An Inspired Mess

Fabulously Simple Ideas and Designs

Get amazingly easy and awesome crafts delivered right to your inbox – once a month!


Sign Me Up!
  • Home
  • Fun Projects
  • Parenting
  • Recipes
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Cookie Policy (US)

About Me

I rarely get anything right on my first try, and things usually end up in what might be considered by SOME to be a  “mess”.  Not just cake recipes, knitting patterns, or Zumba routines; it’s the big stuff too – like effective parenting, building a career, and nurturing my relationships.  Despite my best initial efforts at cooking the perfect dinner or creating a playdate craft, I have come to rely on second, third and beyond attempts and learning from mistakes along the way.   My first attempt at knitting a scarf yielded a neck wrap that was six inches at one end, and thirteen at the other end. HOWEVER, I learned the importance of counting stitches along the way, and the emotional resilience that is born by ripping out 100+ hours of your life – in less than 5 minutes.

What I have found during the frustrating hours of unraveling stitches, repainting a bathroom, and apologizing to my children, is that there is growth,  beauty, and inspiration in my mistakes. I am grateful for my failed attempts to follow the perfect blueprint – whether it’s an oatmeal cookie recipe, my relationships, or a cable-knit sweater– because the final outcome is often better than the original design. True inspiration is often buried in a mess.  I hope you enjoy our projects – and make a few memories of your own – at An Inspired Mess.

In health, ribbon, and glitter,

Cyndi

Welcome!

I'm Cyndi J, and I blog here about my crafty little world. It seems I'm always working on multiple projects....and despite my best efforts, my world gets a bit messy! I'm the blessed mom to two amazing little girls, and we are constantly leaving trails of paint, glitter, and glue around our house. We embrace our crafty little messes, and we hope you create memorable messes of your own! Read More…

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Check your inbox or spam folder now to confirm your subscription. I promise not to annoy you with useless emails!

Let’s Connect!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Search for something fabulous on our site……

Pinterest

Recent Posts

  • DIY Anthropologie-Inspired Scarf Hair Tie
  • DIY Shrinky Dink Bobby Pins
  • DIY Necktie Pouches
  • DIY Hair Ties and Wrist Wrap
  • Easy DIY Perler Bead Bowl

Sign up for our Fab Newsletter

Check your inbox or spam folder now to confirm your subscription. I promise not to annoy you with useless emails!

Legal Stuff

  • Disclaimer Notice
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

9410 N 225th Street,  Omaha, NE 68022

© An Inspired Mess, 2014 – 2018

Looking for Something?

Copyright © 2022 · Wordpress Theme by Hello Yay!

Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
Preferences
{title} {title} {title}