I have no idea why, but I hate the look of match boxes. But I only use matches, I never use lighters. So near every candle in my house is an ugly matchbox. I think they probably sell pretty ones now-a-days, but those don’t come in a 10 pack at publix, so they’re not on my radar. Anyway, I was glaring at the match box the other day, and had stumbled across some J and A stickers I bought from the Target dollar spot years ago.
careful!
So I put the stickers on the matchbox.
ahhh
There you have it, worlds dumbest and easiest and quickest craft. Say what you will, but I don’t mind this guy sitting on my coffee table.
I love my husband, and he is so good at SO many things. Remembering or ever really knowing the words to songs is something that just evades him. That doesn’t stop him or even slow him down. Josh likes to sing HIS lyrics to well known musical songs all the time. It’s just too funny to not share. He’s always very earnest and usually feels he’s singing the right words. Tonight I bring you, Le Mis.
Le Mis by Josh
“And now I’m sad because the tigers have attacked my dreaaaaaaam” Now THAT would have made the whole storyline even more interesting.
xoxo,
Adora
I have a slight obsession with art that combines hand drawn and digital formats. Pretty much anything by Nan Lawson makes me sigh and stare longingly. Artists impress me more than anyone, but sad to say, a true artist I am not. I’ve been meaning to save up for a portrait in this style, maybe a picture of Josh and I on our wedding day. Anyway, I was bored the other day and decided to try and draw a [very interpretive] self portrait. Here is what that turned out to look like:
doodle doodle doodley
So anyway, I realized that I could technically take that into photoshop and mess around with it, because we have a scanner and photoshop on Josh’s computer. So, I scanned in the photo.
scanned
Next and deleted out all the white space with the magic wand tool. (make sure contiguous is not selected). Now I was down to just the pen marks. I selected all, and added a stoke to thicken the lines. Then it was time to color! Now, you do not need to have Photoshop to do this. I think it may have been more fun to use colored pencils, but I couldn’t find any at the time.
layers
I added a layer for each aspect of the picture, keeping the pen marks as the top layer so I could technically just color right over them.
colored in
This was such a fun and easy craft, I think it would be perfect for a date night; draw each other.
it’s me…sort of
the note
Anyway, it printed rather small, because it scanned in at 72 dpi, but I don’t mind. I printed it out, added a note and left it for Josh on his computer in the office.
What’s your favorite style of art? Have you tried a DIY?
xoxo,
Adora
You pick the proportions you want: onions, carrots, worcestershire, pepper, and big ole’ slab of beef. Crock pot it up on low for at least 8 hours, maybe 10. Serve over potatoes if you know what’s good!
bada boom
bada bing
If I could do this all again [and I will] I would put the meat on the bottom and cook it for a few hours before I added the onions and carrots, they were a little over cooked and soft for my preference.
It’s not a secret that in our home, I’m the more neurotic cleaner. Our schedules are so busy that occasionally I’ll get home after a long day and realize that house hasn’t had anyone attend to it in a few days, have a major freak out, clean for hours, and go to bed grumpy – but sated. I love Josh, but he just doesn’t look at our house the way I do.
Similarly to the way men and women differ in how they view their bodies, Josh sees what’s good, I see what’s wrong. He sees the organized living room, I see the mountain of laundry piling up that may avalanche onto us in the middle of the night. Anyway, we’re different.
The other week I was kind of having a rough go of it and when Josh brought me home [after picking me up from work at 6] I was stunned. The man c-l-e-a-n-e-d our kitchen. [I immediately cooked a big meal – I LOVE cooking in a clean kitchen] He also started a few loads of laundry, finally threw out the broken lamp that had been sitting in our hallway for literally weeks, and scooped the kitty litter! No special reason, he just wanted to do more around the house.
He’s amazing. I feel so loved. How does your spouse make you feel loved?
xoxo,
Adora
In my old apartment I had an antique map of Auckland hanging in four 8×10 frames. I found the large image on the inter-nets, grabbed it, cut it into four 8×10 pieces and printed it on regular computer paper. It was a low cost art option, but oddly enough became my favorite piece in the room. So anyway, I want to share this with all of you, in case you’ve got a blank wall that you’re looking to fill. Just grab four 8×10 frames and slap these bad boys in there.
This is what it will basically look like when it’s hung, making your wall look all snazzy. See below for the downloads.
Here are the four downloadable pictures, click on each of the four sections listed for each 8×10 image, then just right click and save the pictures. Then frame or pin up on the wall: Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right.
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