Pottery Barn and pretty much everything in my office can suck it

This has been one of those days.

I went down to my office this morning and the power light on my monitor was flashing at me and the screen was black. Uh-oh. What the hell does that mean? I came back upstairs and got on my laptop and goggled the situation and it pretty much means I am f@#ked.

Bye bye big screen monitor.

A very sad situation in itself. But right before the holidays? Tragic.

Granted, she was about 6 years old which (for the computer breed) is like 94  people years. So to be expected really.


So while that was going on, I did what most girls in mourning do. I perused the Pottery Barn catalog on my laptop. (more on that later)

After that, I decided it was time to get back to business in my office.

The solution? This teeny tiny monitor that I stole borrowed from Matt's desktop setup.

Think he will notice? (snort)

Okay back to the catalog. Looking at that damn PB catalog is what prompted me to write a blog post in the first place.

This little tidbit in particular.

This "ribbon." $16.50. Seriously? That crap is upholstery webbing--  which is super cheap.

In fact I bought a boat load of it at the ARC (where else ?) for $3.00 at half-off Saturday over a year ago.

I have this much left after using tons of it for various projects.

 I am not sure why I bought it but I thought it was pretty cool. Flash forward to last Sunday. I am looking at Better Homes and Gardens and I see this wreath.

Holy crap. I can make that. I have all the stuff.  Sidenote: I will try a craft if it is on about a 4th grade level. That is all the patience I have.

A first grader could handle this one.

Not too Christmasy. I thought I could bust it out before Thanksgiving.  When did webbing become all the rage? That is my question.

Back to my office:  I went to scan the BH & G picture above.

I get all set.

Then, my printer/scanner said this to me (and refused to do anything else).

Never mind that it does not require any ink to SCAN!! ARGHH. I tried shaking, pleading, unplugging the damn thing, you name it. I tried it. Nada. So I got on the net (viewing it from my teeny screeny) and typed this in.

Figured it out. 

I heart the internet.

Anwho, I got to wondering what other PB hack I could come up with from crap I have laying around the house.

These looked do-able.

Candles? Check. Sheet music? Check. Mod Podge? But of course (told you I like 4th grade crafts).

Then I remembered some pictures that I printed off from this link that would be cuter than sheet music.

The New York Public library has all kinds of free awesome prints online. You can search for anything.

I had printed some deer drawings out a few weeks ago (for what reason I do not know. I just liked them I guess).

 I cut them in strips.

Then I got to work.

Simple as pie.

Maybe some kind of centerpiece for Thanksgiving??? 

 If you are on my Christmas list, you may or may not be getting something that involves mod podge and a candle or two.

I also had printed some other pictures out on old dictionary pages.

I had no clue what I was going to do with all these oddball things that I printed  (maybe wrap presents or something) but now I am inspired. (And I may have a clue as to why my toner claims it is low)

Moral of the story? Broken electronics inspire crafting. Duh.