Why did the Chicken cross the road?

It doesn't matter because my Aunt Cris doesn't want them crossing roads.
My aunt made a request to me a while back about making a sign for her.
She doesn't eat chicken so of course the slogan on the sign was appropriate for her.
I started off by buying a wood plank from Michaels. I think it was around $7. I painted it black.

I then printed off the slogan on a piece of computer paper. I taped the paper edges to the wood and started to trace.

I had to actually trace the letters kind of hard so the imprint would show up on the black board.

Once I was done tracing (which seemed to take forever), I painted the letters white.



I also need to make sure I document a craft project that my aunt HELPED with. They took maps from Denver and (hodge) modge podged them onto frames.

Car #15

Yes you read that header right. I just got a new car and it's my 15th car! I'm only 23. This is straight ridiculous but at the same time I don't mind it. Let me show you this new beauty...

It's a 2007 Honda Civic.
I drove a 2 door Honda Civic way back when (car 8) and loved it!
I'm really excited about this one. That may be because I actually paid for this one. This is the first car. I finally feel like an adult.

Painted Cooler

Painting coolers has become quite a trend, and considering how much I use my cooler I knew I had to paint mine. I read a lot of other blog posts about people painting their coolers and the do's and dont's.
I have a really cute pink cooler with a ribbon for breast cancer awareness on the front.

I started by sanding the top of my cooler really well. Then I drew on my design.
I traced a cup for the circle. Then took a stencil and drew on the letter A.

I free handed the zebra print. Once I had everything drawn on. I got out a paint pen and started painting. Since my cooler lid is white I just filled in the circle with black going around the lettter. Then painted the zebra stripes black.
I added 2 coats of paint. Then let that dry for an hour.
I then added 2 coats of mod podge letting each coat dry for an hour.

This is only the lid of my cooler. I plan on painting the whole thing.

Pink Pumpkin

October is one of my favorite months for 2 reasons.
It's breast cancer awareness month and this year it's a RED October, which means the Cardinals are still playing baseball!

Since my mom is such a huge believer in Breast Cancer Awareness because of her job I decided to make her something I saw on Pinterest that she can put in her office.

I bought a plastic craft pumpking, some pink ribbon stickers, and pink ribbon from Michaels.

I started by painting the pumpkin pink and the stem white.

Then added the ribbon down the sides of the pumpkin. Glued on the stickers with modge podge. Then mod podged the whole pumpkin to give it the glossy look.

I love the way it turned out and I think my mom will too!