happy heart day

Happy family: Will -goofing out, Madeline- picking her nose and Sophie-on the brink of total melt-down.

sunny sophie

DIY- Valentine

I love crafty things and usually get a little discouraged at all the time and talent that most projects require but here's a decoration idea that took hardly anytime and still was fun. It happily brought me back to my middle school years when my spare time was consumed with beads and friendship bracelets!

So, here it is: a simple heart cut out of the top of shirt box, smothered in elmer's glue, then smashed with red beads and put into a frame. I found this idea on one of my most favorite blogs "just a girl" and the next day i happened to be in goodwill and found a bag of red beads for $.49 and knew it was meant to be. I probably shouldn't show you the original idea as my beads were definitely a little inferior- smaller is better. But, oh well, she's inspirational and lots of fun so you should have a look anyway!

Ta da!  :)

Oh and i didn't have any frames that i liked so since i am officially addicted to spray paint i painted an old wood frame cream and was happy.  i painted this mirror too. Spray paint is magical.