Make Magic Everyday Inspiration Board

What a fun little project! LESSology has a challenge up for an Inspiration Board. 

Originally I had planned on making something similar for myself for this challenge. Had a quote picked out and everything. 

But, like projects sometimes do, it wandered off and had a mind of it's own!

None the less I was super pleased on how this turned out!

So, Saturday morning found me dying some ribbon. I have tons of white lace that is even old, but very boring. 

My typical process is to gather up a handful, throw it in a coffee filter (a new coffee pot means I have to use up the old filters that don't work with the new one anyhow), toss a bit of Ranger alcohol ink on it, and then spritz with rubbing alcohol and let dry. You can see a bit of it at the top of my clip board in green.

So, I had three different colors going on Sat. and by the afternoon it was all dry AND I had these beautiful coffee filters that needed to be used up. Grabbed a flower punch and starting punching out flowers.

Ended up with the three really pretty ones you can see below. It's not hard, basically I only cut out one size of flower, poked a hole through, added a brad, and then spritzed with a bit of water and crinkled. OH, and then added glitter much later. 

WELL, then these flowers needed a home.

I then painted a clip board with gesso and added some glimmermist.

Obviously waiting for it to dry was for wuuuuuussssssies, so I added all my bling with a hot glue gun while wet, including a new lovely piece of chip board all painted from Eye Candy Magic that Samantha designed and one of her buttons.

I had decided when I made the flowers that they would be something my daughter would love.

So, while making this little project I kept in mind I wanted to make her a piece of art for her locker.

Lexi confessed to me the other day that she wanted to be JUST LIKE a certain girl in her class that evidentally is good at singing, has amazing grades, and everything else she puts her mind to. It was one of those moments I have at least once a week as a parent where I don't feel qualified to have this conversation.

I mean, what do you say? Obviously this little girl IS amazing, but not MY amazing little girl. Which is exactly what I told her. She gave me the eyes which must mean she wasn't buyin' what I was sellin'. Obviously she knows I am biased.

I remember back to wanting hair like Vicky and green eyes like Erica when I was her age.

But at some point along the way of my life, I decided I didn't want to be like anyone else but Mommy to Lexi and Luke and wife to THE MAN and my flavor of Vanilla.

I am not sure at what point she will decide that she is content to just be her. And since I can't go to school with her and point out daily how amazing she is, I am hoping this little board reminds her.

She is the generation raised on Harry Potter, my child who gets in trouble for having her nose in a book instead of listening, and would rather wander around her castle in Wizard 101 than watch TV.

So, used words she'd understand.: make Magic everyday...


I think I saw a connection when I handed her this little board. A little spark of recognition in her eyes.