DéGoy Exchange: Day 5 - To-do list Thursday..

Getting my stuff together for starting my own business is the inspiration for my Thursday topic. Since preperation is key to success why not strive now to succeed later. My goal will be to learn, educate or do something that will help my business grow or prepare me to help it grow later. I will work for myself soon and as I finish up my masters program I can't help but concentrate on what the future holds past graduation. This will be my way of putting that goal into action. ENJOY!!

Today I want to talk about projects in general. I am constantly trying to find new projects that I can easily create and offer to my customers. There are so many areas of designing to chose from and I do not let any one pass me by. I am very eclectic when it comes to my creative side. I love to decorate interiors, garden outdoors, sewing clothes, making accessories, refurbishing furniture, creating furniture really random stuff or just anything that catches my eye. So for this day I would like to showcase some projects that I intend to do at some point and even one that I checked off my to-do list last week. (*its not a project for my business but could be adapted to sell later!) ENJOY!!!

These are pony bead bracelets. One thing that is for sure is that any crafter has a ton of these things just lying around and taking up space. I had been trying to find something that kids would enjoy to look at and buy that were interchangeable between boys and girls. So after some googling of pony beads I came across this adorable bracelet and website to boot. (see below) I would have never imagined doing this type of accessory but it will use up my stash quickly and give life to materials otherwise tossed aside.

KANDi Cuffs (Check 'em out here) These are great gifts for kids and can be a cheap project that kids can learn too.

Something else I came across while searching pony beads is a new way to use them> MELTING. This is one item made that caught my eye and its only because I like absolutely LOVE anything in a checkered pattern and to boot they were even called "racing earrings". For those of you who have just met me or don't know I was a racecar driver for like 13 years of my life and my obsession with checkered stems from that. These earrings will be mine as soon as I get a chance to melt some down!!! :)

(you can see the tutorial HERE)

3 Wrench Hook Set - Custom Wall Hooks

This unique use of wrenches is a great way to add some masculinity to any room. They are shown here on a fence of some sort but I think if you attached them to a wooden plank or something of that nature you could make a wall decor item that is also functional for any room. I was also thinking that spray painting them would create a new way for them to shine again. Lots of thoughts and different tools to use came to me as soon as I discovered this on one of my favorite websites for inspiration> ETSY (Click it to check out all the handmade goodies.)

Also check out the Designer of Wrench wall ....

The project that I did for myself recently is an idea that I got from one of my favorite bloggers: Spasticly Pretty (click so you can check out her project).

Refurbishing items you already own is a great way to save money and redecorate!! >Love it so I decided I would give it a try. And this is what I did.

I had a ton of miscellaneous picture frames all crowding my mantle, and nothing going down the hallway. So I took a few frames, bought some spray paint ($4) and transformed old into new and created a display of them going down the hallway. The results were great and I can't wait to add to them as I get more pictures. Funny part is they kinda look like a shrine to my kiddo. (Totally okay with me but maybe kinda creepy to some!)