DIY: paper bunting sign.

I don't know if this is even necessary but I made a paper bunting sign for Weston's Baby Shower and took pictures of the process so just in case, here's a how to if you'd need some guidance.

step one:

choose your papers

 The colors for Weston's shower were a light teal and lime green so I chose a few different patterned papers in those colors.

step two:

trace triangles

 Make a triangle to trace onto the back of the patterned papers. I just used a straight edge and eyeballed it to make my triangle but if you have something triangle shaped you can trace that. I made mine on a piece of poster paper so that the paper was a bit heavier and easier to trace onto the patterned papers.

step three:
cut out triangles

step four:

add letters

Ok, I apologize I kind of skipped a step or two in here but I was so absorbed in making it that I forgot to take pictures so I'll explain it and if you need me to clarify please let me know.

So for the letters I took the solid green and teal papers and traced circles on them. I looked around my house for a circle that would fit best on my triangles and found that the lid to a mason jar worked best. Once I had traced and cut out my circles I laid them out onto the triangles so that a green circle was on each teal triangle and a teal circle was on each green triangle and glued them down. Then I arranged the triangles in the order I wanted them to hang. Next I wrote the letters on the circles so that they spelled out "Welcome Weston"(I intentionally left three triangles blank so I could have one on each end of the sign and one in between the words). 

Once the triangles were set I strung them on a piece of yarn and tada, it was ready to hang.

welcoming weston.

Earlier this month my cousin and I hosted a baby shower for her sister who is due at the beginning of April. She's having a little boy named Weston(the boy likes to call him Kanye Weston) and we are so excited to have a baby in the family(although this will definitely change the dynamics of EVERYTHING since I am currently the youngest).

Look how cute and preggers she is :)

Grandma-to-be made this friggin adorbz tractor and letters out of diapers and washcloths and bibs and other cute baby things. Love it.

So like, is there a game show where you play baby shower games? Because if there is I need to get on that show ASAP because I pretty much dominated in all the games. And in case you were wondering, no I was not the one who planned the games I just happened to rock at them, thank you very much.

The "Furrow" girls.

It was a lovely day filled with cuteness and now we're all even more excited for the babe to get here.

:)

about me.

So I guess this is the part where I introduce myself.

Hi, I'm Cristen.

(I like lists so I'm going to do this list style)

-I'm 23, creeping up on 24

-I'm an Arizona native

-I live at my mom's house with my two cats, a dog and a teeny baby tortoise

  Here are some pictures of those cuties:

-I love things that sparkle(hence, the glitter part of glitter and glasses)
-I am bespectacled(and that's where the glasses part came from)
-I work at an elementary school as the lunch lady and in the after school program

-I'm working on a degree in art education
-I also do personal styling from time to time

-I love to read and own close to 500 books

-My favorite color is teal

-I'm a total cat lady

-I collect collections

-I am often described as eclectic
-I have gypsy spirit

-I'm an introvert

-I currently have 7 pillows on my bed

-I have the most wonderful boyfriend

-I love handmade cards and rarely ever give someone a card that I didn't make

-I am a word nerd

-I am a space nerd

-I use hashtags in text messages

-All of my favorite foods involve cheese

-I am kitchen illiterate

-I am skilled in procrastination

-I cry for every emotion, happy, sad, hungry, out of breath...

I think that pretty much covers it. I'm kind of weird but in an endearing way right? ;) Hopefully I haven't scared you off yet and if so then welcome to this adventure!