and I'm finally back...

So...I have been super busy this summer and have really neglected this blog....

First of all some things that have happened:

BRAZIL! 

So my trip to Brazil was wonderful, I will post more about that later but here is a picture to entice you a little. 

View from the hotel in Montes Claros

I have also been doing a lot of DIY!  So you will see and hear all about that. 

I also have another surprise...but i'll show you that in a later post



One thing that I am so glad to be done with is my GRE that I took this past Friday...shew talk about a relief to be done with.  Thank goodness I did ok, now I just have to get into Grad School...

I have also applied to be a substitute and I have had a few calls already :)

Please be patient and bear with me as I try to recall all the things of the summer in the next couple of days...

anyways blessings,

Erin 

i am now officially a college graduate!!!

yes sir!  I am officially graduated from College!!!!  Now on to the big girl world...not sure how I feel about that yet but I know God has great plans for my life. 

So it has been quite a while since I have written anything.  I've been enjoying my summer and getting prepared for my big trip to Brazil!  I have had 4 shots and am starting to mentally pack my suitcase...haha.  Only 2 more weeks till I go!! 

Sorry for the super short post but I promise better ones will soon follow.  I have lots to discuss about all the things that have passed by when I was skipping on blogging. 

love,

Erin

Crayon Art

So my boyfriend and I decided to try a craft from pinterest. 

I don't know if you all have seen the melted crayon art on there or not but it is pretty neat. 

He wanted to do the browing heart symbol that I have on the back of my car.  We were going to do "boy" camo on the buck side and "girl" pink camo on the doe side. 

We used old crayons so the colors weren't as pretty but heres how it worked:

melting

you use a hair dryer

drip

finished product

the process is pretty straight forward and simple you pick your crayons lay them out in whatever color pattern you want.  glue them on the canvas and then use your blowdryer to melt them (that's the fun part)

We used a glue stick to glue contact paper on the canvas in our design and then the crayons dripped over it.  The colors looked really good and like camo on the boy side but my colors weren't so great.  Oh well product tried and done.  Not a total failure but not a masterpiece either. 


Blessings,

Erin

Freebies and Thirty One

So I got my Thrity One Outlet order in yesterday!!  Yay I couldn't wait to tear open that giant box.  Here are all my goodies:

-Pleated Top Beach Tote in Newport Bloom
-Peacock Paisley Thermal Tote
-2 Newport Stripe Key Fobs
-Basket Liner in Sandy Swirl
-Impressionist Dot scarf
-Short Utility Bin in Cheeky Elephants

All of this for less that $65!!! 

And I got the new summer catalog!!!!  I love it!  They described so many different uses for their products! 


Also waiting in the mail for me that day was a Target Beauty Bag freebie that I had registered for a month ago. 

Can't wait to use it all: face wash, primer, shampoo, face wipes, coupons all in a cute pink bag

guess what...I have 3 days left of my student teaching!!!  And 9 days left till I graduate!!!  Oh my goodness where has the time gone??



Blessings,

Erin

did it myself

So I have had some time and here are some DIY projects that I have been working on:

Proverbs 31 and John 3:16

 I think I might use the Proverbs one for my Thirty-One display table

Cow print bulletin board that I might use as my prayer board

Redo on the mirror, I used the crackle style of painting but it's hard to see in the photo...

Got these letters online and printed them out, so cute!

Redo on the bulletin board

Redneck Wine Glasses

 Busy Busy Busy, but I love to spend time making crafts.


blessings,

Erin

Cute Cute Cute

So I found the cutest t-shirts while visiting my Grandma:

If you couldn't tell I'm a Clemson fan :)

and this one was just adorable

They were soooo cute and to make it even better they were on sale!  I just couldn't resist :)


These frames on the other hand were a little pricey but oh so cute!  I think I might be able to recreate these...

Oh and check out this ADORABLE pink fishing pole!!!

Perfectly Pink!

lots of love,

Erin

19 days, Easter, and finally some DIY...

yep that's right...19 more days left of my student teaching!!!!  Phew, while it has been a great experience I am so ready to be done. 

i've gotta find a job for the summer though...any suggestions????

I had a marvelous spring break and Easter hope you all did too.  I spent some time with my old roomates, grandma, the boyfriend, and the family.  My sweet guy came to spend Easter with my family and we fixed him up a cute little Easter basket :)

My church also had their Easter Cantata and had so many wonderful songs celebrating the risen Savior.  How blessed we are to have Christ as our Savior and His dying for our sins on the cross.  I feel so totally overwhelmed by His love for us.  I don't deserve His love and yet He continues to shower me with it. 
I pray that everyone can feel this great love and that I can shed His light through my life.

OUR GOD IS NOT DEAD HE'S ALIVE!!!!

This song has been in my head for Easter and then they played it at church...so moving and wonderful. 


I have also been doing some crafting...check out some things I made:

I found some great Cowhide fabric that I absolutely love!!!  It is so soft and feels wonderful.  I had some old pillows that really needed a recovering...so they got covered in cow. 

I found the idea for these crosses on Pinterest and I painted the little canvas.  Then I painted it turquoise and painted a cross.  I just happend to have some extra cow print fabric leftover from the pillows I made.  Then I just cut it out and glues the cow hide on and painted some dots around the cross.  Then I added some swirls and a ribbon and created a lovely cross plaque. 

I also learned how to crackle paint...this was on pinterest.  You just "paint" glue on whatever you want crackled, paint a lot.  Don't let it dry or it won't work.  Once you have the glue on there wait a few seconds and cover it with your paint color.  Let it dry and then watch your crackles appear!  So easy and really impressive.  Also if you wanted a certain color underneath to crackle through you could paint that first then glue then paint. 

I also went to AC Moore with my Grandma while visiting her and found a GREAT deal.  I absolutely love canvases.  When I paint them I feel like a real artist...haha. 
Well I got two 18x24's and 1 16x20 for $10!!!  One 18x24 is normally $14.99!!  I was so excited and then I found a beautiful fall picture canvas for...$1.99!!!  I got 4 total canvases for under $13, less than the price of one canvas!!!  I love getting good deals!!  Now I just have to come up with something to do with them...

all my canvases

here's the fall photo canvas I got for $1.99!!!

And what's Spring Break without some fishing...

fisrt cast in and this little guy grabbed on :)

Blessings,

Erin