how hard could it be?

so i've started a blog. yes, i realize that you already know i blog...obviously. i guess i wasn't doing such a good job of keeping that a secret, huh? no, i started another blog. one with an actual purpose and theme to it. talk about ambition, right?

most of you know that i'm not very crafty. and by crafty, i mean i'm unable to make, design, or really organize anything that isn't a meal or a kid's appointment. that fact really never even bothered me. on occasion i have been known to venture into the world of craftiness, but it's never a successful trip and it always tends to end early.

lately, however, i've begun to realize that i've lived in my house for about 3 years...and i still hadn't decorated it. heck, we didn't even have pictures on the wall with the exception of the one fai hung just to have a picture on the wall. it was a gift. and it's ugly. i hate it. oh, i always had plans for projects to make my house look more like a home, but the execution was always lacking. probably because my ideas were rather vague and...largely un-doable. with some "encouragement" from my friends (you know who you are and you know why there are "'s around the word encouragement), i dipped a toe into the interior decorating pool. it was still rather frigid. so i got some help. now, i have a beautiful gallery wall.

after that, the flood gates just burst open! now i want more things on my walls and in my rooms! i've started changing furniture, contemplating repainting my walls, and adding, yes, more pictures! it's amazing, really, what i think i can do these days. but....

do you know how much it costs to decorate?! it's insane! and have you met my husband? fai and price tags do not get along. so i would look longingly at the things i wanted online without any real hope of getting them. but then i took another look. and i'd frown thoughtfully and take another look. and then i got crazy. i started to think about how these things were actually made and how much less it would cost if i made it...myself. crazy, i know, but have you ever looked at something that seemed so simple (like a pillow or the way a room in a magazine is set up) and thought: i bet i can do that. how hard could it be?

so here you can follow the craft challenged as we attempt to make good on the boasting from our egotistical imaginations and tackle some simple, some difficult projects for the home and family to see what really is doable for our skill level, and what really should be left to the professionals.

How Hard Could It Be?