the machine. Having no clue what I was doing and a Mother who was MIA, I resorted to staples. I know, right... classy.

I started off by using a paper mockup to make sure the design worked and then later used the mockup to cut the correctly sized pieces of felt.

Here We Go Again

We've started another school year, and this is my final year. The next 7 months I have to enjoy, before I  start being an adult, look for a job, (start a business?? eep!), and figure some things out in my life.

Last year was an amazing year, with wonderful roommates, school friends, Toronto adventures and a utterly new wealth of knowledge. I can now barely  sketch, render a drawing, draft plans and elevations, figure out Auto-cad, cute, paste and present. 

Hopefully this year I will more faithfully use this blog and continue to expose myself to the world more as an artist and designer. I did a lot of interesting things this summer and hopefully get those posted up on the blog too. Let's just say I have a new love for thrift stores and antiques....