Gettin' Crafty!

During our time with Jeff's parents, I've been determined, in addition to the rest of life happening, to get some craft projects done and ready for our new house. Today I worked on something I've wanted to do for a long time: getting creative with maps! I had an atlas to use, but it wasn't working quite like I envisioned. Thankfully, Cheryl dug out two old maps of Georgia that worked perfectly! 

I found some boards in Ken's shop that used to be a chair rail/border in Kaity's nursery once upon a time. Cheryl had painted the animals on them to match the animals in the nursery bedding. I decided to preserve her paintings, so I only painted on these on the flip side.

I cut strips from the map surrounding Augusta (the area where Jeff and I lived when we were first married), Atlanta (the area where Jeff was born), and Athens (the area where we currently live).

In the blue space, I painted some song lyrics ... I bet you can guess which one!

We love us some Ray Charles!

I had so much fun working on my little project that I decided to create another one! This is a gift for a sweet family who has obeyed God's call to move their ministry from one side of Georgia to the other. I cut the map on a diagonal from their former hometown to their new home.

Not a great picture, but the paint is semi-gloss so it doesn't photograph very well. The writing is a sage green.