Proverbs 3:5

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" has always been one of my favorite verses. 

Such a short sentence that means so much. I usually see it written on decorative items in HobLob and other little places that I want to buy, but nothing ever really fits my style.

Happy with result and it now hang in my bedroom. :)

The font I based "Trust" and "Lord" off of can be found here.

Be-YOU-tiful

I'm not going to lie, I stole this from Pinterest, and specifically, Etsy.

Since I'm snowed in, my boyfriend has a man night, and my wine froze on my porch (I still got a couple glasses out of it)...I decided it was a canvas night. I found this pin a long, long time ago, and have always wanted to re-create it - I just never knew what theme to go with. Welp, I got on a role tonight and just went with it which matched the pillows I made 3 months ago! Totally happy with my results. :)

Bushel and Peck

For Christmas, my family is doing a "Secret Santa". We have never done it before, but now that (almost) all the cousins are married, we're trying something new. We thought about a theme, but ended up just going with whatev - so we'll see how this goes. :) Anyway, I decided to make a canvas (of course) of a song my Grammy used to sing to all of us kids when we were little. Now I just hope they don't somehow come across my blog in the next day haha. 

Merry Christmas!

We miss you Grammy!

Enjoy the Little Things

Since it's almost Christmas, I needed to exchange my fall desk decor. It took me a while to decide but I finally did. (I can never make up my mind.) Hobby Lobby has been having a special on some canvases (Pack of 2 16x20 for $7.99, Pack of 2 11x14 for $5.99, and Pack of 2 8x10 for $3.99) for quite awhile so I have definitely been taking advantage of that. I bought a black paint marker that has literally become my BEST friend - he makes life so much easier. Below is my computer desk at school. I covered the bottom with burlap, like a skirt. It's just hot glued on. I added some red chevron fabric (that I also got at Hobby Lobby and used the 40% off coupon) that I will do something else with after Christmas. Maybe a new pillow. :) On the right is a mini Christmas tree and lights that go around the desk. On the left is my twine vase that I made last week. Then of course, my canvas. I saw it on Pinterest, and have always been a person who truly does enjoy the little things. So I decided to make my own! 

Simple.

I painted another canvas and I was very pleased with the result! :)

HE will direct your paths

Here is a craft I did about a month ago. It's a beaded path from mine and my boyfriend's home town to where we met, in Fayetteville, at the University of Arkansas. (He's a keeper.) The whole thing cost me about $2 because I had most of the supplies already.

How to: First I cut my piece of plywood to be 10 x 10 inches and painted it blue with acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby. While it was drying I cut the state of Arkansas out of an old atlas leaving a small border. I placed it on a piece of red scrapbook paper and cut a bigger Arkansas to use as a border and cut hearts for the towns. Next, I strung beads to be "paths" and followed the route to Fayetteville. (Since our hometowns are pretty close, we had part of the same path. But I did two paths: one blue and one green). Once I figured out my layout, I used mod podge to glue everything down and put a layer on top. I printed the the Proverbs verse on resume paper because it was off-white. I burned the edges with a lighter (which was fun to watch) to add some character and glued it to a piece of foam to give it some depth.

Now it's in my living room and I love it!

Be You.

My classroom is nearing the finish. It is a computer/lab classroom, so it is MASSIVE. It's hard to make a big room homey, but I'm doing my best. Here are a couple pictures so far. :)

I added colorful wallpaper to cover up the boring desk, taped flowers onto some pens, and placed my blue chevron canvas behind my computer to hide all of those ugly cords! I know my desk will never, ever be this neat, but it's nice to think so, right?

Be You. :)

I can't believe school starts in ONE week!!!