dandelion design: 6/1/13

6/15/13

fathers day craft: shell family

This is something I got in my head & tried out with my sister's family for a Father's Day gift for their dad. We were hanging out one afternoon & we gave everyone a part and it was done lickety split.

DETAILS:

-Pick out a shell to represent each person in your family

-Paint your canvas & you can add glue to the border and sprinkle sand or crushed shell (I had crushed shells). I added a simple paint border inside the shell border.

-If you don't have a canvas, you can use a piece of wood

-If you have letter stamps, do a single initial to represent each family member or like this: "mom, dad, MM, M, E". No letter stamps? Then just write the names of each member below the shell.

If you wanted to add color to the project, everyone could paint their own shell.

6/14/13

natchez wedding

So nothing like a Natchez wedding. If you've been there for one-you know.
My cousin Nathan got married last weekend there & our whole fam went (22 of us). And even aunt/uncle/cousins from California! Growing up, we spent much time in Natchez & memories started pouring in while driving around Natchez (mostly lost while driving my mom around). Our cousins, Nathan & Eric, are close in age to Polly & me & we had so much fun with them (flag football, exploring, all the boy stuff we typically missed out on). Nathan, Polly & I continued on to MSU together-more fun. Always interesting when we ended up late night at Nathan's frat house-witnessing all the shananagans that go on when everyone really should be asleep. Stupid fun. Nathan is a Peter Pan sort of guy, who finally grew up & took the plunge with Vanessa. I'm proud of him. She is great, so glad he did not let her go. He's a pediatric dentist and wish that my kids could go to him. Sure he makes dentistry fun.