Fall Leaf Picture

I went hiking up in Logan Canyon and found some tye-dye looking leaves. I couldn't just 'leaf' them there, so I took them home figuring there was something I could do with them. 

I thought it was cool that I found various sizes of the tye-dye leaves. So, I brainstormed what I could do with them and this is what I came up with! 

First, I preserved the leaves by ironing them with wax paper. 

Then, I found a frame at the thrift store and painted the frame black. 

After that, I just designed the background experimenting with different colors of paper. 

I thought the frame looked a little plain, so I used a sponge to add some color. 

Then, I glued letters from an old scrabble game onto the outside of the frame. 

I think it turned out very well! 

I also found this leaf while hiking. I thought it was so cute because I has a heart on it. So, I preserved it using wax paper and found the perfect frame at a thrift store to display it. 

Paint Chip Calendar

This is my version of the paint chip calendar that I found on Pinterest. 

I bought an old frame at the thrift store and repainted it to match the color of  the paint chips I picked out. 
I cut the chips in 2 1/2 squares and glued them on a poster board. 
I wrote the days of the week on the scraps. 
I wanted to fill in the empty space, so I used my punchy things to punch shapes out of the scraps. 

This was my calendar before I made adjustments so that the dates didn't have to share a square...

 ...this is my calendar now! So much better, now there is more room to write! 

Here is my calendar in my new room up at college. Looks nice doesn't it?

Crayon Melting

This is my version of the crayon melting craft from Pinterest. 

I made it for mom for Mother's Day. 

I used foam letters to act as a resist for the melted crayon. 

This is what it looked like before the melting...

...after melting and before peeling off the letters. 

Ta-da! The finished product! 

It didn't work as well as I would have liked. The crayon melted under the foam letters so I had to outline the letters with a black Sharpie. The next crayon melt will turn out better! 

(Yes, I know I messed up writing the reference of the verse too. It's really Proverbs 31, not Psalms)