Trash to Treasure

DAY 32

ok maybe not trash but Pinecones.

Every were we seem to venture out and around at we are always passing pinecones on the ground. Mainly when we take the pups for a walk & when we went to the S park on Sunday. They are all over the area near our home. I like going on our walks and looking at the different sizes & colors of pinecones. Today I decided to pick up a few or should I say a bag full and take home with us. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with all of them yet maybe make ornaments, bird feeders for the backyard, popery or simply put them in a large glass jar as decoration. We will see I've done some googling now just to put my ideas in place.

If you have any ideas or suggestion on things to do with pinecones please fill free to leave your ideas!!!

Idea Over Load

DAY 7

PINTEREST anyone.......

I spent the better half of my morning on line really putting together my boards (its what happens when im home alone w/ no car) & the ideas were endless. I can't wait to try the recipes I found & put some of the home organization & decorating ideas in place.

DIY Project

While at 1st Monday aka Canton Kari & I picked up a couple wooden unfinished crosses for ourselves to put together as a project. We decided we would make friendship crosses and each of us would have a piece of each other in our homes. With the Army moving us around all the time its hard to always be with the ones you love the most. I have been dealing with this a lot over the last few weeks with our move & how difficult it has been, so this was really meaningful to me.

We searched around for a quote to put on the bottom that would go along with the meaning behind why we were doing this and finally came up with this.....

“Good friends are like STARS~ you may not always get to see them, but you know they’re always there.”

It fits perfect for not only Kari & I but for all my friends I left in Hawaii and the ones I have in Texas. Well with the supplies bought we planned a dinner date at her apartment which worked out perfect because our guys were able to finally meet and get to know one another & bs while drinking beer, while we first cooked dinner and then started our crosses.

They turned out perfect, well as perfect as they can be for our first attempt at “building-a-cross”.

I’m looking forward to getting into our new home and starting my cross wall. I have 3 to get me started and I’m sure that I’ll add to it over the years. (once I get the wall put together in our new home I’ll post a picture.)