Wow! What a busy week! I have still been recovering from all of the activities and lack of sleep. We have another busy week ahead of us this week as well. I cannot believe that we are more than half way through June already. What happened to my summer? This time next week I will be working in the clinic full time. (Gahhh...Excitement and nervousness overcome me every time I think about it!)
For Father's Day, we spent the weekend with my parents. We attended a wedding on Saturday and had a fish fry on Sunday. We always enjoy spending time with my family!
In celebration of Father's Day, I know I promised a 'How To' for a shadow box. However, I forgot to blog about it before hand. (Again, where did June go??) I apologize. But here it is. Better late than never??
I got this idea when I saw Luke cleaning old lures he had gotten from his Dad.
I wanted to do something special for him, so that he could display these lures instead of keeping them in an old rusty box.
I was able to find the shadow box for 50% off at Hobby Lobby, the paper, pins, and cork board.
I cut and glued the paper to the cork board to fit the size of the shadow box.
Once the lures were cleaned and dried, I arranged them on the cork board in the desired arrangement.
Using pins, I secured them to the cork board so that they would stay put.
It's important to either bend or cut the ends off once placed, as the pins might poke through the back of the board.
In the end, the box looked great and Luke loved it!
I am planning on making one for my Dad too. He has a ton of old lures! I am waiting to get a great deal on a shadow box and get lures from him.
You can make shadow boxes out of anything you want to display! I think they are great ideas for displaying collections and decorating with.
Good luck, be creative and have fun!
What did you spend Father's Day weekend doing? Have you made a shadow box before?
Agh, it's Wednesday already! How did this madness happen?? This is a good time to point out that for the next week or so, I may appear MIA with all of this moving 'stuff' going on. But enough about that, let's get onto it...
1.) We officially have our forwarding address! I only about lost my mind twice, but we finally have a place to live! This makes for a much less stressed version of myself and much happier version of my husband (as he has to deal with the stressed, not so nice, version of myself).
2.) Visiting family, celebrating birthdays, and riding horses makes me a happier person. It just does. Simple as that.
3.) Babies eating cake...it will forever be at the top of my list of things I love watching.
4.) Have I mentioned how much I dislike packing? (See the Packing Saga: Pt 1) Officially 10 days out from Moving Day!! Ughh...packing...
5.) I made a shadow box for my husband this weekend with old lures he got from his dad. He loves it. Now my dad wants one. Perfect idea for father's day this summer! (Watch for upcoming 'How To' post).
6.) I am aware that I have not posted the recipe for sweet potato fries yet...I apologize. It's all part of the 'MIA' thing I was talking about. Blame it on the packing...
7.) While packing/cleaning/organizing this week I found two birthday cards: one from me to Luke and one from Luke to me. Same cards. That's love!
8.) Color Run update: the Ann Arbor Color Run has already filled up! Crazy - I know! My husband and I were the only ones who signed up before the race filled up (by 'only ones' I mean, the only ones from the team we established - which no longer exists). So, Luke and I will be participating in a 5k together (The Color Run) for our 3rd anniversary. Just the two of us, with cheerleaders waiting for us at the end of the race to take pictures of us and all of our color-ness!
9.) If it wasn't for my Addie-tized office, my data entry job would be way more boring than it already is. Thank you Addie for your smiling face plastered all of over my desk!
10.) I think I need a cookie now...
