DIY Wedding Gift

My boyfriend was the best man in our friends wedding this weekend. He looked amazing and did a great job with his speech, regardless of how nervous he was. Naturally I decided on a diy wedding gift. The wedding took place near Rochester, NY. My sister gave me this great idea.

I purchased a New York State shaped bamboo cutting board from Bed, Bath and Beyond, and I burned the wedding date in.Originally I had planned to have Things Remembered to engrave, however I found out that they do not engrave wood but only have the ability to put a metal plaque on it which I did not want. So naturally it was a diy sort of thing. I bought the wood burning tool with the hopes that I could find wood burning numbers to use but could only find letters. So I cut some numbers from vinyl using my Cricut Mini and went to work. I traced with the tool and then filled in between the lines. Here are some photos of the process and final product. Not too shabby for my first time burning wood :-)

After thoughts: I would have made the numbers smaller and probably would have added a heart either in the Rochester location on the board or before the date. Tip: be extremely careful where the wood burning tool sits and what it touches!! Also my house smelled like an ashtray for a day or so afterwords. I seriously need to start moving my crafts to the basement :-)

Farmer's wife Part 2

OMG who ever thought making apple sauce was easy was so wrong!! We have an abundance of apples on our tree and I wanted to use them for something so I decided to make apple sauce with the help of my loving boyfriend that is! The apples were so small it took forever to peel and cut them. We definitely have some skills to work on but eventually we finished!!

And of course I forgot to take photos either that or I couldn't because of all of the apple goo on my hands!!

But we also made some spicy garlic pickles!! And boy don't they just look gorgeous!! I might even eat one when they are done pickling!! They are just so colorful and go well with my kitchen paint :-)

Birthday Party Day!!

Little Che finally had his party and turned 1!! A lot of time and effort went into making this party the success that it was!! I would have never guess my sister and I would be up late the night before make 'hedgehogs' and 'acorns' but it was a lot of fun!! 

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I'm extremely impressed with my first real Cricut experience. Finally understand all of those layers and the shift/lock options for my Cricut!! Ha!!