Shit To Get Creative With! Part I

As an art student, I like to make things.

I also tend to be incredibly clumsy and destructive, but I like to create things, none the less.

So, when I get bored, I like to surf the intertubes for things to make....and as the annoying Christmas season rolls in, I tend to get my craft on....I like excuses to make things and give them to people.

Let's get crafty, shall we?!

         1. Since it's now December, and I like to drink too much (but only on the weekends, otherwise 
              my body would explode), I'd like to make this: 

http://www.instructables.com/id/beer-advent-calendar/

It's true...I won't make it to celebrate the advent...it's mostly just an excuse to drink more.

Don't judge me. I'm only human!

          2. My life would cease to make sense without cooking. We'll start with my favorite: cookies. 

              Sadly, I will not be able to eat entire batches because I have significantly cut sugar down in my 

              diet. But I'm going to make them anyway. Cookies are also my gift to everyone during the 

             Christmas season. Marathon cookie making week, package 'em up and send 'em out!

http://eatcakefordinner.blogspot.com/2011/11/no-roll-soft-sugar-cookies-with-eggnog.html

                    Eggnog cookies. Yep. I like cookies, I like eggnog, and I like the idea of the two...coming together as one....what? Conan the Barbarian? Where did you come from?

             

             3. I like healthy things, but some of the healthy things I ingest cost me half my paycheck, so...I 

                 start to make them instead. This is called Kombucha, or "mushroom tea". It's an old recipe 

                 for fermented tea using healthy bacteria that help clean out your body. Probiotics, enzymes,    

                 and tangy, sweet, fizzy goodness. Call me weird, but I like it, and it makes me feel really  

                 good. They've done studies that show it blocks the reproduction of cancer cells. So take that. 

                 It's also really damn expensive. So I'm making my own.

http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-grow-a-kombucha-scoby/

             

            4. Any excuse to make beer is a good excuse. My dad ordered a beer-making kit yesterday. Let 

                the holiday brewing begin. Who wants fresh beer?!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/97673797/1-gallon-beer-brewing-kit-homebrew?ref=sr_gallery_22&ga_search_query=beer+kit&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=supplies

                      Fun fact of the day: did you know that they put trace amounts of formaldehyde in canned 

                      and bottled beers to preserve them for longer? Don't have to worry about being preserved after you're dead!

Gross.

          5. OH MY GOD, HUGS! What?? YES! I love this idea--sending hugs to those far away! I love 

              hugs, and I love sending love. What could be better??

http://www.supermommoments.com/2012/08/send-hug/

              Honestly, this is so sweet and I would love to do this. It's Flat Stanley, hug-style!

Creative giving is probably the best thing about my life. This is only part one. Get your ready-pants on for part two, and possibly three. It's a saga. Like Lord of the Rings, but cute and ridiculous and begins and ends with me sitting in my pajamas on a barstool in my kitchen.

So not like Lord of the Rings at all.

But I might watch it while I'm creatively adventuring.

Yep. My life. Pretty awesome.