tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502245408948993853.post5707220974516205714..comments2024-03-11T23:39:56.666-07:00Comments on KuWAIT for it...: Design on a dimekendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13122596487458492528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502245408948993853.post-83807448488478940792016-06-12T10:16:17.067-07:002016-06-12T10:16:17.067-07:00This was just the greatest post. I love your art ...This was just the greatest post. I love your art and the way you are displaying it and making your apartment suit your needs. The prayer mat is wonderful. I agree with Amanda about how thoughtful it was of Reem to get it for you. It will serve as such a nice reminder when you are back home. Sorry about the toast.<br /><br />Love, Aunt CarolCarol J. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422069287758228519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502245408948993853.post-25999005673124090612016-06-11T07:59:17.975-07:002016-06-11T07:59:17.975-07:00So when I printed those Bible verse prints for you...<br />So when I printed those Bible verse prints for you, I just went through my whole Walgreens cart and did two of each. I had grand plans for laminating my set and putting them on the bathroom mirrors like our other Bible Verse cards http://www.bluechairblessing.com/store/c6/Scripture_cards_to_hang_on_your_bathroom_mirror.html but well, mine are still sitting in the package from Walgreens so you are WAY ahead of me. I'm glad you like them. That's a genius idea to simply put paper behind them. I don't like things that don't have a border behind them, but often the frames cut off part of the actual verse. I'm stealing that idea- thanks :) Maybe I will get some of mine up on the wall.<br />The prayer mat is gorgeous. And how perfect for you to have up in your wall in Kuwait, but also in your new home in Portland when you come back. Such a thoughtful gift from your thoughtful kind friend that you can have as a symbol and reminder of your friendship. <br />Our stairs in our house are pretty bare- we have frames with photos of extended family members on the lower stair wall. The upper stair wall Noah and I envisioned a big map of the US National Parks with the patches, postcards and pictures we collected when we visited them. He brought home a big piece of foam core board leftover from a convention sign and printed a massive map on the plotter at work and it's just a matter of securing to the wall. We want to be able to take it with us when we move...some day. The map fell down (we had it up with out the foam core board) so now it's just a sad cluster of postcards on one end of the wall. Oops. Need to get on that. Perhaps you could put up a map of the area and print out photos from your travels and hang them up with string showing where the pictures were taken.<br /> It would expand on your home school and serve as a reminder of some of the INCREDIBLE memories you are creating in these 21 months.<br />I like that you printed out the photos of the new pictures..not just posting pictures from previous pictures back home. I think that is symbolic. I know you have pictures from before you came to Kuwait and loved ones already up and on display. Think dedicating your world's longest hallway to the here and now memories is a fabulous idea. <br />I was just visiting a friends house this week and was reminded how well I like her idea of decorating her entryway. She used fabric I think, perhaps just scrapbooking paper. And had 3 "wrapped canvases". But instead of even spending the money to buy canvases, she simply made wood frames and wrapped the paper or fabric around that. It looked very HGTV like. Perhaps the kids could make some kind of frames out of popsicle sticks (I think that even sounds fancy and like a STEM project- art and building together) and you could wrap them in fabric, wrapping paper, scrapbook paper, whatever. Your crepe paper above the couch looks awesome.<br />Our toaster wasn't working well. And it was taking up too much precious counter space. We know use our toaster oven instead when we desire toast. The toaster oven is AWESOME especially since turning on the oven here in the desert just isn't always very practical. I don't miss our toaster very much. Do you have the option for a toaster oven?<br />Thanks for sharing your creative decorating with us. I love seeing glimpses into your world. <br />Much love,<br />AmandaAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732014961087715914noreply@blogger.com