Day one on my creative journey blog

My family has encouraged me to write a blog.  About me, my creative processes and my creations.
I loved to write from my youth, but I feel too "pressed in" by life to find the time- but I am going to give it a try!

Today, I am off from work.  Have been doing doctor's appointments and a lot of miscellanous, which never seems to add up to accomplishing anything at all.  I had an inspiration while in Michigan at my Mom's house.  I want to make myself a shabby chic denim jacket.  Denim jackets never go out of style, but I want mine more "girly", as my husband calls it. He says I am a "girly girl" and the things I create are for other " girly girls."

Last eve I spent 10 mins trying to find the 2 denim jackets I know I had purchased to upcycle.
I am FOREVER trying to find things I know that I have. ( My craft room is small and most definitely
could be better organized.  I clean it up and within a short while it is a mess again! ) I also knew that I had already started work on these jackets.  So, I will be cutting off the sleeves that I spent a long time putting together, so i may use that jacket.  Why spend money on another jacket?  I really like the lines of this one.

The process begins... I want to cover the buttons.  They are the one thing I really dislike about denim jackets.  I LOVE buttons!  This love is passed onto me by my mother, who has tons!  I am looking through my box of laces trying to decide which piece will hide those buttons!  I have decided to accent in whites, but this could change!

And what about the sleeves? leave them short? I DO live in Florida, but some french cuffs would look so sweet!  This means using pant legs from a pair of jeans, I think.

I am going to try and NOT purchase anything to make this jacket.  Lord knows, I have enough stuff around!  But, it never seems to be just the right thing.  I find  a lot of cool things in the scrapbooking department to use in clothing creations.

I usually play around with an idea for a project in my head for a few days with the different "what if's". And somewhere in the middle of the project a new idea pops up.  Which is the fun of it, really!

I need to create things- it is not something I can explain- it just has always been there!!

So this is day one on my creative journey. . .