Since I haven’t blogged in quite a while there are a few things to catch up on. First I must say that this whole internship thing is making me tired. Those kiddos will wear you out. I have been sooo exhausted when I come home from school everyday. I feel like an old lady going to bed at 9:00. I love it but I know my first year, I am going to be completely drained.
Well, here is a little bit of this! I’ve been so engulfed in finding crafty ideas on pinterest lately that I am overwhelmed with all of the creative ideas. I have a friend getting married in October who is very crafty and thrifty. Well, while I was glued to pinterest one evening, I came across this amazing idea of a scrabble board gift.
PS. If you’re not on Pinterest yet, you need to be! (period)
Anyway, I got into thrifting mode and went searching for a vintage scrabble board. Because they are a thrifty couple, I didn’t want to use a brand new board, besides a thrifted one would be much cheaper. After a few days worth of trips to the Goodwill, I found it…for $2.99! A perfectly vintage scrabble board, with the tiles. So, home I went to begin constructing. After a few hours of thinking of words to describe them and a little bit of the things they love to do I had it all put together. With a little a little bit of modge podge, a shadow box, some scrapbook paper, flower stickers, and a corny but cute poem that my husband and I came up with…. it was finished! Oh but wait, now I had to wrap it. Oh no, I don’t have wedding wrapping paper, only Christmas and birthday. I knew I couldn’t wrap it in that so I went searching in the garage to find some plain brown paper in a box. It is a nautical themed wedding so I knew I could get away with it. Just add a few ribbons and it would be perfect. Now that I’ve kept you waiting, without further to do…here is my favorite craft project to date! And to think I gave it away….
The Wrapping
The finished board
I love it so much. It turned out just perfect and the future Mr. and Mrs. were just as equally in love with this gift. All of the guests at the bridal shower were so impressed. So, I decided to go thrifting again and find more Scrabble boards to start selling this. (hint, hint) If you are interested and would like more info please email me about it. I will custom make your own board with your last name and any certain words you would like. It was so much fun and I can’t wait to start working on the one for my husband and I.
A little bit of that…. We went to visit my brother this weekend in Tennessee. It was beautiful! We haven’t seen him in 2 months so it was wonderful. It was very good to get to see him for the weekend. Traffic was crazy and it was a veryyyyyy longgggggg drive for only 2 short days, but totally worth it if you ask me. Here are a few pictures from our trip.
Super ginormous pumpkins
In the Smoky Mountains National Park
My crazy brother
My dare devil husband was determined to cross the creek. He was so proud when he did! The funniest part was watching him try to cross back over and slip on the rocks.
The creeks were beautiful. I was truly amazed at the natural beauty that God has created for us to enjoy!
I have to add this picture! We went to play putt putt golf one evening and when the game was over the boys found their way to the game room and it was like they were 5 years old again! They were having fun playing with all the arcade games! It was a funny moment :)))
