Today was "Clean Your Art Area" Day. You all celebrate this holiday, right?
Emma wants an additional two skeins of yarn for her currentobsession craft of puff-ball monsters. I said yes, IF.
Emma wants an additional two skeins of yarn for her current
If you clean your art area. It took us two hours, and we have three plastic grocery bags of trash and a box stuffed full of paper to go in the recycling. We got rid of stickers that no longer stick, markers that no longer mark, glue sticks that are hard as rocks, used up bits and pieces, and projects that got started (like the frame of a kite made from bamboo garden stakes) but never finished. Really, she did pretty darn well at throwing things out.
And I'm beat! Holding open trash bags is hard work. And then I had to vacuum, too.
And here, for your viewing pleasure, is the Puff-ball Monster Salon:
I know, it looks like a mess to me too. But the stylists seem to be pretty talented, because while those puff balls look pretty plain going in, here's how they look coming out:
Those are so cute! I need to clean my art area. I don't have much use for googly eyes any more.
ReplyDeleteFunny, I did start cleaning my art area yesterday and then ditched it to go clean the kitchen, which I consider my other 'art' area.
ReplyDeleteThose are seriously cute! Would Emma like to come teach my hoarder sons how to sort and rid themselves of excess supplies? Their mother hasn't been a good model for this activity.
ReplyDeleteWhen I stand in my kitchen, I can see the mess in my craft area. When I sit at my craft table, I can see the mess in the kitchen.
Is it any wonder that I blog on a laptop in the living room? ;)