Mother's Day: DIY Flower Canvas

We had a fun-filled weekend.  My older brother flew in from Texas for my mom's special weekend: graduation & Mother's Day!
My mom received her second masters degree on Friday, this time a Master of Science in Educational Leadership.  She's the bomb dot com.

For her graduation/Mother's Day gift, I gave her a flower themed gift.  Four different flowers for our garden, some gardening supplies (gloves, spade, planter) and a painting that I did on a small canvas.

I followed Evelyn Henson's DIY tutorial but changed a few things around.
I used a 8x10 canvas since I couldn't find a 5x7.  I also added leaves since it looked a little "spacey" when I was finished. Here are the steps of my project:
Paint colors are from Michael's: White, Deep Midnight Blue, Foliage Green, Pink Blossom, Pink, Citron Green, Lavender, Ocean Breeze

Check out her tutorial for a more detailed version. It was so fun & easy to make! I might make another for myself since the canvases at Michael's were BOGO free :)

I'm enjoying my last week of "break" before my summer classes start up next Monday! Happy Tuesday!

Love to My Momma!

Happy Mother's Day!

I truly have an amazing mother. I wish Mother's Day was every day! She deserves it!We enjoyed a relaxing morning complete with a homemade breakfast by my brother - blueberry crepes! YUM.

Last year on Mother's Day!

At Frosty Parrot :)

Hokie Mom & Daughter

I love you, Mom!

And a Happy Mother's Day to all of my readers who are Moms!

Momma's Day & Friends

Today is Mother's Day. I am sooooo thankful for my mommy! She is such a wonderful woman and I am lucky to have her as my mom. We went to church together at 8:30 and then went home and took Sadie for a walk. My Aunt, Uncle and cousins came over and we all went to Oddfella's restaurant in Floyd for brunch! DELICIOUS!

I got some iced tea, cinnamon french toast, fruit, and stole some of my Mom's home fries! YUM! The best part about Oddfella's is their live music & mason jars. Luhhhhhh dat.

Today, our roommate Elyssa moved out. I'm pretty much okay with it because she doesn't like me very much for some reason. Oh well! "Save the drama for yo mama" is one of my fave quotes and it applies to this situation. I don't like to fill my life with people like that...makes me frustrated!

My roomies Sarah and Brittany are my top dudes. I am so excited to spend the next couple days with them! Even though we all have a couple more school things to do, it will be nice to not have to worry about the Negative Nancy that was in our life.
We are going to do some tie-dyeing, some fun dinners, maybe take a trip to Paint 'n Fun - who knows!

Something to think about this week:

Have a great week, yall :)