Birthday Banner

This year with our family back in Oklahoma I wanted to somehow make them apart of Matt's Birthday last week.....so I put my large alien-dome head to good use and got a GREAT idea!!!

Custom Family Birthday Banner!!

 About a month before Matt's Birthday I came up with the plan.....I emailed out all our family members and assigned everyone a letter which will spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT~ I told everyone to pose with, make or find their letter and email/text me the picture!
There were only 2 rules:
1. You HAVE to be in the picture and yes, animals are allowed in with you.
2. You have 2 weeks to get this done!

 Our family did NOT disappoint........from Matt's Dad spelling out the letter H with dirt bike boots to my sister using her body to spell the T after she did a fun "Color Run"!!!!! I then sent all the pictures to CVS to print them in 5x7 but you could do any size!! And yes, I did have to wait to start building until Matt left on business for the week!! When I laid out all the pictures it filled my heart with warmth. *warm fuzzies*

It was really simple how I put it together and it can be done many ways. 

~I hole-punched each picture then using red tulle to tie the pictures to a black ribbon!

I hung these banners right on the hallway wall you see when you walk into our house.....the first thing Matt saw when he got home from a business trip on his Birthday!!! I was so pleased with how it turned out and how wonderful everyone one was by participating! 

This way I told Matt all our loved ones were here to wish him Happy Birthday!!!! Here is a IPhone video I took so you could see a better view up close! And please ignore my "guilty pleasure" Dr Phil on in the background!

Until next year folks!!!!!

Rosemary & Lemon Salt

Mom and I did a fun little project while she was here........we made Rosemary and Lemon salt. We made 4 "batches" for Me, Mom, Marissa and my sister-in-law Jordan. This was SO easy and fun......isn't Pinterest awesome? I pinned this and did it! You can check out the original blog I pinned over at Garden Therapy HERE!

 Rosemary Lemon Sea Salt

• 1 cup coarse salt
• 1 sprig of fresh rosemary, plus 1-3 smaller sprigs for garnish
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 canning jar of choice (I got mine at Kroger)

Add all the ingredients to a pot/pan and stir well over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, until warmed through. (Make sure to bury your Rosemary into the salt) Remove from heat and cool. Remove the rosemary branch, then pack into clean, wide-mouth jars. Add the smaller rosemary sprigs to the sides and top of the jar for garnish. 

TIP! Mom and I did chop up one of the Rosemary sprigs and mixed throughout before we added them to the jars! This will go great on fish, chicken and veggies I think! YAY!

 We kinda made a salt mess if you can't tell! Hey, no one ever said Pinterest Projects were clean!

 SO cute!!! This project made the house smell so good........