52 Reasons

Hello All!
Sorry it's been so long. Oh the life of a working senior, I had no idea that it could possibly get this busy. Anyways, I'm nearing the end of my Christmas present crafts, but have no fear, I have been working just to do other crafts too! Anyways, I have two left to show, so today I'm gonna show what I made for my boyfriend (and keep you in suspense about the last one ;) ) So, I saw this on Pinterest and thougth I'd put my own spin on. It's a deck of cards, each with one reason why you love your significant other written on there.

So anyways, I cut out some paper and wrote all my reasons down, but I didn't just use a plain deck of cards. As I have mentioned before, I am going to be a cat lady, and I just happened to have kitty cat cards, so that's what I made this out of. It was just a little way to put my own personal touch (besides obviously the reasons...) on my hunnys present! By the way, if you are going to try this, I would recommend NOT using bottle glue, it makes the marker run.. So I don't know what I would recommend really because I am generally NOT a fan of glue sticks, but they may be the best option in this case!

Boys presents

Whew! Sorry it's been so long, it's been a crazy past couple of days! Anywho, I thought I'd finally show some boy presents that I made (obviously, since they are boys... well technically men.. their presents were not as fun..) So, I made this

For my big brother. The quote just makes a lot of sense for him, he's always doing something new and crazy. I made the same thing for my other brother, except in a different color, and his said a quote by Einstein that said, "everyone's a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will always believe that it is stupid", which I really just think is a great quote, and he loves fish, so it worked! (:

Basically as you can see, they weren't hard, all I needed was the quotes, some foam board (literally my new favorite craft material), some markers, and some frames ( I got mine in a set of 2 at Micheals for like 7 dollars, I'm officially never buying any other kind of frames!)

 So I got my foam board, and then I penciled my quote on. Both brothers have two sides really on their foam board, because i couldn't erase my pencil well enough and i was trying reallllllly hard to be a perfectionist. and then i just went over it in marker, I think I went over it twice though, to make sure it was good and dark and thick, and then I put it in the frames and BAM! two boy presents, done!(:

Back to crafts

Okay, as promised, I am back to talking about my crafty Christmas presents! (and beware, I've already started some new ones for birthdays and other things throughout the year (;  )


So, I made this one for my mom,

Clearly, It's upside down, and I have no idea how to make it flip around, Sooo, I guess just turn your head(:

Anyways, it's another cross stitch, you'll find I do quite a few of them. We got it on sale for a couple of bucks at Micheals, and I worked on it for.. a month or so, but i had to do it in secret so that it would be a surprise, and that was quite difficult, but it got done(:

I just want to say one more thing totally un craft related, God is AMAZING. I've been having a pretty tough week and weekend, and i have a serious problem with wanting to control everything, and my current situation is nothing that i can really control at all, so i'm sort of having a hard time, and last night, my boyfriend and I were doing our daily devotionals, and it was literally exactly what I needed to hear, as was the lesson we had on Wednesday night, and almost every song that played on my iPod today while it was on a random shuffle. It's great knowing that even in hard times, when I have no idea what's going on, why it's happenning, or what to do, God is always there for me, and I really don't have to try to be in control of everything.

With all that being said, Have a wonderful week!(: 

One quick rant

Okay, I promise I will get back to my crafts soon, but first, one rant. So yesterday in school, a boy was talking about a girl on his facebook who was rather well endowed, and he just kept talking about it, in very vulgar ways, and then he even went on to say, yeah,  I'd bang her. So I have two things to say about that, besides, EW. A). Words like bang and pound should NOT be used, they are DISGUSTING and most girls feel that way. B). DO NOT talk about random girls like that, it's demeening and gross and girls do not like it! It's just nasty.
So that's it, my rant for now, I'm done.

Happy New Year!

Happy New year to all! I hope that everyone had as great of a new years eve as I did and can have a wonderful year ahead as well!

So, I'm gonna take a break from my craft presents today, and talk about something I saw in Target (which is my FAVORITE store ever, by the way) anyways, So I've mentioned before that I want to be a teacher, and for some strange reason, I've always been obsessed with teacher type supplies. Pretty pens, pencils, cool marker, fun folders and binders, you name it, I love it. I blame it on my oldest sister, she's the same way. So I always get sidetracked by the stationary aisle in the stores. I've also had some weird obsession with clip boards. This one I really have no explanation for, I think I'm just weird.
So in Target, there was this thing, and I saw it, and was immediately obsessed!

So from there, they kind of just look like ordinary clipboards with cool patterns on them that are made from recycled materials (hey, who doesn't love saving the environment?!) So I picked it up, and to my surprise,

BAM! It opened up and had a whole little notebook and pockets inside! I was AMAZED! (It really doesn't take much to excite me) I just thought that it was so stinking cool!

So I rattled my brain trying to think of why in the world a high school senior would need something awesome like that. I haven't thought of any reason yet, and I walked out of Target that day without it, but let me tell you, as soon as I come up with a somewhat reasonable reason to have one, I will!!

Happy New year!