"Owl Always Love You" Card D.I.Y

Today's tutorial is for an "Owl Always Love You" card. It is super cute and fairly easy! You can of course customize it how you would like or do it exactly the way that I have here. It would be an adorable card to give to your boyfriend, husband, or friend. You wouldn't have to make it all lovey dovey. It all depends on your preference. Wanna find out how to make it? Keep reading for the tutorial!

- Plain white paper

- Brown, orange, light pink, red, dark pink, blue, and green markers

- Brown and black Sharpie Thin marker

- Brown crayon

Step 1: With your brown marker, draw a tree branch coming from the edge of your card.

Step 2: Draw the face and body of the owls.

Step 3: Draw 2 large circles for the outer part of the eyes, the wings, and the feet.

Step 4:  Draw 2 circles inside the large circle. Color the pupil with the black Sharpie Thin. Make sure to leave a tiny white circle in the pupil. Color the wings and outline around the owl's stomachs brown. Draw noses and feet on the owls.

Step 5: Color the boy owl's stomach with a light blue marker. With a red marker, draw a heart on his stomach. Color the girl owl's stomach with a light pink marker. With a dark pink marker, make humps on the stomach to create the look of feathers. Draw a bow at the corner of her ear and color it light pink as well.

Step 6: Color the owls heads with a brown marker. Color their noses and feet orange.

Step 7: With a black Sharpie Thin marker, add 3 eyelashes on the edge of the girl owl's eyes. Color the branch with a brown crayon.

Step 8: Write "Owl Always Love You!" with a pink marker.

Step 9: With your brown Sharpie Thin marker, (I used brown to match the owls) outline the words that you just wrote.

Step 10: Color the blank spaces with your pink marker again. Draw 5 (it doesn't matter how many hearts you draw) hearts between your owls with brown sharpie and use the same pink marker to color them in.

Now, go give this adorable handmade card to your significant other and take pride in the fact that you didn't have to spend a single dime to make something special! In my opinion, it is extremely touching when you know that someone has given you something that they worked hard on. The whole time that they were making that gift for you, they were thinking of you. :)

Snow Cream Recipe

Not too long ago, it snowed quite a few inches here and we couldn't wait to go scoop up all that good snow and turn it into Snow Cream! I'm sure you guys know how to make snow cream especially if you live in the South like me. I thought that I'd share the recipe with you anyhow! :)

 I pulled this recipe from my dad's blog, Tug's Life. Give it a read! You won't be disappointed.  CLICK HERE for the direct link to the recipe. 

Ingredients:

1-can of cream (evaporated milk)

1-cup of sugar

1-tbs of vanilla extract

10-cups of clean snow from the hood of your car!

Directions:

Stir the cream, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth. Slowly stir in the snow a little at a time. Mix well until everything is nice and smooth and creamy, like ice cream. Then you may feel free to eat it all! :)

"I Miss You" Card D.I.Y

Let someone know how much you miss them with this adorable handmade card! Learn how to make it yourself! 

What You'll Need:

- Plain white paper

- Different shades of blue markers

- Gray marker

- Sharpie Thin

Step 1: Start with a plain white piece of paper and fold it in half.

Step 2: With a blue marker, draw clouds all over your card.

Step 3: Create "stitches" with your black Sharpie Thin marker over the outline of the clouds.

Step 4: Write a little message along the top of two clouds.

Step 5: Color in your clouds (except the edges) with different shades of blue markers.

Step 6: Draw raindrops between the clouds and color them with a blue marker.

Step 7: With a gray marker, draw a squiggly line between the raindrops. (optional)

You're done! You just created a cute but simple handmade "Miss You" card. 

You can write something on the inside, or just leave it blank so that you can write them a message. OR, you could do both! 

How To: Easy Braided Half-up, Half-down Hairstyle

Today's tutorial is a cute and easy half-up, half-down hairstyle that you can wear for any occasion. Like any hairstyle, you can dress it up or down. I personally feel like this is a cute one to wear to church. How fitting since today is the Lord's day! :) 

If you went to church this morning without any time to fix your hair, I am here to save the day in time for services for tonight! Just follow this simple tutorial. Go from meh to magnificent!

What You'll Need:

- Brush

- Bobby Pins

- Hair Elastics

- Hairspray (optional, but recommended)

Step 1: Take a section of hair starting from the top of the ear.

Step 2: Braid a regular 3 strand braid for both sections and tie off the ends with an elastic.

Step 3: Grab your bobby pins and pin one of your braids around your head. Make sure you hide the elastic at the end the best you can.

Step 4: Do the same thing for the other braid. Wrap the other one around your head as well, but directly under the first braid. Pin it securely with bobby pins.  Try the best you can to hide the bobby pins. Spray that gorge mane with hairspray and you're good to go!

Beautiful! Now, go to church tonight with a cute new hairstyle! ;)