Weekend fun

Here I am, Sunday night laying in bed preparing for a long a crazy week that's to come, but one thing is for sure....I am ending this weekend with a full and happy heart. 

Last week sometime C brought up going to San Antonio for the weekend and I didn't really think much of it. Once the weekend got closer it was a for sure thing, so then I started to think, "What are we even gonna do there? Should I make plans to see people? What's the plan???" C did say too much so I just went along with it. 

When we got to San Antonio we hung out with his sweet family and got to have a girls day with  his sister and mom on Saturday. We went to see Safe Haven (loveeeee), made a quick trip to Gruene (favoriteeeee), and had fun girl time (besttttt).  That afternoon we had planned to head out to my aunt's to visit. When we got there I had a huge surprise waiting for me. MY FAMILY!!!! C and my family teamed up to surprise me for the weekend. Being even further away from them is really hard, so you can imagine how happy I was to see them when I walked in. I immediately started crying, of course. Not only was it awesome that they surprised me, but it was also my sweet grandma's birthday. I can't even begin to explain how happy I was to be with them all together. 

Between getting to hang out with C's family and getting surprised by mine, it was perfect. I am unbelievably blessed with an amazing family, the best boyfriend (who helped make everything happen), and his sweet family. I could not ask for better. 

Thanks be to God for our families.

With love,

Deidre'

String thing!

At the end of my last post I had a picture of my gift for Corey and promised more, so here it is!  It took me FOREVER to even think of something to get/make him, so when I thought of this I was so excited. I had seen this string art stuff all over Pinterest and decided I'd give it a try. I checked out some pictures of how to do it and just went from there. 

What you'll need:

any kind of board that is thick enough for 1 in nails

1 inch nails (I used white)

acrylic paint

stencil of what you would like to outline

mounting squares or painters tape

hammer

sowing thread 

Paint wood color of your choice

Use mounting squares/painters tape to secure the stencil

Hammer nails around the perimeter of the stencil -Warning! This is a long and tedious part.

Tie a knot around one nail with the string and begin stringing as you wish. When stringing, I wrapped the the string completely around each nail twice pulling it tight so it wouldn't come undone. I only tied the beginings and ends of the string. Warning! The string may break, but just tie it off and start with a new piece of string.

TA-DA!

Boyfriend APPROVED!

I was so happy to see the look on C's face when he saw what I had made him. He was so impressed. He even took it to work to show it off on his desk! 

This was probably one of the most difficult projects I've done, but totally worth it.

Craft on! 

With love, 

Deidre'