I'm Crafty

Most of you know that I have two sides to me - the really girly side (i.e., Miss Oregon) and the really tom-boy side (i.e., hunting, working on a fishing boat). Living with Jeff and not really having all that many girlfriends around I have felt as if the really girly side of me hasn't had much lovin' these days. That was until Friday!

My co-worker Lyndsey is super crafty, she even makes cards and sells them! She is always doing cute projects and talking about them at work. We decided a while back that we needed to do a craft night. Well, it just so happened that Jeff was heading out of town this weekend and Lyndsey's friends had organized a craft night - score! The funniest part was on Thursday night when Jeff asked what I was going to do with him out of town and I said, "I'm going to a craft night with Lyndsey," and he just started laughing! Hey, I'm crafty!!! I wasn't really sure what I was getting myself into though, and a part of me was kind of laughing inside as well. I pictured these Susie-home-maker type perfect women sitting around and telling stories about breast feeding and giving birth and making these amazing, elaborate crafts. I wasn't even really sure what we were making, Lyndsey said we were making Easter banners. Hmm...ok, whatever those were. But, I was in, I needed some girl time! Lyndsey and I arrived to "craft night" and immediately I was excited! There was every imaginable variety of paper, scissors, ribbons, stencils, stickers, and the list goes on. I was in craft heaven. One lady showed us a sample of what we were supposed to make and then we all dug in.

A craft that we all thought was going to take about an hour ended up taking us all around three hours. But it was a blast. My creative juices were flowing and I felt very proud of my final product. It says "Happy Easter." I am sure Jeff is going to love having this hanging up in our house for the next couple weeks - I think it's cute! Craft night - just another day in my Life As A Wife.