....2 week!!!!

I packed my bag thinking 3-4 days at 

my friend's house would be about right.....

then I could head home!! 

Sooooo....I pulled out my new Water Color journal
(I will share that in another post)

I had bought months ago

and filled a serving tray with Twinks!!

....cause you never know...

I might just get the urge to CREATE....

As I was packing up my car....

at the last minute I decided to grab 

my basket of Viva Colour goodies

....you just NEVER know....

oh and my tool bag....

and off I went!

Little did I know those 3-4 days would

become 2 WEEKS!!!!!

Both of my children came down

with HORRIBLE COLDS....

so I knew I COULDN'T go home.

By this time I am beginning to feel a bit better.

Now comes the problem...

there was no Internet...so to keep from going insane

I NEEDED to create something

(it's very important to any recovery process)

but I had NO PAPER

NO FLOWERS

NO MISTS

and NO MULTI MEDIUM!!!

Soooooo....I challenged myself to create something...

with WHAT I HAD!!!

(I did have a friend bring me a jar of Multi Medium,

a Craft Mat and some Buckram)

I began by cutting up a box that was laying around..

I didn't have any dies....

so I hand cut flowers out of items I picked up during an outting to Joann's.....

(that's another whole story!!)

some fabric, printed burlap, buckram and some way cool netting stuff.

I dug around in my tool bag
and I can across some Magic Mesh.....
whoooo knows how long that had been in there!

On another outting, I did come across a
way cool "Americana" mini puzzle.....
which..who could resist for $1???

....and I created.....
a little here.....a little there
cause one can only watch soooo much daytime TV.

And use my phone to go online....
(didn't bring my glasses and they keep making
the text smaller!!)

I do have to say......
I am sooooo HAPPY I chose to grab
the basket of Viva Colour goodness!!

It was also good not to have all my
"to go to tools"
and to dig deep into my creative well
to try different things....
and see what I could come up with....

and that quote....
I LOVE IT......

SOOOO......I challenge you....

create something without using
your "to go to" supplies....

It's PRETTY KEWL!!!