Thursday: DIY

It's Thursday already! I can't believe the week is almost over. It's been a crazy busy week but finals are officially over and I'm heading home tomorrow which I am so excited about! I cannot wait to enjoy great food and celebrate Christmas! It's such a great time of year and I need some R&R. Anyway enough about that- Thursdays are DIY and project days on the blog so I wanted to show you guys something I made that is easy, fun, and seriously looks awesome.

some DIY projects look good in theory but are hard to execute. Well this is a little tricky but even the least crafty person can do it. So the project is filled with nails and string but It's complete when you can see an outline of your state (in nails) and strings and a heart pointing out where you live. (Check the photos below)

So I started with cutting out a map of nj And buying a giant wooden block. I painted the wood blue and then placed my cutout nj map ontop of the wood. Next, using little nails, I nailed in nails all around the state like an outline. Lastly,

I figured out my town and nailed a circle around where it was. After you get rid of the map underneath the nails --water does the trick-- you can begin the string process.

For my project I used white string. I started from each nail and ended near my heart aka my hometown. Then I tied the string in place near the heart. After all this stringing and looping I just got red string to wrap around the heart to make it pop out. I hope this wasn't complete gibberish and you can understand this, there are pics below to help you. It's honestly such a fun and easy project it just takes some time but it looks lovely. You can buy them online or make one for waaay cheaper. Show some pride and make one for your state!! It's also a good way to remember home when you're at college.