Gone crafty crazy

Another month passes without a post from me. This time I have some serious excuses.

Firstly, I am making my own rugs. For every room in the house. They have to be hand stenciled, primed with gesso, hemmed, and protected with 7 coats of finish- this is time consuming. When I am not making the rugs, working or taking care of the family (in that order- of course), I am usually out getting more supplies.

My second excuse is that I have become addicted to ‘Dexter’. You know the friendly neighborhood serial killer on Showtime. John and I cram in one or two episodes pr. night. More on the weekends. I usually don’t watch much TV- but this show is phenomenal. The actors are superior to anything I have seen in a long time and well- I just can’t get me enough of ‘Dexter’ oh and rug making. But soon I will tire of both and will be back to blogging. Because I am non commital that way. I was the kid who bought all of the horseback riding equipment, took two classes and then became obsessed with synchronized swimming or something equally obscure, only to take up boxing two weeks later.

I do have a bunch of posts up my sleeve. I must post about Bangkok- which was amazing- and I must show you all the Buddha’s I brought home. Way too many- according to my mother and sister. How many Buddhas can someone possibly need? they asked alarmed at my compulsive Buddha shopping.

Okay- back to the rugs. Because I know you are wondering who in their right mind would make their own rugs. Of course clearly I am not in my right mind- but still. We have 3 kids. It rains and snows and they drag it all over the house. Our dog does gross stuff on our rugs and frankly I have had to throw out way too many in the past years. I have been searching high and low for rugs that could handle our lifestyle. I have cried to husband ‘why hasn’t anyone invented a family friendly rug?” Husband told me to invent one myself. So I did. These are made out of painters drop cloths. You know the kind you buy at Home Depot to protect your floors when you paint. They are skid proof, water proof, snow proof, dog pee proof. They can be mopped, spilled on, wiped off and best of all they are painted to match our decor.

I am very proud of myself, can you tell? So do you guys think I can finally open my own Etsy shop? I really want one. And you don’t have to be honest.

This first one is a runner for our kitchen. The purple one is not finished but for the girls room- the last one is very bright and playful and will be for the kids play room. The chair shows the drop cloths in their original form.