Hang on...

I haven't done any crafting in months and its driving me crazy!

But my dad and brother made this food stadium for Superbowl Sunday 

Obviously creativity runs in my family :) 

I'll be honest and say that was one of the most interesting football games I have watched. 

Best Wishes, 

By -J

Christmas Table Setting

I love Christmas. Everything about Christmas.

But I get so excited at the beginning of the month, with such great ideas and then the depression hits. I am a happy person, but other people's emotions are overwhelming at times.

So enjoy Christmas for yourself, make a small list of things that you can plausibly get done and forget other people.

I got close to quoting Taylor Swift, oops.

Here are some table decorating ideas for Christmas.

So from me to you, 

Merry Christmas!

College - Packing

So I missed the bus on giving you this information before school starts but here it is anyway!

My best friend moved away for college, and I'm sad. I am also really happy for her and it is close enough for me to annoyingly visit.

So I went to help her pack, and being pinterest fans we tried to "life hack pack" her stuff.

This is what actually worked.

You know the put a garbage bag around your hanging clothes to transport them on hangers? Well take a look at it here.

Open the bag,

Awkwardly hug the clothes, 

shove them in

WATCH THE SLEEVES!

Celebrate, but realize you left out half a hanger.

Readjust. 

Go back to celebrating! 

Also props if you do this and not have hair that looks like you wrestle a bunch of clothes. 

Off to college. 

Congrats to all the students, here is my number one tip.

Starting your day with humor can so improve a crappy, stressed day. 

Watch a 30 second or 3 mins of a comedian or funny video

while you get ready. 

Best Wishes 

By -J

Oops, I Accidentally Found Something I'm Good At

When I'm in a good mood a like to share it!

So I'm passing along some of my good mood to you, it probably came from my 2 week beach vacation with friends... which was fantastic. The same vacation where I was supposed to make a 4th of July shirt but accidentally made this:

A guacamole and pineapple shirt, but like it actually was really cute. 

But I wanted to continue my shoe painting, last week I up-cycled my white canvas shoes to this:

My friends saw them and loved the idea so I planned to make a pair for her. 

Except I changed my mind and made these:

Which morphed into these:

And now I am selling them for a fundraiser. 

Yeah, that is how I found out I am good at hand painting shoes. 

How do I make that into a career?

Best Wishes 

By -J 

4th of July 2016!

AAAAGHHH!!! 

I love 4th of July, sun, sand ,friends, fireworks, watermelon.... its the best. 

And last year some of use decided to decorate some shirts and they turned out like homemade shirts but we had oh so much fun!

Last year...

We had so much fun we are doing it again. 

Check out my pinterest page to see some ideas for all things 4th of July!

https://www.pinterest.com/byjblogger/4th-of-july/

Best Wishes

By -J

Pineapple Print Shoes

I actually did something! 

Well, I was supposed to be doing my summer homework but decided to paint my beat up canvas shoes. 

So, here you go...

Shoes and paint. I used some white mixed in with the green to give me two shades for the leaves. 

First, draw your pineapples. 

Fill them in with yellow,

Add brown v's,

Alternate two shades of green for the leaves. 

I finished mine with some silver fabric sparkles. 

Finished! Old shoes, new paint. 

All for under $10. 

Best Wishes 

By -J

Let's Blame Pinterest

Once again I tried to be artsy and do a Pinterest "Easy DIY" yeah, it didn't work. 

And I videoed it but again that is awful so here are some screen grabs and a terrible Pinterest fail. 

I was going for something like this: 

Easy enough right? Washi tape and paint how could I possible mess that up. 

Just watch...

 Okay tape the glass

Already things look sketchy. 

Now spray paint 

And this is where we crash landed. 

So I thought paint with paint. 

Yeah... 

Okay not bad so far...

Hanging in there..

Let's check on the spray paint one 

A little more textured than I had hoped..

Finished product?

Yeah so that was an utter failure and I don't even have tips to do it the right way. 

Best Wishes 

By - J