Art Journals!

Recently Nilly and I made art journals from composition books, we got the turorial from this awesome blog! (Click Here )
Here is some art from my journal, Nilly will upload hers later. (I hope) ;)

RAIN, I splattered dark blue water paint on it to look like rain.


This is the first drawing I did in my journal, cause "You gotta just love, gotta just care." (Je'kob Love is)


I sewed a paper heart on, I was out of glue.

And I sewed embroidery floss on the cover. If you don't know how to sew embroidery floss on, get a big sewing needle, poke holes on where you want to sew.
(The needle will NOT make holes in compisition books!!)

Art journals are TONS of fun! I'll upload some more about art journals later! :)

Have fun!
~Nana

On a Saturday Evening..

Today was relaxing, and this evening I had a bonfire... My father recently cut down a tree leaving a stump and a confusingly short list of options on how to get rid of it.. Without much contemplation my dad dumped gas on it and proceeded to burn the whole lot of it! (Which was awesome!) My friend came over and we sat around the "stump" and talked. It was only sort of magical. :) then it snowed.. Clumps of beautiful snow... And I then realized it was a good night. After almost freezing our toes off we decided to go inside which was also awesome cause we are awesome (duh..) and we made bracelets, I showed her the 7-strand cardboard circle bracelet weaving technique (I believe Nana posted a tutorial on that a couple days ago) and in return she taught me how to make bracelets out of tiny little knots (TUTORIAL SOON!) which was quite awesome. (She also taught me how to fishtail braid and it was also quite awesome) in short, I had a nice night, and you should also check out my friends blog at "www.paperraindrops.blogspot.com"
(Do ittt!) tomorrow shall also be fun cause I see Nana (and she is also another of my awesome friends!) but I believe I shall have to write on that tomorrow

-Fair wind and high sails!

Nilly

To Give a Dog a Bath..

I've never had a dog... nor has anyone in my family, so recently as a volunteer at a local nursing home taking the dogs that live there for a serene walk has always been my favorite ending to a day of volunteering. Today as I finished up and was grabbing the leashes for the walk I noticed a slight stench in the air.. (yuck!) so I decided they needed a bath, which went pretty well considering... only problem was.. they refused to shake off excess water... until they were right next to an unsuspecting elderly lady. *sigh* As I sat and watched this dog rid itself of water a thought occured... isnt that what we should be doing? Not literally, of course, but think of such a thing... Jesus Christ has cleansed us of our sins... shouldnt we, as Christians, "Shake off" sin?! shouldnt it be something that utterly disgusts us that we must rid of it as soon as we can? As I shared this thought with my dear brother he only laughed at me as he didnt understand how I could think of such a thing... but it all made sense...

Our blog has a Facebook page!

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Our blog has a Facebook page now!

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Keep Smiling,

Nana + Nilly :)

How to color a jar.

Once upon a time I was really bored, so I decided to paint a jar. I don't have a before picture, so, time to improvise, imagine a blank boring jar, okay, that's the before. And this is the after!

I glued a button on the cap and painted over it. (I did two layers)

Supplies:
A jar, (cap is optional)
acrylic paint,

a paint brush,

Directions Step by Step:
Step 1: Make sure your jar is clean.

Step 2: Pour a pretty good amount of acrylic paint in the jar.

Step 3: Start rotating the jar to spread the paint around.
Step 4: Once all the jar is covered, the top is a little hard to get, use the paint brush to get the top.
Step 5: Paint the cap.

Step 6: Let dry. (Mine took two and a half days)

And walla! A new colorful fun jar!
THE END :)

I used mine as a pencil cup for my colored pencils. :)

Have fun!
~Nana

Super easy 7-Braid bracelet tutorial.

How to make a super easy 7-braid bracelet!
Step 1. Cut a circle out of cardboard, thinner cardboard works best,(cereal boxes) put 8 slits in it, and a hole in the middle.
Step 2. cut 7 strings 2 feet long each, tie a knot, and put the strings in the slits, order doesn't matter.

Hold the circle like this so the empty slot is pointing up, or farthest away from you.



Now, look at the string right across the empty slot, one string to the RIGHT you will move up to the empty slot. repeat these steps.

The bracelet will start to get longer and it will dangle down from the hole in the circle.
Finished project.

And tie two knots so there's an opening for the other knot so you can take it on and off easily.

This is a good project for travel, or if you're waiting for something.

Have fun!
~Nana

Fall comes and Fall goes...But in between...FALL RETREAT!

This weekend has been full of: Octoball, running outside, playing with a puppy, leaf wars, piggy-back rides, playing with little girls, chasing a dog for the sake of the guys playing Frisbee golf, hot chocolate, holes in t-shirts and sweat shirts, journaling, devotions, carpets that smell good, Velcro monkeys, lady bugs, screaming, a beautiful sunrise, praying, creamer that tastes like vanilla ice cream, bacon, bonfires,
Apples to Apples, staying up late, car rides, Skittles, old houses, bunk beds, talking, bees without stingers, and most of all, laughter.
And all of these things must mean one thing...And that is, Fall Retreat time!
Last weekend I went to a fall retreat...And I'm pretty sure I covered most of it already. ;)
I know most of you are like "Octoball? What is that?" well, Octoball was created in Cooperstown Bible Camp, it's really fun, first, there's a Octogon, kinda like a pig-pen, wood boards and stuff, anywho, and then there's a ball, any ball will do, we used a volleyball, okay, so, everyone is in the Octoball rink (A pretty big Octogon) and someone surves the ball by throwing it against one of the boards and yelling "Octoball!!" And then the madness begins...Basically if you get hit below the waist you're out, so you can only use your hands, it's a lot of fun.
Now, let's see...Anything else I need to explain? Hot chocolate? Well, I drank a cup of hot cocoa in ten seconds...
"What did you just drink?"
"Hot cocoa..."
"ALL READY?!?!"
"Yeah...?"

I probably should've told them it wasn't hot...;)
-Holes in t-shirts and sweat shirts, well, the puppy we were playing with, Cooper, attacked me with kisses, and nipping...He got a hole in my t-shirt and my sweat shirt...Oh well, memories are made that way. :)
-Carpets that smell good, in otherwords "The Carpet Of Life"! My friend was tired, and bored...So she decided to smell the carpet by the fireplace...It smelled pretty good, so, "The Carpet Of Life" was born I guess...
-Velcro Monkeys! I brought my velcro monkey to this retreat, my friend and I were going to bring stuffed animals to the retreat but she forgot hers, she got a minor concussion a few days before so I'll cut her some slack. ;)
Anyways, I brought my velcro monkey, his name is Squidonkey, there were a ton of lady bugs in our room, and the girls were FREAKING out, so I was like "Hey, use Squidonkey!" and yeah...He was used to "kill" a bug THAT WAS ALREADY DEAD!! Oh well..

Fall Retreats are the best kinda retreat ever, they're my favorite, especially because you're outside practically all day! And the weather is perfect! :)

Enjoying every moment of Fall Retreats,
Nana :)