Harnessing that Crafty Energy

I'm surrounded by craftiness.
Maybe its the Stay At Home Mom factor that is so prevalent among seminary students.
Maybe it's the close-knit community of seminary housing.
Whatever it is, I'm so grateful for amazing friends with amazing talents.
So recently, I decided to take advantage of that talent!

I've been wanting a cutesy bow holder for Eden for over a year now but I couldn't find one I liked enough or I'd find one that was awesome but they wanted me to pay my first born for it. So, I set out to make my own...or at least recruit someone to help me.

Enter: Genny.
Genny is nice. Genny is a perfectionist. Genny can paint. Genny can paint really REALLY well.

So I recruited Genny to help me do this:


She painted the canvas and did SUCH a great job. It's exactly as I was hoping it would turn out. I mean, you can't really tell from just a bow holder, but her painting skills are AMAZING. In turn, she let me take her family's pictures! Fun times!

And then, all I did was hot glue some ribbon to the canvas and called it good! :)

And then add to that our sweet friend, Jeannie, who is crafty as all get out. She's made a good number of Eden's little cute clippies and bows and is THE go-to woman for all your crafting needs. She's Queen of all things crafty!

Final product: