So Jacob and I didn't really have anything planned for Valentine's Day. It's a ridiculous holiday. Why do you need a special day to tell the one you love that you love them? Because people back then were stupid! lol. I enjoy Valentine's day because everyone always gets extra special treatment. C'mon, you all agree with me. It's true! But I also think that EVERY day should be a day to tell your significant other that you love them :) I'm glad that Jacob and I do that and that we don't take it for granted.
This past saturday we decided to make stuff. I LOVE doing projects with Jacob. He is so creative and talented and always puts his skills to use! Last year, he was online and found this:
Obviously, it means 'eternal' in Kanji (Chinese characters used in modern Japanese writing). If you look, you can kinda see a 'j' and a 'k' (for Jacob and Krischelle)! Jacob and I went out to breakfast on Saturday morning, then made a stop at Home Depot-- one of my favorite places to go! I love projects! So Jacob bought some wood and cut one big piece in half to make 2 squares.
He drew the 'eternal' character on one of the pieces of wood (let's call it square 1). He used my jig-saw to cut it out carefully so that he has the pieces, and the actual hole in the square piece of wood.
He used pegs to make the 'eternal' symbol stand out from the other piece of wood (square 2) like so:
Then placed red and blue led/neon lights (from his company Tivoli) at the top and bottom of the square.
He took the other piece of wood (square 1 -with the 'eternal' stencil ) and placed it over the other square piece of wood with the cut-outs. Take a look see:
And voila! You have beautiful wall art! :D I love this!
Isn't it amazing how these other colors show up just from the blue and red lights?
it's not quite finished, but when it is, we'll take a picture of it hanging on the wall!
6 comments:
thats really awesome!
i like it !
This was a beautiful entry....just beautiful. I thought of you today. I was in Emily's class...she was teaching the Laurels' class (again!) and I wondered if another (Krischelle) was in here..... ;)
Have a great day, honey.
That REALLY is awesome!
Aww.. .my mom thought of you! That's so cute. Of course, YOU'RE so cute, so it all makes sense. Love this entry - very clever and way out of my league! Fancy schmancy!
i know! your mom is sucha sweetheart ;) it's nice to be thought of... i'm so flattered haha. thanks for the love everyone!
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