first- this is a picture of some paintings I have been working on- the top two I made along with the bottom one, the middle photo is from my brother. :) (he is creative too!) For the top two that say "It is well with my soul" I simply just drew out the letters and added paint! The bottom one was super duper easy too- masking tape + paint. :)
second- t shirt headbands!! SO stinking easy! I found the idea on pinterest but all of them I found were a 5 strand braid- I didn't feel that exciting so I stuck to a normal braid! All you have to do is cut 3 strips of t-shirt material-- either use an old t-shirt or you can buy jersey knit at a fabric store. Anyway, I cut mine about 1 1/2 inches wide and roughly the length around my head x2. I then lined up the ends and used hot glue to glue them all together- stuck them under something heavy and pulled on them so each strand kind of curled under. Then I simply just braided them. When I got to the end I held it together with my fingers and measured around my head - and then glued all of the strands together where it fit perfectly around my head! THEN I glued both ends on top of one another and took an extra piece of t-shirt (about 2in wide by 2 in long) and wrapped it around the spot where I glued them all together. (looks much prettier that way) Gosh, this sounds much much more complicated than it really is- I am kind of BA... but... I made one in 10 minutes. (I wanted to wear it to a get together! ha!)
third- belt is to come. please hold.
Those are the most crafty and fun things I did this week but I want to show you something I did a while ago. These frames used to have pictures from my trip to Spain in them but they were old and really needed to be replaced... I didn't know which pictures to use but came up with a new idea-- WORD WALL! Who doesn't need to be reminded by someone else's thoughts daily?! anyway, here is a picture :) -->
quotes:
1. "You are all together beautiful my darling, beautiful in every way." [song of songs]
2. "Love, it will not betray you, dismay you or enslave you, it will set you free." [mumford&sons]
3. "Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, "you owe me." Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky."[Hafiz]
4. "Today I choose Joy."
5. "The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still." [Exodus 14:14]
6. "Let love find you."
7. "We cannot cure the world of sorrows but we can choose to live in joy." [Joseph Campbell]
8. "It is impossible to live without failing, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all, in which case you fail by default." [J.K.Rowling]
enjoy. steal my ideas. try things you find on pinterest. try a kickboxing class. learn the lyrics to "push it" by salt&pepa. pray.choose joy.{advice for today}
grace + peace.
