Still being Crafty...

Again, my little disclaimer is that i am not a very crafty person at all! but these are the other two projects i have worked on over the summer...

So I am a HUGE fan of argyle patterns. I love it so much (even though some people make fun of me and say its nerdy). I have wanted an argyle room for a very long time and it took years to find just the right argyle bed spread. I got this comforter a few years ago and painted my room to match it but never got around to the finishing touches. Finally I decided to finish what I started. I found a website called bcrafty.com where you can go in and choose the font and size of wooden letters for VERY cheap! I was beside myself because I had been having the hardest time while looking at craft stores finding letters that were big enough and the fonts I wanted for a good price! Once I ordered those I ran to home depot and got a slab of wood and measured out the size of my argyle diamonds. With help of one of my friends, he taught me how to use a table saw and we cut the wood the way I needed it. I sanded and painted everything and with my mom's help got the ribbons that would look the best and with my daddy's help we got them hung up! I definitely couldn't have gotten it done without help from all of these people but i think it turned out SO cute. I love my room so much and it kills me to have to leave it now!

The Finished Project

The last thing I made this summer were these two magnetic boards. The blue one is going in my nephew's nursery and the pink one is going up with me to school! This project was super easy because all the materials were given to me from a left over craft project from our stakes Girls Camp 2 years ago so all I had to do was make it! I actually did have a really great time choosing out what paper would look the best and hammering the nails in. (Mod Podge is my new favorite thing and I keep trying to get ideas of new things I can make with it!)

I love that the word they gave me to put on them was "courage". I wasn't there for the girls camp lessons to know what the theme was to go along with the craft but it still really touched me. It may sound sort of silly but sometimes being away from home is really hard and scary for me, or sometimes I literally am scared to go take an exam, or sometimes I get scared that I will be broke at the end of the month even if i have done absolutely no leisure spending.... point is, sometimes courage is something that I'm lacking. This will be such a great reminder for me to have in my room to remind me to have courage each and every day and to face any trial with confidence. I hope Cannon likes having one in his room too! One of those magnets better be holding up a picture of his favorite Auntie Em that loves him so so much!