30 Days of Thankfulness - Day 23 - Creating

if you are a woman, enjoy baking, sewing or creating, or have even been anywhere in the vicinity of the internet in the last 6 months, chances are, you've heard all about Pinterest.  you know, the new heroin in the soccer-mom and DIYer circles.  and if you're anything like me, you have somewhere in the realm of 500 "pins" (okay. i confess.  744 to be exact.), and have spent countless hours browsing through stranger's boards, saying to yourself, "just one more page, and then you must go to bed!"  okay, maybe you exhibit more self-control than i do, and that's okay.  but if you don't, then you will appreciate the day that i had today.

i spent all day planning, preparing, and creating (yes! FINALLY creating!) from the inspiration i've collected on my Pinterest!  i've scoured this town (literally all corners of Nashville!) from Michaels, to McKay's used books and Goodwill, to Dollar Tree and Walmart, and even down to Joann's Fabrics in Cool Springs!  I literally spent 9 hours driving and combing through craft aisles, creating each project in my head at first sight of the materials!  picking out the perfect tulle for peacock tutu's, gathering all the just right pieces to decorate my mantel, figuring out just how much i need of this, and where the cheapest place to find that would be.

and then: at 9 p.m., i began to create! and it was MAGNIFICENT!  from book trees galore to book page birdies.  a village of lighted and embellished mason jars.  more jute rope and burlap than you can shake a stick at.  and don't forget the metallic gold spray paint and glitter!  i am a few items short of an etsy shop, but i literally enjoyed every second of crafting.  it gave me time to put my creativity and eye for aesthetic composition to the test, and honestly just exercising my ability to create gave such a renewed sense of personality and self-worth! (how lame and grandma-ish did that sound?!)  with every step and project completed, i felt a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment; you know, the kind that comes and you step back and admire that you just made something really great (without actually being cocky or arrogant or prideful).  i think i sort of got a glimpse of what God must've felt when after all that He created, He stepped back and said, "It is good."

what a thought to think that He created us and then said, "It is VERY good."