Valentines craft idea to make with kids or an adult get together

So a few days ago I seen this at the store and the Carrington said he wanted one. I told him we would make our own. So we got everything we needed and made it. It was very easy to make, the kids enjoyed helping, and this would make a great Valentine's gift for a teacher bus driver grandparent friend or just to hang on your own door like we need. I want to share how to make your own in case you would like to make one yourself and you can put whatever you want as the saying. Maybe your last name, teachers name, whatever you would like. What You Will Need *All you need is wood hearts for each letter of the word you want *the color paints you want, we used red, white, and pink *red ribbon or the color ribbon of your choice *staple gun and staples *hot glue gun *letter stencils or you could use those peel on letters to make it a little bit easier to make it a little bit easier *glitter if you paint your letters on *Painters tape *paint stamps You will paint each heart the color of your choice we painted ours red. Once dry you can decorate the hearts using paint stamps, free style, or just keep them a plain color. Once the decorating is done and dry you can use the stencils to paint on the letters in white or the color of your choice and put glitter on the wet paint or you can use the peel on letters and put glitter around them if you would like. Once all the hearts are complete you will assemble them you will put them in the order you need them spacing them about an inch part. Once all letters are in order and spaced flip them over and run the ribbon down the back putting at least 2 staples over the ribbon on each heart. Make sure to leave a few extra inches at the top for your loop to hang. You can then place a bow at the top using a hot glue gun. If you do make one or 10 please take a picture and tag me so I can see what you made. You can tag me on instagram or Twitter @jays_ballgirl or Facebook Amanda Ball and use hash tag #amandasmonkeys This are also Great to make for an in school activity.

New Years Resolutions

Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I hope 2017 has been treating you wonderfully so far. I'm sure many of you like myself have made a New Years resolution, mine is to put more time and effort into this blog as well as a few of my other social media pages. I've worked hard over the last almost 2 years trying to go somewhere with social media and a few months ago all the long hours being on social media finally paid off when a well known brand contacted me to work 39th them. I had spent many hours on facebook, instagram, google+ and pissing my husband off because I was always in front of a device to get to that point but it finally happened and I was thrilled.I finally accomplished something I'd worked so hard for and I thought things were going to take off, boy was I wrong. After working with this brand I thought I would get contacted by other big brands but that didnt happen. While working with this brand I kinda neglected what I was doing to get to that point I was so caught up in working with this Brand I wasn't posting like I used to or interacting with followers. Once I was done the assignment I realized I'd lost some followers and I hadn't even gained any on other platforms. That's when I realized that no matter how good I'm doing I still have to keep pushing and working hard. That's why my New Years resolution is to put more time and effort into this blog. I'm going to start posting at least twice a week and I'll have a theme for each month. I always have a giveaway coming and I think you guys will enjoy it. If you have a News Years resolution in place just keep pushing at it don't give up. Even if it is to go to the gym everyday and you find yourself not going at all go once a week just don't give up. You will feel so much better if you accomplish the goal you set for yourself. Even help your friends reach their goal. If you have a friend that said this year I'm going to stop smoking, encourage them support them don't know if you see them smoking or say a smart-ass comment say something supportive letting them know you're there to help you want to see them succeed. Remember to always smile you never know who's day you will make just by giving them a smile. 😃