Depression Decorating

I could start off with excuses as to where I have been and why I haven't been blogging...but what would that prove? Instead let me tell you why now I have decided to blog. I have been inspired. The economy, my last short subject, has let's say, taken a turn for the worst. We all feel it. It's unavoidable. In the mean time we wait. We sit in our McMansions worth McMuffin's and wonder...what does the future hold? What good will that do? I have decided to use this moment as a time to take an inventory of what matters. What's always mattered. There is a silver lining in this time we are living in. It's forcing us to get back to basics. What's the worse thing that can happen while we wait? We could get reaquainted with our family. We could rediscover a faith that maybe wasn't so present or needed in the good times. We could find beauty in nature and in everything that is without monetary value.

As we hopefully emerge from this long, cold midwestern winter I have been renewed by my love for creating beautiful things with what I have or what I find in my bargain hunts. I have been helping a few friends with some decorating projects. I jokingly told my friend I have a company named Depression Decorating...a non-for-profit! I have been making some changes around our home. For me its therapeutic. It lets me use some of my creative side and also operate in a role other than Mom for a bit. Soo...what I am hoping to do here is inspire you, to share ideas, and see your creations in return. I have been so inspired by The Nester's blog. I will be the first to tell you I am not dreaming all of this up. I am mostly finding ideas from others and trying them on my own. They won't all be perfect so Martha Stewart types need not check back. There will be no tests, no judgement, just a peek into my world and the world I am trying to create for my family.