Happy Anniversary & a tutorial

My parents' anniversary is coming up and I wanted to make them something special.

Unfortunately, both, my brother and I moved away from home upon college graduation.

So I decided to recreate something I had seen on Pinterest as a gift for mom and dad.

I wanted to make my parents a frame with the city we each live in documented on a map for display in their house.

Here are the materials you need:

• frame (whatever size you want)
• scrapbook paper
• maps cut into hearts (I printed mine offline.)
• glue stick

This CD frame from Hobby Lobby was perfect in size.

 To make the frame:

1. Cut your scrapbook paper to fit snugly into frame.  Use the insert as a stencil.

2. Align your heart maps on the scrap paper the way you want them. (*Make sure you account for the overlap of the frame in front.)

3. Glue the heart maps down.

4. If you wish, write the names of the cities directly under the map onto the scrapbook paper.

5. Insert everything back into frame.

Voila!

There you have it, folks!

Don't tell mom and dad, but this whole project only cost $5.

Confessions

I confess...

...I miss the old Usher.

...I only have buyer's remorse over things I don't purchase.

...while I was shopping the other day, I secretly wished I could get all your opinions on what I was trying on. (Does that make me sad and creepy?)

...I am ready to go back to school.  There, I said it.

...I won't order anything at a restaurant that I can make at home myself.

...I prefer shopping by myself to shopping with others.

...I forget to put deo on so often that I keep a stick at work.

...I've started biting my finger nails...again.

...I don't watch The Bachelorette or The Bachelor Pad.

...I am addicted to RHONJ, RHOC, and RHOA.  I prefer to watch my drama from behind a screen as opposed to in actual reality.

Help!

I am attending a wedding shower tonight with a "summer casual" dress code.

These are my options.

What do you think?