Use the ordinary to your benefit.

I find myself forgetting what dangly earrings I have when they are sitting in a jewelry box. I decided to find something that would help me display them. I found that an old aluminum cheese grater works perfectly! You can fit quite a few dangly earrings in the side that has the larger holes. You can also hang bracelets from the middle handle. And if you really want to want to spruce it up, you can paint it a fun color!

Just another way to turn something mundane into something useful.

I love finding items that are begging for a new purpose! Even at a very young age, I loved going to antique stores with my mom and Aunts - looking at all the old stuff and making up a story about where it came from.
Now that I'm older, I like to find things and fix them up. This is why I started this site and will update this blog as often as I can about things I'm seeing that are inspiring to me. My hope is that I inspire you and give you something to act on.

Sometimes it's easy to get "stuck" when you have a creative fire in your soul, but don't know where to start. The best way to overcome that is:
1). Go somewhere new and look around. Observe art, listen to music, talk to people. There are inspiring things all around you. One of my favorite places to go when I need a little perk-up is Anthropologie. Their window displays are so awesome and their store is like a home away from home. I could spend hours in that store admiring the fixtures, clothing and soaking in the set-up; and
2). Try, try, try! Don't be afraid to make a mistake or have something not turn out exactly the way you want it to. This is hard for me, being a perfectionist. But if you don't try, you'll never know what might have been. Have a little faith in yourself.

Here are some things that might help to get you "un-stuck." Enjoy!