I like to pretty.
I've always decorated around me.
rewind - I'm 3.
My mom bought a brand new bathroom 'cover set' .. one of those awful 80's sets of shag carpet covers for 'prettying' bathroom stuffs. One on the toilet, one onto the back of the tank, and a couple matchers on the floor. Then, BOOM! your bathroom is totally matching .. totally hideous
As a toddler and lover of anything colorful - I found her new pure white pieces offensively boring .. so I decided I needed to decorate for her.
what can I say ?
I've ALWAYS been a giver.
I took her brightest, prettiest, reddest nail polish and flung the liquid stain EVERYWHERE! Making sure to not miss a single spot on her lovely carpet decor.
WHAT?!?!?
I thought it was pretty. However, she screamed and cursed a lot more than I would expect coming from someone who had just received a free bathroom makeover.
fast foward - I'm 6.
My mom hasn't changed the curtains in my room since I was a toddler.
I don't LIKE Winnie the Pooh, ANYMORE !! So ..I randomly poked 42 billionty holes with a metal nail file.
Voila!
Now they are 'fancy' and let the sun into the room. Clearly not the kind of 'fancy' my mom likes. I know this, because the next day she went out and purchased me 'whole' curtains again; throwing away my 'refashioned' curtains; without regard for all my efforts in redecorating.
fast forward 30 something years later :
we laugh about these stories, until we cry and/or snort.
it's apparently just in my nature to pretty :)
and yes - I sometimes use 'pretty' as a verb .. don't judge me.
so, in my recent efforts to pretty the world - I joined the washi tape movement.
I'm a little late on the 'craze' - but I'm Danielle and I'm far from trendy.
so what if washi tape was ''cool'' last year .. that means I'm cool this year !! right!?!?! >_<
wrong - but who cares?
moving on .. I know someone just said - 'What is washi tape?'
I may or may not have gone a little mad after seeing so many
Washi crafts on Pinterest .. which may or may not have led to me ordering a box filled with $50-60 worth of washi tape ..
Once I opened up my box of pretties, I realized I needed somewhere to store the sticky cuteness.