Reminder--Take pictures of your own family!

Sometimes you just gotta have those days where you remember to put your kid in a cute outfit and take some photos of them! As a photographer you prep and get your camera ready for sessions that don't include your immediate family. As much as I love doing so, I need to remind myself to utilize my camera for my family and not just others! After all these are pictures and moments we will never get back and may not even remember if it weren't for photographs! Why do you think photo sessions can be costly? We are providing a craft and we are capturing memories you will never get back! Its irreplaceable! :) 

Christmas Popcorn Tin Makeover.

Don't throw away those Christmas popcorn tins once you're done with them! Repurpose them! I choose to use burlap instead of paint or duct tape. The pattern on the tin would show through if I used paint, and duct tape doesn't exactly wrap around smoothly since its not a flat surface.

All you need is: 

-Hot temp glue gun 

-Burlap in any size but I am using a jumbo roll you can find in flower department on hobby lobby. 

-permanent marker 

-lace of your choice 

-When wrapping each burlap don't feel like you have to use hot glue EVERYWHERE. It's not necessary. Each wrap around needs about four solid holds with the hot glue. 

-You can use a stencil to write whatever you want. I choose to use our anniversary year just to personalized it a little more. (Write on the burlap beforehand!!) 

I choose black lace to go with my decor. But any color you choose whether it be antique white, white, black is great. And you can always change the lace as well. I choose to just tie it around the top and into a basic bow for an easy change when I got tired of the black. 

Now what can you use it for? Anything! 

A trash can--a pot for flowers or plants--storage bin--what have you! :) 

Currently I am using mine for my craft trash bin. (I always end up with tons of papers access from cutting and random other trash crafting may cause.) This will be more pleasing to the eye rather then a  grocery bag hanging on my chair :) 

Hope you enjoyed it! 

It took all of 15 minutes to make! 

Psalm 139

Free Printable made by yours truly. Have this in my daughters room. Would love to see yours if you choose to use it!


Hope you enjoy! 
Blessings!

L

Free Printable Project :)

"Marriage is a gift from God to us.  The quality of our marriage is our gift back to Him."
Made this with a free printable I found on pinterest :) I was super happy with the outcome the picture doesn't do it any justice unfortunately because the resolution is low.

Get your free printable courtesy of HE & I, here. Also check her out on etsy for some awesome printables, LDS Prints, travel prints etc. Her shop link is here

Military Wife--Everything Will Be Alright

Want to know what my day consisted of? Nah..me either.

Imma tell you anyways. :) DSW, Charming Charlies, New York&Co, Sephora. Yep. Damage was done.  Why? Because I love to shop, but a more important reason I must say. More like a special occasion.  My husbands homecoming from a 10 month long deployment! 

Now I would like to tell you he will be home in a few days and he is back on US soil. Nah. Girls gotta prep. This one is prepping like 2 months in advance. I am getting antsy, nervous, hyped, excited, ecstatic, and super emotional. What us military wives go through is just plan crazy sometimes, but I LOVE IT! I get to feel crazy emotions that people don't go about having in "regular" day life. 

I get to go without speaking to my husband not even a text for weeks at a time and know how it feels to get seemingly sweet love letters. I get a rush from the mailman or going to the post office to send a package with dora stickers all over it with a toddler hanging on my hip.  I get to fall in love all over again when I will first set eyes on my hubby in "real" life not skype! 

There are so many different things I do day in and day out that "civilian" families will never experience.  I get to tackle independence! I know how to do simple maintenance on my car, dishwasher, laundry washer, and even know how to clean clogged shower drains.  ( SHHHH..Don't tell my husband I can do these things) 

I have come to find so much positive in all these so called negatives.  Don't get me wrong, some days are down right tough! I break down, I cry, and that's okay! I have my God and Savior to fall back on and always talk to throughout all of this crazy mess! I simply do not know what I would do with out His peace and grace. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 AMEN!!