Deerhead burlap bunting

My mom and I made these super cute, super easy banners. All you need to make them is:

-Burlap (I bought mine pre-cut)
-Twine
-Ribbon of your choice
-White paint
-Stenciling paint brush
-Deer head stencil (we printed a deer head on the computer and cut it out)
-Hot glue gun

First, you'll stencil the deer heads on each of the burlap pieces. The paint dries super fast. Then you'll hot glue each of the pieces to your twine. Put about 2" between pieces to tie your ribbon. Once they're all hot glued, tie the ribbon of choice between each piece. You can add a red rhinestone to the noses if you want to make them supa flashy. I was going to do that and then decided to keep them simple. I hope you have fun making them and make sure to tag me on instagram so I can see yours!

Diet Coke while crafting kinda a must, am I right?

The finished product and me lookin' swanky in my sweats!

Aaaand I hung it on my rusty "junk" sign. Love.

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My Target Christmas Haul

I just got home from Target and I scored some major cuteness in the dollar bins so I thought I'd share with all of you!

My $7 Christmas apothecary jars

You guys, can you believe Thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow? I'm so excited for it and knowing that it's so close has me getting ideas going for my Christmas decor this year. I just ran to Dollar Tree to see what kind of goodies they had and I found some stuff to make the cutest apothecary jars. Now, the $7 is because I already had the jars. If you don't already have them, it will be more than that! But you can do these on a smaller scale and use glass vases or mason jars that you already have at home.

The items I bought were:

3 packages of different sized gold ornaments
2 snowflake ornaments (they're so cute I couldn't believe that they were at the dollar store)
And 2 things of ribbon (the third thing of ribbon I also had on hand)

If you're not crafty then this project is for you. The longest part was litterally trying to get the plastic tubes open that the ornaments came in, ha. All you do is fill the jars and then shake them up so the different sizes settle randomly. Then cut your ribbon to desired length and tie the ornaments to the lid. And tada, you are finished!

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One year down

I went out to dinner with this cute girl tonight to celebrate ONE YEAR since we started cosmetology school!!!

I can't believe it's already been one year. It has actually gone by so fast. I can honestly say that going back to school is one of the hardest things I have ever done. But I can also say that is has been one of the most rewarding. 

Before I started school, I worked two ten hour days, one week day and Saturdays which they were home with Chance. Other than that, I was always with them. It's been really, really hard to be away from them as much as I have. Because I've been at school every day, I've had to work more days as well because I have to squeeze my nail clients in when I'm not at school. On top of being away from them so much, they have also been sick more this year than they ever have before because they started daycare. We've had hand foot and mouth disease twice, strep twice, the stomach flu more times than I can count, and head colds probably four or five times. To all the girls getting school done before you have kids, good for you! And to all the moms going back when you have little ones at home, I salute you.

Even though it has been hard, like I said earlier, it has been SO rewarding. I have gained so many lifelong friendships in cosmetology school. And I look up to my instructors more than they will ever know. I tell everyone that the DATC is the best cosmetology school around and I truly believe that. Our instructors are some of the most knowledgeable and skilled in our industry. And I know that they always have my best interest in mind. They have invested in me and because of that, I have grown tremendously in the last year. When I've had a bad day, they have always known just what to do or say to help me. When I'm not understanding something, they help me until I do.

I'm so thankful for this amazing opportunity I have had to go back to school. I have to give a special shout out to Chance for supporting me and helping me get the kids out the door every morning and putting them to bed when I'm up studying late at night. Thanks to everyone else who has helped with giving my kids rides before and after school. Thanks to the cute girls that I started with who keep me plugging along. And thanks to Carol, Jill, Amber, Krista, Shelly, Pearl, and all the other instructors who believe in me when I don't believe in myself. And a huge thanks to all my friends and family who have supported me so far. I have fellow students comment left and right that I am lucky to be as busy as I am with clients and I owe it all to you who trust me with your locks! Here's to another amazing year of hair!

Red Brick Blondie