No-School Monday!

Today has been all kinds of fun. I slept in a little and texted my bestie because we made morning plans last night when the BBQ was over. We had purchased some Halloween flowers that we wanted to make into hair clips so we made a coffee/crafting date for this morning. Sara grabbed some more hair clips and some Starbucks and come over. We had so much fun creating more flowers that we even planed on making. It was fun experimenting with different materials and just putting the flowers together in different ways. By the end of the morning we were deconstructing and reconstructiong flowers. It was a blast! We have a few more crafting ideas to try out soon... maybe next weekend. Here is what we made today:

DIY Cafe Chalkboard Project

I always love the cute chalkboards at Starbucks and other cafes so I decided I could just make my own. I had been wanting to make one for months but just couldn't find any frames like I was imagining in my mind. Finally on one of my downtown trips I spotted the perfect frame and it was only $2! It was missing the glass which I found at Michael's for a few dollars. Once I chose the color I wanted to paint the frame I was ready! Here's how it went: