Happy Valentine's Day!

Since our blog was getting a little sad, I decided to share with you all my craft that I made, and to everyone’s dismay, there is a story.

I went to Robert’s Craft in need of a Valentine’s Day decoration. I found many adorable things, among which there were some blocks with XOXO on them. I didn’t really want to shell out $15 bucks on them, so I decided to think. My friend Kristie, who I work with, has a Cricut™ and offered to cut me some vinyl stickers for me. She only had a scrap of white vinyl and since it was a spur of the moment kind of thing, I didn’t run to Robert’s in the freezing cold to buy some. I ended up with some adorable 2” letters and a really cute skinny heart. So the next day I went to Robert’s craft and wandered around forever looking for blocks, thinking that they, as a craft store, would surely sell blocks. I finally asked a lady and she looked at me like I was completely stupid. As if I am the only person who wants blocks that I can paint a color of my choice! So, I wandered some more, looking for some inspiration. I was not giving up…I ended up giving up (for the moment at least) my vinyl letters. I purchased some cute little wooden letters (very cheap!) and a back board thing (also, much cheaper than I had anticipated). With a little paint, and the glue gun I got for Christmas, my craft came in with a grand total of about six bucks. Not exactly what I had in mind at the time, but I am pleased with myself, and it was a lot cheaper than $15. (I just realized that the background looks purple, and it's not. It is brown, not really the shade I was hoping for, but it's okay, at least I'm trying!)
-Sydney