Mod Podge

a few months ago i decided to try a new craft!  i had never used mod podge before and had been really wanting to try it so i decided to take one of my old suitcases and do a fun collage on it!  i eventually want to turn this suitcase into a fun side table but i haven't been able to find the right legs yet.  here are a few pictures of my process. 

first i collected a bunch of fun pictures from magazines and all my movie stubs that i have collected over the years.  i decided to do one side with pictures and the other with my movie stubs.  i then applied the mod podge to the section of the suitcase that i was going to place the piece of paper on.  i then placed the piece of paper on the spot i just applied the mod podge to, then continued until all the pieces of paper were on the suitcase.

 

 then you will apply a coat of mod podge on top of your paper to seal it. 

something i learned while doing this fun craft was that you need to let the mod podge dry before you put the final coat on top.  if you don't they will become wrinkled and not as smooth.  like in the photo below.  i learned my lesson and will be more patient next time!  i still love my new suitcase full of fun pictures and memories.  i can't wait to make it into a fun side table!!

have you been trying any new crafts?  if so i'd love to hear about them!!  i hope they are making your disposition a little sweeter!

yesterday

yesterday.  i worked a very long day.  i worked my butt of on a client and she was not pleased.  i was heart broken.  i felt sick to my stomach and just broke down crying.  i felt hopeless and felt like a failure.  i seriously started second guessing my career choice and my talent as a hairdresser.  i still feel down about it but i am just telling myself you can't please everyone.  i can take this as a learning experience and just move on.  perhaps i didn't choose the right career but i can at least make the best out of this career until i figure out what else i want to do.  yesterday was a hard day.  today will be better.  i am going to make my disposition sweeter today.

Moving

Well we are finally all in the house but we are still unpacking and trying to get stuff organized. The worst part about moving is well, MOVING!!! All the packing and unpacking and driving and cleaning!! Aaahhh!!! We are all so tired and ready for the process to be done and be settled into our new home and life together. Dispite the long process of moving we are all very excited about this new adventure! I am SO thankful for this new house and this opportunity to live with my best friends and grow in the Kingdom of God! How has your week been going?! I hope you are all staying sweet!

things have been changing drastically in our lives recently and we are getting so excited!!  at the end of the month we will be moving out of our one bedroom apartment into a 5 bedroom house with two other couples!  we know that it isn't a normal situation but have been feeling a longing and desire to live communally for a while.  call us strange or call us hippies but we are all so excited!  i know that living with two other families will not always be easy, at times it will be frustrating and difficult, but i know that it is where God placed us and i can't deny that.  through a series of events He has made all the arrangements for us to come together in this specific house and live together in His will.  i will post pictures of the new house and the transition as we move.  i have never felt more focused and in the will of God and i can't wait to see where we grow and thrive!  i am blown away by God's goodness to us and i am so thankful for His peace.  in the midst of this transition we still have stresses and issues arising but God has been filling us with such peace!  peace beyond understanding!  blessings on you today and i hope your disposition is sweet!!

getting past failure...

i tend to fail at a lot of goals i set for myself.  i'm not sure why?  i might just be too lazy or lack passion. but i get very down on myself when i fail.  i feel defeated and lame!  i know that i can succeed but i think my past failures get in my way.  i want to clear my mind and focus on success!  i want to change my way of thinking and act in a way that will accomplish my goals.  i feel things changing and shifting in me and i am SO excited!  God is so faithful to answer the cries of our heart!  i am so glad that i serve a God who provides for me!

changes

Hey there!  Well it has been a busy summer of working and well...working!!  The days of being a kid and getting to swim all summer are over! BooHoo!!  But i do have to say that this whole grown up thing is growing on me.  I know it will never be easy, cause life never is, but i am growing up every day and learning new things!  My husband and i got married young and have been growing up together for the past 2 years.  I am so thankful i have my best friend to do it with.  the past 8 months have been quite the whirl wind for us.  we have grown so much just in the past 8 months that we both feel like totally different people.  i remember at the beginning of summer (only a couple months ago) looking at my husband and saying, "We are going to remember this time as the season it all changed...".  I'm not quite sure why i said that to him but it was a gut feeling, a sense that i had.  I felt the change coming and i new it was big, bigger than the two of us.  Well boy was i right!  Things have changed so much in just the past couple months that i am blown away.  even our vision and goals for our lives are changing.  things we are wanting to do and become are changing.  it is like my spirit felt what the Lord was getting ready to do and agreed with it!  And we have been so happy with the outcome of God changing everything!!  We have been tested a lot and have been continuing to trust that the Lord is faithful and will always show us His way for us.  I am excited to get back to blogging regularly and i have some projects that i am wanting to share on here as well!  we are getting our life and our house and our businesses organized and i am so excited to see where we go from here!  thanks for stopping in!  have a sweet day!

Motivation

Sometimes you just gotta take that old pair of jeans that are too small and write yourself some motivational notes and hang them on the wall next to your mirror! Today I was doing some serious organizing in my room and found some old jeans that a couple years ago I could fit into. (these jeans were so cute on me and made my pretty much flat butt look pretty darn cute if you asked me) And that pair of jeans does NOT fit me anymore. Since I could fit in those jeans I have gained 40 pounds. That is not something I am proud of, in fact I am very embarrassed and ashamed of that fact. BUT, I know that dwelling on my embarrassment and shame will NOT get me to change. I have to focus on my goal, and believe that I CAN and WILL accomplish what I set my mind to! I have written many blog and journal entries about "wanting to change" and making my "goal list" but I never changed and I never met those goals which made me more upset with myself and my situation. I recently started working out with my sister who is a crazy excersize fanatic! She has almost killed me a few times...ok not killed me but made me almost pass out and throw up! She is a good trainer to say the least!! I finally got over my embarrassment and just did it! I am a long way from my goal but my mindset is different, I have changed! And now I am looking forward to seeing the changes in my body and my attitude!! I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! Have a sweet day!