Monday, February 2, 2009

My attempts at being creative

There is a heater in my dorm room that likes to make a loud buzzing sound at night. It drives me crazy. The other night as I was trying to fall asleep the buzzing just wouldn't stop, so I reached over on my desk and grabbed the first thing I could and threw it at my heater ( throwing things at it makes the buzzing stop for a few minutes). I ended up breaking the bottle of hand cream that I threw. The next morning I decided that make something that would solve the buzzing problem.




That is my heater.

So for this creation I was looking for something I could throw but I didn't want it to break and preferably not make very much noise when it hit the heater. So this is how the "Toilet Paper Yoyo" came to life. I took a role of toilet paper tied a ribon through it (so I could reel i t back in when I threw it)...pure genius

This creative vision led me on another path, I wanted a cover for my lap top, so I made one.
I took a trip to Michaels, I have never been there, but I loved it all!! Except for the tacky plastic flowers that are everywhere. So it was pretty simple, all I needed was some felt and velcro, I bought some ribbon for decoration. It's not beautiful but I am proud of it, and it does the job!!
This is what it looks like on the outside when my lappy is all cozy inside.

And this is it when it is open, you just fold the flaps over and velcro them shut! Perfecto!

Kathleen

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hahaha I love it! I want my very own toilet paper yoyo!! Its most beautiful! I also love your creative laptop cover! It is quite lovely!

Anonymous said...

Katie.. I know I am a worrier but that plastic garbage can will melt and release toxic plastic vapors in the air you are breathing

auntie sandi

Anonymous said...

Yes! That is so wonderful! You're so inventive!

Sasha said...

hihi so fun.