My College Grad!

My daughter has just graduated 4 years of College. She received a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a Minor in English. She is the first on my side of the family to ever graduate college and we are so proud of her. It has definatly been an experience for us all.

 

She worked hard to get where shes at. She was a straight A student in High school and even though she didn't have a perfect score all the time in College. She did manage to be on the Deans and Chancellors list a couple times.

I have been ready and prepared for this day but no one told me it would be such an emotional time. Really, Its like for the last couple weeks, all I can think about is her first day of school, what teachers have told me through the years, all the crazy phases she went through, Her best friends that came and went, all the homework, the sports, the awards, just everything and now its seem to just all come to an end and it makes happy/sad, Im excited and scared at the same time of what her future holds. We know the struggles she will now have to face. We hope and pray college pays off and she can be successful.

Here is just a few hints if you are fixing to put a kid through college:

• Save hundreds of dollars by buying books from EBay or Amazon.
• Sororities can be expensive but also worth the experience.  My daughter is a Kappa Delta.
• Umbrellas miraculously just disappear. keep a few on hand.
• Printers may become tables and a place to stash candy and other snacks.
• Breaking a toothpick off in the door lock because you locked yourself out, is considered vandalism and cost you alot of money.
• Keep extra chargers and cords available. They just break for no reason.
• Laptops just fall off the bed and break at some point. All by themselves. Save for the extra one you will have to purchase.
• Bobby pins, paper clips and staples will tear a printer up so save money to buy another one of those too.
• and wall mirrors, flip flops and shower caddies are a must.

CONGRATULATIONS ASHLEY!

 

Check back next weekend as I share details of her party!

DIY Shabby Rosettes

I had in mind to crochet some little headbands but wanted to use something of mixed fabric for the dazzle. I decided to make little rosettes from some scraps I found in my craft drawer.

They were so easy and these were my first ones. I added them to a few head bands and you can find them in my Etsy shop. I plan to make some more just for the fun of it. With a pin added to the backside, they would make a great asset to a jacket or scarf.

I didn't take any pictures of the "making" process because honestly I wasn't thinking about it. I was just trying to get them to turn out right.

• Basically all I did was cut about two inch wide strips about twelve inches long.
• I used two pieces together of two different colors and tied them together at the end to hold them together and also use as my starting point.
• I then rolled the strip around and around the knot. While I wrapped it around, I would twist it every so often and add a dab of hot glue.
• I kept doing this to the end and then wrapped the end around the back and added more glue.
• To finish it off, I cut a piece of felt and hot glued it to the back. This added some stability so you can use them in projects.
• The longer and wider your strips are, the bigger the rose. Don't worry if they ravel, this makes them have the shabby look. 
• They can be decorated with buttons, or beads.

There are many YouTube videos of different ways to make rosettes. But sometimes its more fun just to figure it out yourself.

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