Liz’s DIY Intro

Celebrating the Everyday, Liz's DIY  //  18th September 2012

Have you ever flipped through your favorite magazine (like Real Simple or Martha Stewart) or browsed through Pinterest and thought to yourself, I could totally do that!?!?  But then you just add it to your To Do list and it ends up falling off your list because everything else seems so much more important?!

Ok- maybe it is just me… lol…. But since early this year, I have had this urge to bring out my craftiness again!  It has been a long time since I have taken time to do a DIY project just for fun!  Earlier this year I read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.  It was pretty fantastic (and I definitely recommend it!) The book reminded me of the importance of taking time to do things that I LOVE and make ME happy.  Whoa… yeah, that is hard for me as I am pretty much always thinking of the happiness of others before I think about myself.  As I read the book, I realized that the times in my life that I have felt beaten down or burnt out was because I was not taking care of myself.  I was not getting enough sleep and honestly I was not thinking about myself at all.  How am I supposed to lift other people up if I am not taking care of myself first?  So anyway, I had many, MANY aha moments while reading The Happiness Project.  You should definitely check it out!

Besides being with Ryan and doing the work that I love to do everyday as a photographer and entrepreneur, I decided it is time for me to get back to crafting and doing random projects that give me a sense of accomplishment!  ;)  After sharing my plan with friends, many of them expressed interest in joining me!!  What better than hanging out with friends while doing crafts?!?  It takes me right back to the Craft Center at Bucknell!  ;)  Love that!

Since crafting and DIY projects bring me so much joy, we have decided to document them and include them as a part of our blog!  After all- the blog is meant to share the stories of our lives… and this is all part of the everyday Liz and Ryan!  ;)  Hopefully some of our DIY projects will spark your own creativity, or at least give you a good laugh when we share the bloopers and projects that may not have worked!  ;)

Be sure to check back in later this afternoon for my first full DIY Project!