Monday Adventures.

Just a cute little quote that as so much truth in it. :)

On this beautiful Monday, I had the day off from work so I filled it with fun projects, including gardening and pinterest findings!

I decided this morning to try out the crayon art idea from pinterest, where you melt crayons onto with hairdryer onto canvas. I took step-by-step pictures as I work on it so that I could give feedback.

Getting started! By the way, this is definitely a project you'll want to take some time out for, because it's a slower process than I had expected.

In case you're wondering why this activity takes time... this picture sums it up. :)

Here are the finished products... I'm not as satisfied with how they turned as I thought I'd be, but I'm not very artistic to begin with. They also look a little better in person.

I tried taping a line of them to the canvas and then melting them, but they kept moving and sliding out of place, which I concluded was because they didn't have the papers on them.

Next, I worked on potting plants that I bought at Lowe's this morning. I had such a hard time deciding on only a couple plants since I go crazy about them-- especially flowers! Here is what I ended up going with.

Purslane and Begonias!!

So pretty!

AND, as I was cleaning up after my gardening session, I found this little treasure! It's kind of beat up, but still a great find. :)

My very first four-leaf clover! Aren't I lucky? ;)

In addition to these wonderful productive activities, I studied Macroeconomics (which takes me back to when I took Economics at Piedmont during my dual-enrollment days). Now I need to work on Statistics :p, exercise, and then maybe read one of my library books. It sounds like a good plan to me! :)

Now for a short video from one of my favorite movies: A Hard Day's Night!