The Year: 1996. The Medium: Mod Podge. The Results: Découpage.

Every time I get the urge to découpage, I feel like screaming, "Help meeeeeeee!" I used to never let my parents throw away any magazines without me having looked through them first with scissors at hand.  My grandma fueled that fire, too, by sending all of her old magazines out to the house.  I still find the need to go through and clip---what a terribly long process!

Découpaging is fun, but I tend to commit myself to découpaging something larger than a photo frame, baseball, and music box (all things on my découpaging resumé.  Hmmmmm....Are all of those accent égouts really necessary?)   

I'll tell you what takes even longer...is découpaging an entire dresser!

I really love this dresser.  I've thought for years how I could fit it into my current home...haven't figured that out, yet (I would definitely repaint the colored wood that you see!).  But, what I love about it is that it is a reflection of my high school years, shows what I was into at the time, and current events, as I completed a side of the dresser each summer. But, I also like to look at it and see how I can relate to the items on it now.

So here's a flashback to the summer of 1996!!!  Lots to look at here, so either enjoy or bare with me!  On the front of the dresser:

 

Piercing and moshing don't mix?  The last time I checked, I had no piercings and never moshed in my life.  

Emoticons were huge.  Not too many people were internet-saavy, though.  :-c

Of course, THE INDIANS!!!  They had just come off their World Series year in 1995 and were doing well again in '96. 

 

Chris O'Donnell was the heart throb in movies like Circle of Friends and Batman Forever.  I don't think I saw either of those movies...but he's still cute!  

Sandy Alomar---yeah, Indians!

The Elephant man cracks me up now because Nick and I watched this movie in his dorm room at college.  He kept looking at me and pestering me to see if I was crying.  I was completely annoyed with the, "Are you crying, yet?  Are you crying, yet?" and did not cry.  Later, we watched some commentary and some guy said, "If anyone doesn't cry while watching this movie, I don't want to know him."  Ha!  Oh well...missed out on that guy's friendship. ;-)  Of course, Nick still teases me about this.

 

Anyone remember Jon Secada (besides my sister)?  If you goooooooo...say goodbye!  There'll be something missing in my life.  'Cause you know...all I really want is youuuuuuuu (yoouuuuuu).  

This is not Hollywood, like I understood.  This is not Hollywood.  Like, like, like.  Ahhhh, the Cranberries.  As you can see, I was very into music at this time.  And look...there's Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier, Paul Reiser from Mad About You....and baseball, again!

Gazing globes, how I have always loved you.

More Indians...and Omar Vizquel!  LOVED him.  A cordless phone, too.  Remember those?  :-P

Buzz & Woody.  This makes me smile.  How I didn't even have a clue back then how much joy this movie (and two other movies!!!) would bring to my son.  I went to Disney World with the band in 1996, and "You've Got a Friend in Me" was our little eight graders theme song after visiting the Pizza Planet.  How sweet.  Boy would it rock Emory's world to visit Pizza Planet!!!!

And "Talk to the Hand!"  Just saw that clipping just now.  Wow.  How rude was that saying?  :-)

Donkey Kong.  Released for Super Nintendo in 1994.  Very much still a fan in 1996.  Very much still a fan in 2011.  My sister and I got the game for Easter in 1995...and had beaten it by April 19 that year.  We didn't want to tell Mom & Dad that we beat it, because we thought they'd be disappointed that we did it so quickly.  Ha.  And the only reason I remember the date is because we were staying at Maumee Bay State Park and the Oklahoma Federal Building was bombed.  That is all.

Buzzkill...that was some MTV thing, I think.  And an old computer.  

There's Hootie!  I mean...Darius Rucker.

 

MTV.  Oh teenage years.  My sister had a crush on Mighty Mouse when she was little.  :-)  Nick and his brother were both Pink Panther for Halloween at some point...maybe many years...

 

Clint Eastwood on a disco ball?  Really?  Why?

 

An ode to Bubble Bobble.  Love, love, loved it on Nintendo...with the Game Genie for extra speed, extra bubble power and infinite lives.  :-)  My sister gifted this to us on the Wii.  Didn't realize for the longest time that I should turn the controller to play with two hands, instead of trying to play with one hand.  Felt stupid.  Also...there's Chris O'Donnell again!

Date stamp and a trumpet....my instrument at the time.  

Lots of randoms.

Guess who?  Chris O'Donnell.  Funny, I don't remember being obsessed with him, but obviously I thought he was cute since he keeps showing up on the dresser.  Mario and Yoshi...R.E.M....and The X-Files.  Phew!

Kirk & Spock '96.  Leadership for the future!  :-)

And this is all just on the front!