A Long Overdue DIY Project

This post is a thank you of sorts.  Back last summer, I "won" my first real blog giveaway, and it was seriously an awesome prize.  I don't enter too many giveaways, and I really didn't do this for the giveaway.  It was my sweet and awesome blog pal Annabelle's birthday (stop on over and check out her blog because she is such a sweet southern belle although still as tough as nails), and she was doing lots of giveaways for HER birthday.  I mean if that doesn't tell you how awesome she is, I don't know what will.  When she posted that I won one of her giveaways just for wishing her a happy birthday, I was like "What?"  And it was the best prize, ya'll!  I am a typical southern girl and love monograms.  I also had not done much decorating to our bedroom, and it needed some love.  When I e-mailed the owner of the etsy shop about winning, I really wasn't sure what to expect since I was new to the blog giveaway forum.  The shop owner's response was so sweet as she took my information for the personalized monogram and told me it would take a few weeks as these are purely handmade by her.  The detail of these wooden monograms is just amazing.  When the prize arrived, I was so excited to see it.  It was better than I could expect and definitely worth the $60 price as it is large, very detailed, sanded, and just ready to be painted whatever color you choose.  I have been "patiently" waiting for my sweet husband to finally paint mine so I could hang it and see what it looked like above our bed.  We chose to do the couple's monogram since it was going in our bedroom.  I decided to hang the monogram with some trendy burlap ribbon.  Thanks, Annabelle, for this awesome gift!

This was the wooden monogram before my husband painted it.  He hung it from a tree in our backyard to spray paint it, and then we let it air out a couple of days in our garage before bringing it inside.  Due to the extremely wet weather we had last week, it took a little longer to completely dry.  

The monogram above our bed.  I kind of took this photo from an angle to avoid glare  so it actually isn't hanging crooked.  

Please visit Ms. Stevens' etsy shop at trendytrimmings.etsy.com for more of her fine creations.