I have almost all of my best ideas while r-u-n-n-i-n-g out of the door to catch the bus to get to work. (Usually at the exact moment I run out of time to actually do anything about it.)
Last week as I was throwing things in my bag in an effort to leave only 4 minutes after I was supposed to- it hit me, "I should make some custom earrings to wear with this outfit." Of course! I'm 4 minutes late leaving to catch the bus that only comes once an hour, I ran out of time to make my lunch and already nixed that, my hair is a mess and I don't think I brushed my teeth but of course- of course there's time for custom earrings. Why wouldn't there be?
I grabbed some cheap silver hoops from my collection and embroidery floss from a friendship bracelet I was making for a friend and ran out the door to chase after my bus.
Once on the bus (I made it- with seconds to spare I might add) I set up my workspace on my lap and began to wrap the hoops with the embroidery floss. I chose salmon, beige and black for my colors.
Tie a knot with all 3 colors on the post side of your hoop (above) and begin wrapping the end of the string with your first color (below). Keep the floss held taught while wrapping to keep it uniform. 
Switch colors and wrap with each color to create your design. 
At the end, quadruple knot the floss, cut as close as possible and you're done!
In about a half an hour you've made some new earrings that you can now wear into work and give the impression that you are a grown-up who wakes early, puts together perfectly matched outfits complete with earrings and who doesn't leave the house cussing at your cat or wrestling with your jacket.
(No-one has to know what really happened this morning.)
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