So lately, I've been unearthing some pretty fun DIY projects that I'm very much wanting to try out, for example; Taking little HotWheels cars and stringing them together to make a cuff bracelet, or fingerpainting all over shirts with fabric paint, and dropping glitter and feathers all over the toes of one's once respectable shoes. Unfortunately though, I don't have the funds to do these right now, so instead I've been thinking of other projects to do, which leads me into my second...uhm...point.
This discovery of childhood and youth themed projects has touched a bit of a cord in me. Namely, I hate my childhood, and I run from it every day of my life. I constantly feel like I've had the wrong childhood, and that it wasn't the one that I was 'supposed' to have. I've realized, that my desire to make said toy-car bracelet stems from the fact that I always wanted toy cars as a child. A while back, I even made a necklace with a gummi bear. I push it into a small glass vial, filled it with vegetable oil, ran an eye-pin through the cork, and wear it as a necklace - giving a homage to not only my favorite snack, but my bizarre fascination with animal preservation. Funny enough, I find wearing this makes me unusually happy, and not just because I made it, but because I feel like I'm making a statement about how my childhood was distorted.
Not only would I like to know if anyone else purposely uses their sense of style to deal with a possibly perceived 'Wrong' childhood, or if you use it to 'relive' yours, but if you find any need crafts or projects that are reminiscent of youth, post them up here, ne?
