It has been almost a week since my last post. I just have been busy every night. Friday night, Lindsey hosted a BBQ party for Sarah's birthday. We had great food and lots of lawn games. We all had a lot of fun. I tried to devote all of Saturday to quality time with Jared. It was really nice to just get quality "us time"; we also went out to eat at Brick Oven. Monday night I drove to Paramous (aka driving hell) and Tuesday night I hosted book club. Busy, busy, busy.
I did want to hop on real quick and show you these cool lanterns Lindsey, Courtney, and I made last weekend. Lindsey and I saw them at Pottery Barn and though "We can make those!" And we did! And they were really inexpensive!
We bought 12 mason jars for about $10. The little candles were 3 for a dollar at Wal-Mart. We used two bags of sand from Micheal's for $2 each. And Lindsey bought some metal wire from Home Depot (i don't know how much that cost). All-in-all, they were probably around $2 a piece.
They did take some muscles though. We had to bend the metal wire around the jars and then also twist the handle. We called it a man craft because it required strength, we got sweaty doing it, we grunted a few times, and it kind of hurt. They were worth it though. What do you think?!
Lindsey and Courtney cutting wire.
One of the lanterns. They are supposed to be used outside hung from tree branches.
It was raining outside the day we made them, so we found a really great alternate location.
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