Breaking Out of a Creative Slump

I'm not actually in a creative slump right now, but working with a medium other than the one you normally work with is a great way to break out of a creative slump.  I have a whole pile of jewelry made that I haven't listed yet because I haven't sold any since before Christmas.  So instead of making even more jewelry I decided to make a Space Invader on my wall out of Post-It notes.  Because I'm awesome and also because I have a lot of Post-It notes that I never use because I prefer virtual Post-It notes.  It was pretty easy and also slightly time-consuming to make.  I found a picture of a Space Invader on Bing and then I drew it in pixel form.  Then I got my Post-It notes and started putting them on my wall.  Then they started to fall off so I grabbed my duct tape and attached it to the back of each one.  It wouldn't have taken nearly as long if I didn't have OCD.  As it is, it still isn't perfect.  The bottom arms don't line up.  But I'm happy with it.  The whole thing took me about an hour and a half.

 

 

 

 

I also finally fixed my feather earrings after forgetting they existed for about a year and then discovering them in a bag full of hair ties (along with my black heart earrings which have been missing for the same amount of time).  I bought them for $20 at the University District Street Fair my freshman year of college.  I wore them all the time and then one of the feathers fell off of the leather strip that it was glued to, which attached it to the earring hook.  I removed the other feather from the leather (heehee it rhymes) and attached them both to tiny metal clamp things that I purchased on Etsy.  I also added lightning bolts that were on a different pair of earrings because I thought it would look cool.  And it does.  And yes I am wearing a Back to the Future shirt in these photos which I thrifted from the men's section at Goodwill two years ago.  Go ahead and be jealous.

Happy Monday Giveaway

Hopefully you're already having a better than normal Monday, because it's Memorial Day and you don't have to work.  But if you are having  a typical Garfield Monday, and maybe if you have to work despite it being Memorial Day, then I hope this will cheer you up a bit.  It's been a while since I've done a giveaway on here.  This time, instead of just giving away some of my stuff, I'm giving away jewelry from my Etsy shop!  One lucky winner will receive their choice of the following three items.

To enter, just leave a comment telling me which one you would like if you won.  I will pick the winner on June 18th.  You can definitely Tweet or blog or Facebook about this giveaway, but doing so will not give you additional entries.  This giveaway is only for US residents, because that is where I can afford to ship to.  You are still allowed to enter even if you were one of the winners in my first giveaway.

I also have a discount code for everyone.  Until July 1st you can enter GIVEAWAY10 at checkout to receive a 10% discount on anything you buy in my shop.

Good luck to everyone, thanks for entering and Happy Monday.