Ashley over at Our Life...'Better Together', is blogging 14 Days of DIY Love in honor of next Thursday [love day]. Yesterday's post was about Chipboard. I played around over Christmas break and used Chipboard letters to make personalized stockings. It was a fun and very cheap project! I used Chipboard letters from Hobby Lobby, $2 stockings from Target, and some craft paint I already had at home.
After seeing Ashley's post on the Chipboard banner, I decided it was the perfect thing to hang from my shelf above my tv. During Christmas, I had clothespinned holiday cards to ribbon and was planning on making different sized hearts to hang. Well, I decided I liked Chipboard better and it would let me be a little more crafty. The letters are different than what I originally wanted, and some are a little small, but I like it. What do you think?
Today was my first 'real' day of Christmas Shutdown. For the other 98% of John Deere, Christmas Shutdown began last Friday. I was, er, lucky enough to be one of the few that had to work the Monday after Christmas. After a very early start, which included going to work in my pajamas, I was home by 2:00. I finished taking down my Christmas tree and a few other decorations, had a few visitors stop by to see my home and not more than ten minutes after they left, I did something stupid. I went shopping. The day after Christmas. I don't even shop Black Friday! After getting my oil changed, Target and Hobby Lobby were the only two stores I could stand going to before it started raining and I decided that Starbucks was in fact just what I needed.
At Hobby Lobby, they had these cute wooden/cardboard letters on sale. I picked up a couple and then went to the paint section. After picking out three colors of paint that match my bedroom, I wandered the store and ended up in the yarn aisle. Boom. Light bulb. I had seen yarn wrapped things on Pinterest, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. I bought some "practice yarn" and ended up going back to Hobby Lobby today to get more.
The finished project! I'm pretty excited about it, especially where I'm going to put it..stay tuned!
Another great idea I had this morning was to make a "Thankful Jar." Just before reading The Vintage Pearl's blog about "a blessings jar", I thought it would be neat to have a clear jar full of colorful paper - with an idea, a word (or words), Bible verses, quotes, notes, something I did that day, something/someone I'm thankful for, etc. I'm planning to start this on New Year's Day, but I don't know if I can wait...
