Don’t let the image above scare you away! This is a “good news” post… my first project is complete! It was fairly small, but still an item I can cross off of my checklist! This first looming project that needed to be finished was a “re-vamping” of an earlier project: my homemade over-sized doggie bed

Projects sometimes fail. In this case, the inside of the bed was the failure. Over the past few months the blankets that I used as the cushion for the bed started to wear down. I decided that I needed to find something to replace them. Luckily, I inherited a very useful trait from my mother when it comes to working with in a budget; resourcefulness. I purchased a new mattress and was about to throw away the foam “egg carton” top when I thought that may be something I could use to cushion cole’s bed. I threw it in my guest bedroom and it sat there for weeks… until now.

At first I tried to sandwich the old stuffing inside the foam but it did not fit into the cover. So I bagged that idea and realized that the size of the foam itself fit perfectly in my outer envelope that I made. Just a few folds and some smooshing and viola!

Cole is a very happy puppy these days!

The lesson learned from this first completion: Always keep a resourceful eye out for something that can be re-used and once you have the idea actually follow through! If you let it sit for too long your motivation will dissapear and the only thing that is left is clutter in your living space. I’m glad my motivation came back for this one (I know Cole is happy too!)