Dear Halloween Hangover,

Let me start this with saying... not that kind of hangover. Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays. I get to dress up. I get to eat candy. I get to watch scary movies. And I get to do some pretty fun things with some pretty fun people. And now it is over. And I still feel sick from the treats I ate yesterday. My work had an awesome party... which lasted all day. Starting with pumpkin carving contest... I did not carve mine, I painted and rhinestoned it. A little later a few games like the doughnut on a string and shake the ping pong balls out of a Kleenex box while it is attached to your hips. After that, a costume contest... obviously a must on Halloweeny. Then we all ate pizza and drank sodas while watching Hocus Pocus. Besides all that there were buckets or candy, filled to the brim, ALL DAY and EVERYWHERE. I ate more candy than I have in the last three months and multiple times felt sick... but I could not stop... I have a problem. Then I went home and Adam, Drew, and Madison celebrated Halloween with taco soup, homemade maple bars, and Avengers, because what says Halloween better than a bunch of grown men in costumes? But I am not ready to let go completely... so I am going to share the little bit of festivity I have left... DECORATIONS! Not too much and not too little.

  

And now today... I have the Halloween Hangover. Still sick from treats but needing more, sad to see my Halloween decorations come down, no more costumes, and man am I sleepy....

Love,
Deidre

Dear Captain Americanish,

Welcome to July everyone! To me July says America. And I am proud to be an American. Where at least I know I'm free! The 4th of July is one of my very favorite holidays. Everything good wrapped into one. Parades, BBQs, fireworks, and America! I love America. I really and truly do. And nothing says I love America like an awesome celebration for the country I love. So what did I do with the 4th right around the corner? I turned....

THIS

INTO THIS

Classy right? Well. It is super easy and carefree. And considering how impatient I am chances are yours will even turn out better than mine! But... I am even so impatient I forgot to take photos of all the steps. So here we go.

Step 1: Buy all your paint, stencils, tape, and clothing item.

Step 2: Tape off everything you want to stay white.

Step 3: Spray paint the red stripes and then let dry.

Step 4: Tape stars (I highly recommend taping, see below what happens if you do not tape) to sweatshirt, paint the blue, and then let dry. (Step 3 & 4 can be combined)

My helpful fiance probably regrets getting pulled into my craft time... blue hands.

Step 5: Peel off all tape.

Step 6: Look awesome and show your American pride.

And you know what else is great about making American pride clothes this year? The OLYMPICS is coming. I love the Olympics because I love any reason to cheer for the good old U.S.of.A! LET'S DO THIS AMERICA!

Love,
Deidre

Dear Under Construction,

Everyone. It is happening again! I know, seems like it just happened, right? Don't mind the constant blog changes over the next few days. Okay? Oh and if you have any suggestions... pass them to me, I can't make up my mind... obviously.

Love,

Deidre

Dear Crafter Inside,

I knew your craftiness was just waiting to come back out. First baseball bracelets, then printables, and now a bookshelf. Heck, I'm not even mad... that's amazing! (Name the movie.) I am glad some of my friends have their own homes with their own furniture so I can help them in decorating things and making them cute. I cannot wait for my own home so I can decorate and be crafty to my own desire to make my house a home.

White bookshelves that you put together yourself are nice. But they are better when you make them cute. So we covered Cassidy and James' bookshelf in old book pages. Cute, yeah?

Love,

Deidre

P.S. Oh... and thank you Haleigh for my new artwork. One for winning and one just in case.

Now really... Love,
Deidre

Dear Baseball,

Okay... so this post is LONG overdue... not just because I havent blogged in a few days (I went home to promote anti-bullying, details to come) but because I made this gift for Adam for Christmas and I just barely got the clasp attached and I was making him tie it on. So here it is, just in time for baseball season. I turned this...

Into this...

"Are those friendship bracelets?" You bet they are.

Love,

Deidre