Ideas

Pinterest is a great site to source ideas. Ok, so I may not be able to do 99% of the DIY things, but that 1% I can handle, it's worth it to see the results.

I loved this idea. But instead of the three hearts I just went for the one. I wasn't feeling very ambitious that day.

So Troy and I met in Korea in 2007. I went to 3-4 op shops in search of an old atlas. I felt quite bad because I knew I would be tearing out a page. Unfortunately for me, many old atlases fail to focus on Korea. They prefer the bigger China or the archipeligo-ed Japan. Or, if I did find Korea in the atlas, it was near the binding which was not a good thing. I found an absolutely beautiful atlas for $6, but feeling rather stingy I held out. I found one for $3.

At the same time I was on the lookout for a square photo frame. I found one for $1.50. It had a watercolour of Jesus distributing fish and bread, but obviously I took the watercolour out. Luckily, the frame was already double matted. I took a pink folder, stenciled a heart, exacto-knifed the heart out of the pink folder and arranged it inside the frame.

I didn't cut the map into the shape of a heart, I cut the heart out of the folder.

Then, I wrote "We met" "February 2007" Done!