Oh what do you do in the summertime?

Oh what do you do in the summertime when all the world is green? I like to make crafty projects. During the school year I hardly have time to do anything than my homework and attend rehearsal after rehearsal. That means when summer rolls around I try to squeeze in as much fun stuff as I can (that usually means reading tons of books and making fun artsy-fartsy crafts). So here is the first batch of summer projects. Marc went fishing one day in the afternoon/evening/late evening last week (that's what he likes to do in the summertime), so I had lots of time on my hands to craft...and watch chick flicks :). I decided to make this wreath and some button earrings (stay tuned for those). The wreath is made from a grapevine wreath (only 5 bucks!), fabric rosettes from fabric scraps, pearl beads, wire, and ribbon. I've been wanting to have a wreath on my door ever since we had to take the Christmas wreath down that my mom bought me for my birthday, but I didn't have time till now. I love how this wreath turned out! This next project I finished just last night. I found the idea on pinterest (gotta love pinterest!) and decided to try it. You can find the original tutorial here. We've been wanting to put this quote from President Monson in our house for a while now and just couldn't figure out how to do it...vinyl lettering, cross stitch maybe, framed quote. When I saw this idea I immediately wanted to try it. We first needed some old wood which, luckily for us, comes in heaps and piles at my in-laws house. So we picked out a couple of boards we liked from the burn pile, sprayed the dirt off them, and carted them back home. We attached the boards with hinges (thanks to my handy-man husband) and put picture hangers on the back. Next we had to decide what font we wanted and how big to make it. That took a while, but we finally figured it out. Then we had to flip the text to mirror image so that we could transfer it to the wood. For my own future reference I'll tell you how that's done on a Macbook Pro: Select File, Print. Select your printer. Then select Layouts (from 3rd drop down box). An option will pop up that says "Flip Horizontal." Check that box. Print! Macs are wonderful...that would've been so much harder on my old PC. We'll be putting the sign up later today (it was too late last night--we have neighbors with babies), and I can't wait to see how it looks!