Spring and encyclopedia inspired little crafts

Sooo, are you sick of my crazy encyclopedia obsession yet??  Wait don't answer that!  I thought that if you are, I might distract you by some small projects with hints of spring and so that you might not hate the over-usage of my oh so loved encyclopedia pages.  

But first:

On a Personal Note:

It is official I am moving back to Wisconsin and hubs and I officially have a place to live-yes, thats right after months and months of crazy searching for the perfect rental the stars have aligned!!!!  Ahhhhh which means I have to face the facts, I am moving!  Crafting is helping me keep my sanity and my focus on one day at a time... while school is closing in on me, only a week and a half to go (hopefully!)... which means after a year of long distance Caleb and I will be together full time in only a few short week!  In the mean time I am jumping with excitement because I am going home to see him, the pups and the new house this weekend....ahhhhhhh 

change is in the air!  

A note about my shopping trip today:

And I must confess I did some browsing and bargain shopping today.  It seems that my crafting is getting a bit out of hand, I wandered aimlessly around Michaels today without a purpose which was delightful *note this is however a bit of a dangerous practice for me because I find cool things and then take them home with me (after paying of course).  Plus did you know Michaels has the best sales ever??

I bought 3 million spools of Martha Stewart ribbon originally $6.99 but on clearance for $1.00 ahhh I am such a sucker for a good deal!  Anyways needless to say I have about a million new ideas and projects (not just for the ribbon, but it would be crazy if they were!).  Aannnd to top it off I stopped at Home Goods....you know how I just said the other day that Pottery Barn is my dream store....well Home Goods is my go-to store.  I blame it on my dad.  He loves a good TJMaxx find and I think he rubbed off on me.

Here is my love of the day/week/month:

So delightful, so many possibilities ahhh I love you tiered tray thing! 

***I wouldn't blame my husband if he wanted to kill me for buying yet another super awkwardly shaped item to move in a few weeks time, but really, what does he expect when he has me moving to a town without a Home Goods?!?!  *tears*

On to the small crafts of the night:

I made some friends tonight 

nice and simple 

paint, mod podge, encyclopedia paper and sand paper

{crazy bird pre-sand paper}

Kind of fun, not sure I love them, they might need a little something else...but good for tonight.

And I made another candle, this time with my encyclopedia paper, I like the neutral idea so you can dress it up to match for holidays or decor changes.  

Click here if you missed my candle making tutorial.

* Must thank my anonymous reader for telling me about using tissue paper as another option instead of vellum (which is a bit more costly), this inspired me to think about other thin paper options---my crazy obsessed brain went straight to my old stinky books!  Just another reason I love blogs, because you can share ideas we can inspire each other---thank you for all of the inspirational comments and for visiting my blog*

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